Haakon. Studying the state and development
Haakon received his BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999.
Haakon received his BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999. Four years later he completed the MSc Development Studies at the London School of Economics. His International House biography identifies international trade and Africa as his focus there.
These stages suggest a change in the scale of inquiry: from the organisation of power to the conditions of development. How do institutions influence economies? Who benefits from trade? How can countries be compared without flattening their histories? These are discussion questions prompted by the educational pathway, rather than claims about its graduate’s private views.
A university biography becomes useful when it points towards further reading: here, the relationship between states, trade and social change.
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- Berkeley International House · alumnus Haakon
The alumni profile corroborates the Berkeley–LSE pathway. Historical titles within the text do not establish the current succession.
- Norwegian royal household · Haakon’s education
The biography records a 1999 Berkeley degree in political science and an LSE master’s in development studies in 2003.
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