Course summary
Are you ready to explore some of the world's most pressing challenges? Understand the link between the environment, development agendas, and global inequalities for today and the future. Our MSc Environment and Development enables you to critically evaluate the multiple dimensions of the inter-relationship between development and the environment, with an abiding concern for social and environmental justice. What will I learn? Our teaching approach encourages you to reflect upon your role as both researchers and professionals in transformations towards social and environmental justice, considering the ethics of engagement in an unequal world. You will learn about issues that are inherently transboundary, multi-generational and multi-faceted. Our approach to understanding these issues will centre on questions of justice and inequalities. Some issues you may explore:
- gender and social equality
- environmental justice
- international development and justice
- critical sustainability
- climate justice
- diminishing natural resources
- biodiversity conservation
- disaster vulnerability and adaptation
Modules
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
The University of Edinburgh
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