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Lancaster University: Political Ecology
| Institution | Lancaster University View institution profile |
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| Department | Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) |
| Web | www.lancaster.ac.uk |
| pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1524 592032 |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
The Earth is faced with unprecedented and interconnected environmental challenges. From biodiversity loss to climate change, these complex problems demand both critical thought and action to understand and to help us to live with a changing planet. Yet environmental issues are simultaneously political, technological and cultural, and produce profound inequalities in terms of wealth, prosperity, power and justice. This unique MA Political Ecology develops your ability to think critically about society and how we tackle environmental and social issues, injustices and inequalities. It will equip you with the skills to ask and respond to the difficult questions of human-environment relations, to confront and challenge the status quo, and crucially, to help drive transformative action for a better and fairer world. This will make you attractive to employers across the spectrum of politically conscious and action-oriented organisations.
Who is this programme for? Anyone seeking to address the environmental injustices and unequal power relations that permeate throughout the world today, either through job roles or further research.
Looking ahead to employability We draw upon political ecology’s multi-dimensionality and emphasise the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives. This holistic approach develops your skills in:
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Understanding the different ways of analysing, debating and acting in response to diverse environments and development concerns, from local to global scales
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Project management for driving transformative action and change
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Constructing conversations to tackle the world’s most urgent and challenging environmental and developmental questions
What to expect The MA in Political Ecology focuses on a range of themes including the politics of resource extraction, water, climate politics and the green economy. To do this, we believe passionately that true learning is about dialogue and critical reflection, and not just about lectures. Through a series of core and optional modules, we offer novel approaches to learning and teaching, engaging you in creative classes, both inside and outside of the lecture theatre, that provide the means to understand our complex planet of human-environment relations and how society might address and overcome some of the challenges of living on Earth.
The final phase of your Master’s is a dissertation project. You can choose to work alongside one of our world-leading academics or one of our industry partners on a topic relevant to political ecology.
Three things we would like you to know - Our Master’s is truly unique – the only one in the UK offering a dedicated political ecology perspective
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Learn by exploring the city of Lancaster as a ‘living laboratory’ to critically examine local political ecology concerns such as the history of slavery and the mahogany trade
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You will work with and learn from one of the largest political ecology research groups in the UK with an international reputation. We are founding members of POLLEN, the world’s most diverse organisation for political ecology
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | 2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Developmental Studies or Geography. We may also consider non-standard applicants with a 2:2 degree in a subject not noted above, alongside extensive relevant work experience or similar training, such as work with environmental policy and practice, NGOs or activist networks. We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously. We require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 6.5, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications. |
| Location | Main Site Admissions Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW |
Summary
The Earth is facing up to unprecedented environmental challenges. Enormous problems ranging from biodiversity loss to climate change demand both critical thought and action in order to understand and live with a changing planet. Yet environmental issues are simultaneously political, technological and cultural, and produce profound inequalities in how wealth, power and justice are realised. This unique Master's programme in Political Ecology offers the conceptual tools and practical skills to ask the difficult questions of human-environment relations, to not accept the status quo uncritically, and to drive transformative action.
By taking the MA Political Ecology at Lancaster, the only such programme in the UK, you will be working with and learning from one of the largest political ecology research groups in the country. We draw upon political ecology’s multi-dimensionality and emphasise a generous range of interdisciplinary perspectives that seek to understand different ways of analysing the critique, debates and actions centred on diverse environment and development concerns from local to global scales. We focus on a range of themes including the politics of resource extraction, water, climate politics and the green economy. To do this, we believe passionately that learning isn’t just about lectures. We offer novel approaches to our teaching, engaging our students in creative classes that provide the necessary means to understand a complex planet and the challenges of our living with it.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Developmental Studies or Geography. We may also consider non-standard applicants with a 2:2 degree, or with a 2:1 degree in a subject not noted above, alongside extensive relevant work experience or similar training, such as work with environmental policy and practice, NGOs or activist networks. Please contact us for further information. We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously. We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 6.5, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications. |
| Location | Main Site Admissions Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW |
Lancaster University is home to a dynamic postgraduate community and offers a wealth of both taught and research study options across a wide range of subject areas. Studying at Lancaster is all about broadening your horizons, finding new perspectives and discovering new experiences. By living and studying with students and staff from over 130 countries students join a global community and have the opportunity to make international connections.
We are proud to be highly ranked in three major UK league tables. We’ve also been awarded 5 Stars for overall performance in the globally renowned QS World Ratings. The …
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