Studienaufbau & -inhalte

The Master Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy is a full-time program which takes 4 semesters. Over the course of studies students acquire theory-based knowledge, methodological skills as well as the ability to apply these in an interdisciplinary context.

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Vorkenntnisse & Aufnahmeprozess

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 and human well-being.

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Karriereaussichten

The program has been designed to provide students with the necessary understanding of global sustainability issues, an ability to work in interdisciplinary teams, and sound training in socio-economic concepts and methods.

The MSc program prepares graduates for

• Employment as policy analysts, program managers, consultants, civil servants, project managers, and advisors who provide an insight into and support decision processes relating to sustainability issues by, for example, undertaking risk and uncertainty analyses in the social and environmental sectors; analyzing long-term developments relating to climate change, population development or aging in society; undertaking sustainability appraisals at company, regional or policy levels; helping design social, environmental, economic or educational policies; designing and facilitating participatory processes
• Working in international organizations, consultancies, companies, ministries, national and international NGOs, and research institutes where interdisciplinary skills and knowledge about the interactions of sustainability issues are needed
• Doctoral studies in the social sciences, in particular in economics, social policy, environmental studies and demography

Qualification profile

Graduates of the MSc (Master of Science) program Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy have the ideal qualifications for a career as socio-economists in the field of sustainability. The successful completion of the program endowed them with skills to

• gain a comprehensive understanding of issues in the field of socio-ecological transition and ensuing challenges for politics, and to analyze these issues using appropriate models and quantitative and qualitative methods
• obtain relevant information from specialist academic and practical literature and socioeconomic information systems and apply them in a critical but considered manner
• support political and management processes through appropriate designs and skills even in conflictladen situations
• work constructively in teams and participate actively in interactive problem-solving processes

The SEEP graduate is (I) equipped with the theories, methods and empirical approaches necessary for an in-depth understanding of global social, economic and environmental policy issues, (II) aware of the variety of ethical issues arising from sustainable development, (III) possesses the skills essential for interdisciplinary analysis, and (IV) is able to work in international teams in developing, designing and evaluating novel policy responses.