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The Centre of African Studies offers a PhD programme with an international reputation, awarded from one of the worlds leading universities.
Since its foundation in 1962, the Centre...Read more
This programme engages critically with international development thinking and practice, and more broadly with processes of social, political and economic transformation around the world, with a specific...Read more
Programme descriptionThe MSc Comparative Public Policy provides intensive analytical training in the systematic comparison of social and public policies from an international perspective. ...Read more
Global Development Challenges (Online Learning) PgCert (ICL), PgCert
This is a part-time, online programme taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the issues around international development and developing your capacity to address them. ...Read more
Programme descriptionThis programme provides students with the skills they need to play a leading role in the formulation of health policies at the national and transnational levels
The programme situates...Read more
For students looking to undertake doctoral-level research in the Social and Political Science subject area, this Masters by Research degree will give you the necessary skills through a structured programme...Read more
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With two of the world’s leading economic powers situated in East Asia, and a huge potential for both regional conflict and cooperation, studying East Asian Relations is as relevant...Read more
Programme descriptionThis programme studies international relations and the pressing problems humanity faces in the international realm.
By joining this fascinating programme, you will become part of...Read more
The main content of this PhD programme is an independent doctoral research under the supervision of at least two members of academic staff form the Social and Political Science subject area. ...Read more
Programme descriptionThis programme explores the issues that shape population health and build the knowledge and skills necessary to address them.
Over the course of the last decade, global health has...Read more
Programme descriptionDeveloped in response to the enormous political challenges facing our changing societies, this programme offers an advanced understanding of the contemporary world, drawing on insights...Read more
The MSc Africa and International Development offers you a unique opportunity to acquire a combination of interdisciplinary, regional expertise of Africa with a critical knowledge of: international development...Read more
The challenge of how seven billion can live well on one planet can only be understood and tackled effectively by taking multiple perspectives and drawing on a range of disciplines. ...Read more
Programme descriptionThe MSc Public Policy covers both the theories and approaches to understanding and engaging with policy work, as well as applying these theories and approaches to policy making in...Read more
This programme aims to provide rigorous postgraduate training to those interested in pursuing interdisciplinary research across public health and the social sciences.
It offers a structured training...Read more
Programme descriptionThis is a truly interdisciplinary degree, combining environmental politics and environmental sociology with normative philosophy.
This programme provides a social science-based,...Read more
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The University of Edinburgh is host to a thriving and cosmopolitan community of researchers working on global development issues.
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We are home to internationally recognised...Read more
Research profileResearch in Politics and International Relations explores the theory, practice and ethics of politics and governance.
We cover a broad area of expertise, from local policy to global governance,...Read more
Programme aimsThis programme aims to equip you with key intellectual skills to analyse contemporary domestic and international affairs from a philosophically informed perspective, with a particular focus...Read more
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This programme offers an advanced theoretical and empirical understanding of the international relations of the Middle East, exploring and applying several theoretical models: realism;...Read more