Master in Development Studies
Specialisation Human Rights, Social Justice
When power starts to shift dramatically, advancing social justice can prove a contradictory process. Justice, peace and equal rights may be promised, whilst simultaneously injustices, violence and exclusions continue to shape people’s daily lives.
The Major theorizes processes involved in rights-protection, in gender justice and in peace-building. It examines how states, civic actors and global institutions negotiate economic and social justice, both materially and discursively. Critically and from a multidisciplinary perspective, the key political, economic, legal, social and symbolic processes involved in advancing social justice are identified. The Major offers the possibility to specialize in areas of Conflict and Peace Studies, Human Rights and Women and Gender Studies.
Target audience Specialisation Human Rights, Social Justice
The Major offers a broad range of analytical and practical skills to young and mid-career professionals and aspiring academics interested and engaged in human rights, women and gender and in peace work, whether in government, research or civil society organizations.
