Governance of Sustainability
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In the Governance of Sustainability programme you will be educated to be a future ‘broker’ or ‘change maker’ to improve the quality of governance solutions to major sustainability challenges. In this new programme you will obtain in-depth knowledge of both the governance perspective (social science) and the natural sciences. You will learn how to integrate these perspectives in order to develop and improve the quality of governance solutions to major sustainability challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and the transition to a circular economy. In addition, you will learn a variety of skills required to cope with wicked sustainability problems and to develop oneself into a future ‘change agent’ in a governance context.The first year is used to create a ‘shared language’ and to bridge the differences between students related to their various disciplinary backgrounds. To accomplish this, you will be encouraged to share and leverage your specific knowledge with your peers, especially during the (in and outside) class group assignments. In the second year, we challenge you to create the connections and to deal extensively with a more complex real-life situation using the acquired knowledge and transdisciplinary skills.Throughout the entire programme, you will work on group assignments based on real life cases. These cases will translate the knowledge and skills directly into hands-on assignments that resemble what you could be confronted with in your future work environment. Moreover, these group assignments give you ample opportunities to practice skills like critical thinking, synthesizing, reflecting, arguing, debating, collaborating and intercultural skills.
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Admissions Requirements
A bachelor's degree in a related field, CV, Motivation Letter. You are eligible to apply under the condition that you have:
- demonstrable knowledge of environmental sustainability issues on an academic level. Environmental sustainability refers to the capacity of the Earth to produce vital renewable resources and to allow long-term environmental quality (and the governance thereof). This knowledge can be demonstrated through, for instance, successfully completed (elective) courses of a minimum of 5 ECTS, a minor, major, a (thesis) research project, internship or work experience where concrete knowledge has been gained about environmental
- sustainability. And,
- demonstrable experience with inter- or trans-disciplinary education and research. This experience can be demonstrated through, for instance, successfully completed (elective) courses, a minor, major, a (thesis) research project, internship or work experience in an area relevant to environmental sustainability challenges together with professionals or students from various disciplinary backgrounds. For instance, this may be a minor in terms of sustainability such as the minor Sustainable Development of CML or the minor Science and Technology in Society (coordinated by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences). And,
- passed one or multiple courses that included a minimum of 8 ECTS of mathematics, programming and/or statistics aiming at learning the necessary calculations. Applications within a research project (such as a thesis, internship, integrated project or challenge) without formal training do not fulfil this requirement.
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Leiden
Netherlands
2311 EZ
Netherlands
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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