MSc Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy
The Department of Socioeconomics at the WU - Vienna University of Economics, Austria, has launched a new unique master program:
MSc Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy
The Department of Socioeconomics is a rapidly growing, highly research active interdisciplinary department which currently has 21 research and teaching staff. Research areas include: social policy, ecological economics, demography, regional development, economic history and economic sociology. Several research posts in ecological economics are currently being advertised.
The new MSc program started in September 2012 and is a two-year full-time programme. The program is entirely taught in English.
The main elements of the SEEP curriculum are:
· a conceptual framework for understanding global economic, environmental and social change,
· sophisticated skills in socioeconomic analysis, and qualitative as well as quantitative methods,
· concentration areas in: Environmental Change and Policy; Population, Human Capital and Policy; Globalization and Multi-Level Policy; and Globalization and Social Policy.
· an ability to apply skills and expertise to difficult and complex "real world" problems.
Open to a select group of students from all over the world, this program combines academic excellence with practical and political relevance. The program is aimed at students with a diverse array of backgrounds, who have a deep concern for the challenges arising from rapid environmental change, population dynamics, poverty, and exclusion, and are keen to find ways to enhance environmental sustainability, opportunities for community livelihoods, and human well-being.
Further details can also be found on the program's webpage: http://www.wu.ac.at/programs/en/master/seep
The next application deadlines are 8 January 2013 and 8 March 2013 for a possible start in September 2013.
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