Great Courses in Political Geography
This is a curated directory of high-signal university lectures, OpenCourseWare (OCW) modules, and specialized online courses that build deep intuition and strong spatial models for Political Geography.
Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and Global Power
- Geopolitics of Europe (Coursera / Sciences Po / Sylvain Kahn)
- Global Diplomacy: Diplomacy in the Modern World (Coursera / University of London & SOAS / Dr. J. Simon Rofe & Dr. Dan Plesch)
- The Changing Global Order (Coursera / Universiteit Leiden / Prof. Madeleine O. Hosli)
- Political Geography and Critical Geopolitics (YouTube / Virginia Tech / Prof. Gerard Toal)
Borders, Mobilities, and Territorial Conflict
- International Migrations: A Global Issue (Coursera / Sciences Po / Prof. Catherine Wihtol de Wenden)
- Europe Without Borders? (edX / The University of Hong Kong / Prof. Stefan Auer)
- Border Realities Lecture Series (UniGR-Center for Border Studies / University of Luxembourg)
Political Ecology, Resources, and Energy Geopolitics
- Politics and Economics of International Energy (Coursera / Sciences Po / Prof. Giacomo Luciani)
- Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace (edX / SDG Academy / UNEP & UNDP)
- Water Diplomacy (MIT OpenCourseWare / Dr. Animesh Gain & Prof. Lawrence Susskind)
- Urban Energy Systems and Policy (MIT OpenCourseWare / Prof. David Hsu)
Spatial Theory, Critical Geography, and Urban State Space
- Reading Marx's Capital with David Harvey (Official Course Repository / CUNY Graduate Center / Prof. David Harvey)
- The Crisis of Planetary Urbanization (YouTube / Boitempo / Prof. David Harvey)
- The Right to the City and Urban Resistance (YouTube / Boitempo / Prof. David Harvey)