International Graduate School
MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy
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Knowledges, resources and legal regimes: the new geopolitics of the polar regionsDr Richard Powell in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London. Financial support from the ESRC; 2010-2011.
This course enables students to develop a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded understanding of the dynamic relations between environment, society and policy.
The syllabus responds to the profound economic and political challenges for contemporary society posed by the complexity of environmental change. It recognizes that addressing these challenges will require new ways of thinking underpinned by intellectual rigor, innovation and flexibility, as well as the capacity to think across existing disciplinary boundaries.
Completing will this course will equip you with the knowledge, insight and confidence to indentify and re-cast key questions in environmental governance thereby becoming a future thought-leader and innovator in the field.
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As a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) accredited programme it will equip you with the analytical skills to pursue a career at the cutting-edge of research and / or policy development in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
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Over 225 students have successfully graduated from this innovative and intellectually challenging course since its creation in 2003.
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