12 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
International Relations/Studies/Affairs
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Global Environment, Politics and Society (GEPS) is a highly interdisciplinary programme that caters to and draws on many academic backgrounds and areas of practical experience. In this programme, you will use social scientific approaches to understand and address environmental issues.
Understanding issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable development requires understanding and analysis of the political, social, cultural, and moral dimensions of environmental problems and solutions. This programme provides a social science-based, practice-oriented exploration of these global environmental challenges and solutions.
On the GEPS programme, you will develop the knowledge and analytical tools to address questions such as:
- Are meaningful international environmental agreements possible in a system of sovereign states?
- Is the environment more than an economic resource for human exploitation? Should it be?
- What drives groups, individuals or institutions to take action on environmental issues?
- What is the effect of such mobilisation?
- What does environmental justice look like, to what extent is it achievable, and how?
You will have flexibility to design the programme to your interests, and can take many methodological, disciplinary, and integrative approaches.
You can engage with the full range of social science, humanistic, and even natural/physical science disciplines by taking courses from fields across the University.
You can also take advantage of the many climate and sustainability activities offered by:
- the Edinburgh Environment and Development Network
- the University's Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department
- the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
- the University’s Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes
- the University’s Earth Initiative
Whilst we broadly focus on social sciences, this programme does not focus on economics, business, finance, or law. There are other strong programmes in these areas, with relevance to environmental issues, at the University of Edinburgh.
Programme overview
Main Subject
International Relations/Studies/Affairs
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Global Environment, Politics and Society (GEPS) is a highly interdisciplinary programme that caters to and draws on many academic backgrounds and areas of practical experience. In this programme, you will use social scientific approaches to understand and address environmental issues.
Understanding issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable development requires understanding and analysis of the political, social, cultural, and moral dimensions of environmental problems and solutions. This programme provides a social science-based, practice-oriented exploration of these global environmental challenges and solutions.
On the GEPS programme, you will develop the knowledge and analytical tools to address questions such as:
- Are meaningful international environmental agreements possible in a system of sovereign states?
- Is the environment more than an economic resource for human exploitation? Should it be?
- What drives groups, individuals or institutions to take action on environmental issues?
- What is the effect of such mobilisation?
- What does environmental justice look like, to what extent is it achievable, and how?
You will have flexibility to design the programme to your interests, and can take many methodological, disciplinary, and integrative approaches.
You can engage with the full range of social science, humanistic, and even natural/physical science disciplines by taking courses from fields across the University.
You can also take advantage of the many climate and sustainability activities offered by:
- the Edinburgh Environment and Development Network
- the University's Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department
- the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
- the University’s Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes
- the University’s Earth Initiative
Whilst we broadly focus on social sciences, this programme does not focus on economics, business, finance, or law. There are other strong programmes in these areas, with relevance to environmental issues, at the University of Edinburgh.
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