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Social-ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development – (M.Sc.)
Stockholm University
Department of Biology Education BIG
| Application Deadline: | January 16 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 15,900 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Stockholm / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Stockholm University
The 2-year Master’s Programme Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development aims to enhance students’ knowledge of the complex interactions between social and ecological dynamics at different scales; particularly ecosystem management in the context of change and uncertainty. Students are introduced to different research approaches and methods for studying coupled social and ecological systems. The aim is to provide students with insights into problem-driven transdisciplinary environmental research.
The Master’s Programme will admit up to15 new students each year and includes one year of courses and a traineeship, and one year spent doing a Master’s thesis. The four mandatory courses are designed with an emphasis on resilience to define the challenges we face today and reflect on how resilience thinking can be applied to social-ecological systems to solve real-life problems.
Contents
The four compulsory courses are:
· Social-ecological systems: challenges and approaches · Systems Theory and Resilience Thinking · Governing and managing social-ecological systems · Resilience reflections and applications
Students’ theses are mainly incorporated in on-going research projects and are all related to one of the research themes at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. We strongly encourage students to publish their research in peer-reviewed journals.
We want to attract top international and Swedish students and ensure that they are embedded in the research life at the Centre. Integrating students, post docs and senior researchers is important to us. This can provide scientific role models, develop students’ practical research skills and build important social networks… a process that can also be lots of fun!
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Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, from a university recognised by the Ministry of Education of the country in which the degree has been awarded. A very good command of English, documented by an internationally recognised proficiency test. English B (Swedish upper secondary school course) or equivalent, or one of the following tests: IELTS: 6.5 (with no section below 5.5). TOEFL (paper based): 575 (with minimum score 4,5 in the written test). TOEFL (internet based): 90 (with minimum score 20 in the written test), University of Cambridge and Oxford: Certificate in Advanced English or Diploma of English Studies. All applicants must complete their application with the following: 1) Statement of Purpose – where you explain why you have selected this Programme and what you have to offer the Programme (max 250 words); and 2) Research Ideas – for your master’s thesis which must be related to the Programme (max 250 words).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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