Stretching over one academic year the program is structured into the following four modules. The academic program requires students to complete all the courses on their study plan. Students will be evaluated at the end of each course and may also be invited to seminars. The academic program may change as instructed by the Directors of the Joint Master. 

Global economic governance: 16 ECTS - Luiss School of Government Rome (October 2026 – January 2027) 

Learn the context and challenges of economic governance and policy in the 21st century while attending the following courses:  

• Global Corruption, Global Crime, Good Governance and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) 

• Democracy and Global Governance: The EU in a Changing World Order 

• Behavioural Economics and Decision-Making 

• International Public Policies   

Sustainable development: The Way Forward?: 12 ECTS - CIFE in Berlin (February – April 2027) 

Study new forms of transnational and interregional governance as a way forward towards sustainable development in the context of major climate and demographic changes by completing the following courses:  

• Sustainable Development and Governance 

• Cooperation, effort-sharing and efficiency in international climate policy 

• The Governance of Sustainable Finance and Economics 

Policy intelligence: 12 ECTS -  CIFE in Nice (April – July 2027) 

Investigate how far the digital society enables transforming economic data into policy knowledge by studying:  

• Economic Policy intelligence: the case of trade and food policies 

• Digitalisation for Sustainable Development in the world of AI 

• A Challenged Democracy: Mapping New Forms of Collective Action 

Applied Research Methodology, case studies, simulation exercises and skills workshops: 10 ECTS 

Throughout the whole curriculum in Rome, Berlin and Nice, students will participate in networking meetings with national and international government officials, private sector representatives and leading academics organized by Luiss School of Government in Rome and by CIFE in Berlin and Nice. 

As part of their academic requirements, students will also complete a final Master thesis. The thesis is an academic contribution that must correspond to the orientation of academic studies. It deals with a topic that belongs to a pre-existing field of research, but one which is not inherently exhausting. The required methodology should allow to formulate a research problem, know the relevant publications, and write a report on the research and its results. The form of the dissertation is standardized, and its presentation follows rules intended to facilitate the readability, identification, and dissemination of the dissertation. 

The general objective of the thesis is to evaluate the candidate's ability to: 

• analyse a subject using a stringent methodology using the relevant discipline; 

• adopt a critical attitude; 

• mobilize his or her reflection on the theme addressed; 

• provide a precise and reasoned answer to the question raised; 

• present the difficulties encountered and/or the limits of its analysis; 

• broaden the scope of the problem through a prospective approach.