12 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Politics
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Earth is faced with unprecedented and interconnected environmental challenges which produce profound inequalities in terms of prosperity, power and justice. Responding to complex problems like these demands both critical thought and action in order to help us to live upon a changing planet. This unique programme in Political Ecology offers the conceptual tools and practical skills to ask and respond to the difficult questions of human-environment relations. You are given a safe space to confront and challenge the status quo through critical thought and debate, crucially helping to drive transformative action for a better and fairer world.
Who is this programme for? Anyone seeking to address the environmental injustices and unequal power relations that are visible throughout the world today. By doing so, you will become an environmental ‘change-maker’ capable of working in a variety of sectors.
Looking ahead to employability We develop your skills in:
The final phase of your Master’s is a dissertation project. You can choose to work alongside one of our world-leading academics or one of our industry partners on a topic relevant to political ecology.
3 things we would like you to know
Who is this programme for? Anyone seeking to address the environmental injustices and unequal power relations that are visible throughout the world today. By doing so, you will become an environmental ‘change-maker’ capable of working in a variety of sectors.
Looking ahead to employability We develop your skills in:
- Understanding the different ways of analysing, debating and acting in response to diverse environments and development concerns, from local to global scales
- Project management for driving transformative action and change
- Constructing conversations to tackle the world’s most urgent and challenging environmental and developmental questions
The final phase of your Master’s is a dissertation project. You can choose to work alongside one of our world-leading academics or one of our industry partners on a topic relevant to political ecology.
3 things we would like you to know
- Our master’s is truly unique – the only one in the UK offering a dedicated political ecology perspective
- You will learn by exploring our local environment as a ‘living laboratory’ to critically examine political ecology concerns. We are located near to the Lake District and equidistant between London and Edinburgh
- You will work with and learn from one of the largest political ecology research groups in the UK, who have an international reputation. We are founding members of POLLEN, the world’s most diverse organisation for political ecology
Programme overview
Main Subject
Politics
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Earth is faced with unprecedented and interconnected environmental challenges which produce profound inequalities in terms of prosperity, power and justice. Responding to complex problems like these demands both critical thought and action in order to help us to live upon a changing planet. This unique programme in Political Ecology offers the conceptual tools and practical skills to ask and respond to the difficult questions of human-environment relations. You are given a safe space to confront and challenge the status quo through critical thought and debate, crucially helping to drive transformative action for a better and fairer world.
Who is this programme for? Anyone seeking to address the environmental injustices and unequal power relations that are visible throughout the world today. By doing so, you will become an environmental ‘change-maker’ capable of working in a variety of sectors.
Looking ahead to employability We develop your skills in:
The final phase of your Master’s is a dissertation project. You can choose to work alongside one of our world-leading academics or one of our industry partners on a topic relevant to political ecology.
3 things we would like you to know
Who is this programme for? Anyone seeking to address the environmental injustices and unequal power relations that are visible throughout the world today. By doing so, you will become an environmental ‘change-maker’ capable of working in a variety of sectors.
Looking ahead to employability We develop your skills in:
- Understanding the different ways of analysing, debating and acting in response to diverse environments and development concerns, from local to global scales
- Project management for driving transformative action and change
- Constructing conversations to tackle the world’s most urgent and challenging environmental and developmental questions
The final phase of your Master’s is a dissertation project. You can choose to work alongside one of our world-leading academics or one of our industry partners on a topic relevant to political ecology.
3 things we would like you to know
- Our master’s is truly unique – the only one in the UK offering a dedicated political ecology perspective
- You will learn by exploring our local environment as a ‘living laboratory’ to critically examine political ecology concerns. We are located near to the Lake District and equidistant between London and Edinburgh
- You will work with and learn from one of the largest political ecology research groups in the UK, who have an international reputation. We are founding members of POLLEN, the world’s most diverse organisation for political ecology
Admission Requirements
58+
6.5+
87+
2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in a Social Science or other disciplines with an environmental focus, such as Geography.
We may also consider non-standard applicants with a 2:2 degree in a subject not noted above, alongside extensive relevant work experience or similar training, such as work with environmental policy and practice, NGOs or activist networks.
Please see our website for more details.
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