Advanced Topics
- Borders, Nations, and Identity
- Political Economy and Resources
- Electoral and Population Geography
- Environmental and Climate Political Geography
The remaining sections are optional deeper explorations. You do not need to study all of them. Pick 1–3 tracks that interest you most or match your goals:
- Borders, Nations, and Identity: Focuses on how boundaries are created, maintained, and experienced, and how national identities form.
- Political Economy and Resources: Explores the geography of economic systems, natural resources, and environmental conflicts.
- Electoral and Population Geography: Examines how space shapes elections, voting behavior, population movements, and demographic power.
- Environmental and Climate Political Geography: Looks at the political dimensions of environmental issues and global climate change.
Borders, Nations, and Identity
| Subject | Resource(s) |
|---|---|
| Border Studies | Borders and Bordering – Open University Journal of Borderlands Studies (selected open articles) |
| Nationalism and Political Identity | Imagined Communities – Benedict Anderson Nationalism, Self-Determination and Secession – OpenLearn |
Political Economy and Resources
| Subject | Resource(s) |
|---|---|
| Economic Geography | Economic Geography – Open University Economic Geography – University of Toronto |
| Resource Politics and Political Ecology | Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction – Archive.org Political Ecology – UC Berkeley |
Electoral and Population Geography
| Subject | Resource(s) |
|---|---|
| Electoral Geography | Electoral Geography – London School of Economics Spatial Voting Patterns – ESRC UK |
| Population, Migration, and Power | Migration and Borders – Open University UN Migration Data Portal (tutorials) |
Environmental and Climate Political Geography
| Subject | Resource(s) |
|---|---|
| Environmental Politics | Environmental Politics – Yale Open Courses Environmental Justice – EPA Open Resources |
| Climate Change and Geopolitics | Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions – FutureLearn IPCC Summary for Policymakers (open access) |