Master in Development Studies
Specialisation Agrarian and Environmental Studies
Can we feed the world and achieve economic development while conserving ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of peasants and the rural poor? How do we understand and tackle the interlinked agrarian and environmental crises?
Agrarian and Environmental Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach – combining political economy, political ecology, sociology and anthropology – to understanding and confronting the impacts of global capitalist development on agrarian structures and environmental systems. It analyses interventions undertaken in these fields by government agencies, grassroots organisations and the private sector. This Major offers students the possibility to specialise further in the areas of agricultural and rural development (ARD), and environment and sustainable development (ESD).
Target audience Specialisation Agrarian and Environmental Studies
This Major targets professionals and recent graduates from international development agencies, national governments, donor organisations, NGOs and social movements.
