Master's Programme in Geographies of Sustainable Development

This programme will introduce you to ongoing scientific discourses on human-environment relations and development. You will learn about theoretical approaches to important current issues and be trained in using appropriate methods for researching and evaluating factors affecting both the environment and people’s livelihoods.  

• You will learn about current topics such as:  
• Globalisation and sustainable development  
• Food security and sustainable land use  
• Political ecology
• Environment and development discourses    

You will develop your skills in critical thinking, analysis and academic writing. You will have the opportunity to conduct fieldwork abroad or in Norway. You will learn how to plan and carry out collection and analysis of empirical data to form the basis for your Master’s thesis.  

You will learn how to write a research report within given time and resource limits, and apply geographical terminology and good academic writing, with exact, updated and systematic use of references, and due credit to secondary sources.