Leiden University | Governance of Sustainability (MSc)
Located in: The Hague
The Governance of Sustainability programme offers a transdisciplinary approach to tackling urgent environmental challenges. Designed for students from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds, this programme goes beyond traditional learning. On your path to becoming a change agent, you will learn how to integrate governance and environmental science perspectives and to collaborate with non-academic actors. This will enable you to co-create solutions to real-world sustainability issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, water management, and circular economy. Our graduates are well-prepared for careers in consultancy, governance, corporate sustainability, or research, equipped with the knowledge and skill set that are highly valued in today’s job market.
4 Reasons to study Governance of Sustainability at Leiden University
- Our teaching creates a transdisciplinary environment in which you are challenged to integrate multiple perspectives, reflect on those and take ownership of your own learning process.
- You will collaborate with interdisciplinary and international students to design and execute integrative research projects, combining concepts, theories and research methods of both governance and environmental sustainability.
- We connect you to important organisations, institutions and other stakeholders through guest lectures, excursions, panel discussions and commissioned group projects.
- You will be confronted with real-life sustainability challenges, that require in-depth insights into the environmental science and governance aspects thereof and the skills to integrate different perspectives.
Additional Information
Start date: September
Duration: 2 year
Degree: Master of Science (MSc)
Location: The Hague
Language: English
Mode of study: Fulltime
