Innovacionnoe obrazovanie dlja Baltijskogo regiona: opyt rossijsko-finljandskogo transgranichnogo universiteta [Innovative education for the Baltic region: the experience of the Finnish-Russian Cross-border University]

Abstract

The article defines the innovative features of teaching international relations in the Baltic Sea Region at the graduate level, taking as an example the double degree program in international relations of the Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University, set up by the St. Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere the article also evaluates specific features of other similar programs taught in universities around the Baltic Sea.

Keywords

• higher education
• graduate studies
• innovative teaching
• international relations
• Baltic Sea Region
• Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University
• St. Petersburg State University
• University of Tampere