Master's Programme in Global Studies

Climate change and environmental degradation, the realization of post-carbon futures, and the persistence of both large-scale armed conflicts and mundane forms of violence are all challenges that have effects on social and ecological systems across the planet. As states, international organizations, and transboundary economic and social actors compete and collaborate to tackle the issues at hand, the Master's Program in Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg helps you understand how structures and actors’ specific interests and capabilities interact and contribute to the dynamics of change. The program is squarely situated within the diverse and multi-perspective field of Global Studies and is informed by a historical and socio-ecological sensitivity toward the understanding of contemporary global challenges. The program provides you with the analytical skills to understand the complexity of global challenges as well as the capacity to identify political alternatives to address them. As a genuinely interdisciplinary and multi-perspective field, Global Studies helps you examine and comprehend the transnational features – those that cut across categories such as local, state, regional, international, private, public – of the political, social, economic, and environmental dynamics that characterize today’s planetary challenges. Understanding how they have unfolded over time and in context with other factors such as the emergence of secularization, the ‘modern’ state, capitalism, or imperialism, builds the foundation for in-depth inquiries. In addition, the student-centered and inclusive approach to teaching and learning constitutes the perfect environment for you to translate such understandings into ways to develop society towards fair and equitable socio-ecological solutions. Graduates of Global Studies, thus, can lead the change towards a world in which the policies of today do not become tomorrow’s problems. ### After graduation Students of the MSc Global Studies acquire knowledge, skills and understanding pivotal for working towards sustainable solutions of planetary challenges. Graduates have contributed to such solutions within multilateral organizations including the UN, non-governmental organizations, media as well as national and local administrations worldwide. A degree within Global Studies also enables you to continue work within research, for example, as analyst for think tanks or pursuing a doctoral degree within the social sciences. The School of Global Studies hosts PhD programs within Environmental Social Sciences, Social Anthropology as well as Peace and Development Research.