Engaging Public Issues

Is this study for you?

If you're interested in how algorithms can be racist, how your smartphone is a political object, or how climate change becomes an issue for a growing population, this master programme (MSc) is for you

Study summary

The programme:

• provides the tools to critically analyze the key issues of today;
• works from, and helps develop, students own engagement with those issues;
• has dedicated professors, awarded with the best teacher awards by students in their department, and with experience in public social science;
• has small-scale, interactive tutorials, with lots of attention for the individual student;
• improves students’ ability to meaningfully work with people who come from a variety of backgrounds.

Career prospects

The ability to dissect major public issues and to consider them from multiple perspectives is key whether you will be a journalist, NGO worker, teacher, social worker, entrepreneur or policy maker.