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Master Social Change, Environment and Sustainability

Could You Be The Catalyst To A Sustainable Future?

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Master the dynamics of social change

Our earth is under threat. 91直播 MA Social Change, Environment and Sustainability and use sociological theory to address the global environmental crisis.

Social change over time has the power to transform our society. Develop specialist knowledge of the cultural, socio-economic and socio-technical perspectives behind social change, using these to evaluate the environmental crises. 

Critically analyse policy, controversies and debates in the field, preparing for a career in government, consultancy, NGOs, social responsibility and more.

Ranked top in the UK and second globally for global impact, 91直播 is the place to effect meaningful change for a sustainable future (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, 2024).

Course duration: 1 year (full-time); 2 years (part-time)

Find out more about MA Social Change, Environment and Sustainability

Effect change at the top UK university and second in the world for global social and environmental impact (THE Impact Rankings 2024)

Be part of a UK top 10 Sociology department, and the largest grouping of sociologists in the UK (THE 2024)

Join one of the UK's top three departments for sociological research (REF 2021)

91直播 the only course in the UK that blends Sociology with environment, sustainability and social change

What will you study?

Your core and optional modules

Cover relvant topics, issues and controversies from a social scientific perspective, such as:

  • Energy use
  • Climate change
  • The global food system
  • Biodiversity
  • Green growth versus ‘de-growth’

You'll compliment your theoretical knowledge with training in practical research methods. You'll undertake a dissertation on your chosen topic, five core modules, and choose from a range of optional modules.

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Hear from Programme Director Dr Dan Welch

"To make the transition to a more sustainable society we need profound socio-economic change. We need to change most of the systems that provide us with the goods we consume, and we need to change many of our institutions and organisations.

There is a lack of postgraduates with social scientific expertise in processes of social change for a more sustainable society. The MA Social change, environment and sustainability aims to fill that gap."

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