MSc Environment, Politics and Society

This course explores the ways in which scientific, political and cultural practices shape our understanding of the relationship between society and the environment.

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On this programme, you will look at the social, economic, cultural and political processes that make up our collective environmental and political knowledge.听

You will consider how they are communicated with the wider public and incorporated into decision-making.听

You will learn a wide range of social science methods alongside personal transferable skills that are essential for anyone interested in social and environmental politics, practices and policy.

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Who is this course for?

You will be best suited for the MSc in Environment, Politics and Society if you are already working in the sector and interested in developing training in research practices.

Alternatively, you might be interested in carrying out higher-level work in advance of a PhD or work in the field.听

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Academic Staff

	Dr Eszter Krasznai Kov谩cs (Convenor) Eszter is an ecologist, lawyer and the听Convenor for this course. Her听research interests include听changing geographies and geopolitics of environmental management, the making of rural development and associated legal regimes, and their effects on livelihoods immediately dependent on resources. She is听interested in the processes of transformation and transition in the post-socialist eastern European region as these have affected property relations and natural resource use and access, farming, conservation and thus the sorts of lives possible in rural areas.
听	Professor Alan Latham Alan is the convenor for the听Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods (GEOG0082)听core module. He is an urban geographer whose research focuses on sociality and urban life, globalisation and the cultural economy of cities, and corporeal mobility.
	Professor Jason Dittmer Jason is the Head of the Geography Department and convenes the听Geo-Politics (GEOG0084)听core module. His current research is on Gibraltar and the materiality of geopolitics. His most recent books are听Diplomatic Material: Affect, assemblage, and foreign policy听published in 2017 and听Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity, published 2019.
	Dr Samuel Randalls Sam's research interests are at the interface of business, science and the environment, with a particular focus on weather and climate. His recent research focuses on the development of 19th-century weather-related insurance and histories of climate policies.
	Professor Jennifer Robinson Jennifer is active in the听Urban Laboratory, a network for Urban Studies with representatives from across UCL. Her research interests include developing a postcolonial critique of urban studies. Her book听Ordinary Cities,听which looks at how the interplay between urban modernity and development, was published in 2006. It examines the conceptual and practical divide between so-called 'Western' and 'developing' cities.
	Professor Alan Ingram Alan is the convenor for the听Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods (GEOG0082)听core module. He is an urban geographer whose research focuses on sociality and urban life, globalisation and the cultural economy of cities, and corporeal mobility.
	Professor Chris Brierley Chris convenes the听MSc Climate Change Programme. His research revolves around the use of earth system models to answer questions about past and future climate change. His ongoing work for the Palaeoclimate Model Intercomparison (Climate of the Past, 2020) forms part of the past climate community's contribution to the听.
	Associate Professor Pushpa Arabindoo Pushpa Arabindoo is a Co-Director of the听UCL Urban Laboratory听where she leads the priority theme of Wasteland. With an undergraduate degree in Architecture, an MSc in Urban Design and a PhD in Planning, her work assumes an interdisciplinary approach to urban studies, drawing on everything from engineering and natural sciences to humanities and the social sciences. Her research is set in the Indian city of Chennai where she has investigated a range of issues from middle-class activism to subaltern politics and ecological imaginaries around nature, water and waste.
	Professor Tariq Jazeel Tariq convenes the听Postcolonial Cultural Geographies (GEOG0100)听module and is cofounder and codirector of UCL鈥檚听Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World.听His research examines the intersection between critical geography, postcolonial and critical theory, and South Asian studies.
	Professor Muki Haklay Muki is the Co-Director of the听Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group and co-founder of the social enterprise听. His work focuses on participatory mapping, crowdsourced geographic information and citizen science, alongside public access, use and creation of environmental information.
	Dr Rory Coulter Rory joined the UCL Geography Department after completing an听听project on the rates of homeownership among young people. His research uses longitudinal datasets to analyse the different types of homes and neighbourhoods people move to throughout their lives.
	Professor Jan Axmacher Jan the Convenor of the MSc Conservation programme. His research covers a wide range of issues related to global biodiversity conservation in forested and agricultural landscapes. He is also an Affiliate Professor at the Agricultural University of Iceland.