Introductory lecture to the discipline of International Relations by Dr Patrick Theiner, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Recorded in late 2020.


== Timestamps ==
00:00 Intro
00:45 The bigger picture of development
03:35 The UN's role and its limits
08:05 Origins of development at the UN
11:14 Development in the UN Charter
11:55 Why development has been contentious
16:16 Where does development happen
18:38 UN Development Programme
24:28 ECOSOC
29:05 What is 'Human Development'
31:48 Human Development Report
35:29 Human Development Index
37:13 Millennium Development Goals
44:15 Sustainable Development Goals
47:26 Evaluating the SDGs
52:22 SDG rankings
53:54 IR theories and development
57:27 Summary