Starting in October 2014, the Department of Development Studies will be opening a new MSc course - in Environment, Politics and Development. Full details are here, and hot!
New MSc in Environment, Politics and
Development
Department of Development Studies
SOAS, University of London
Convenors: Professor Rosaleen Duffy
and Professor Peter Mollinga
This programme uses a critical political
ecology frame and examines environmental policy and its intersections with
development from a social justice angle. It is taught and convened by leading
political ecologists and offers a critical analysis of key issues including
water, climate, fisheries, forests, agricultural production, biodiversity, conflicts and energy supply.
The Masters asks important questions
including:
§ Can
we govern the commons?
§ How
does the environment intersect with global poverty, wealth and questions of
inequality?
§ Can
carbon trading offer a solution to managing climate change?
§ How
does access to water intersect with dynamics of wealth and poverty?
§ Is
wildlife conservation implicated in social injustices?
§ What
role can and do environmental movements play in development?
§ Is
there a link between environmental change and violent conflict?
§ What
are the political ecologies of forests?
For enquiries about the content of the programme please
contact Professor Rosaleen Duffy rd38@soas.ac.uk
For recruitment and admissions please contact study@soas.ac.uk
Read here Rosaleen's take on the recent London Declaration on wildlife trafficking for Just Conservation
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