The MA in Human Geography and Sustainability Research provides students with advanced-level skills in human geography and sustainability-related research for a career in the public, private, and/or voluntary and community sector. This includes positions with national and local government, other public bodies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), private sector consultancies, and research and policy institutes. It also delivers high-quality postgraduate training to students wishing to pursue a Ph.D. in human geography or sustainability and environmental studies.
The program is distinctive in three ways. First, it brings together expertise in Human Geography and Sustainability-related research to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach focused on equipping students with the necessary methodological skills to investigate key societal problems and their resolution. Second, through providing both subject-specific and broader social science training, the MA provides students with a wide-ranging set of research competencies that can be utilized in a range of academic, policy, and practice-based settings. Third, in developing research skills and knowledge of human geography, sustainability, and the environment, the MA is compliant (subject to approval) with the research training requirements for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Ph.D. scholarships (commonly termed +3), and is also suitable as the master’s year as part of an ESRC scholarship award that covers both the master’s and Ph.D. (commonly termed a 1+3 award).
