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Sustainability Science, Policy and Society

Courses & curriculum 2024 - 2025

The Sustainability Science, Policy and Society programme consists of four elements:

  • a scientific base in sustainable development and policy making
  • courses in which you will learn how to design, conduct and evaluate sustainability assessment
  • a specialisation in Policy for Sustainability or Business for Sustainability
  • courses that focus on improving your skills and a master’s thesis on a real-world sustainability issue

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Sustainability Science, Policy and Society

  1. Year 1

    Courses

    Core courses

    • Sustainable Development
    • Sustainability Science
    • Sustainability Assessment Skills 
      • Basic Modelling 
      • Scenario Analysis
      • Participatory methods
      • Multicriteria Analysis
    • Methodology for Sustainability Assessment
    • Integrated Sustainability Project

    Policy for Sustainability specialisation 

    • The State, Politics and International Environmental Law 
    • Policy for Sustainability Innovation 
    • Sustainability Governance

    or Business for Sustainability specialisation 

    • Challenges of Business in Sustainability Transitions
    • Sustainable Business Innovation
    • Measuring and Reporting on Corporate Impacts

    Thesis & Academic Skills 

    • Thesis Research Proposal
    • Research Approaches and Methods
    • Master thesis