Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy: Profile

Economic and social systems do not exist in isolation from the physical environment. In this program, you learn how to analyze global challenges by applying socioeconomic concepts and empirical methods and derive policy recommendations from these analyses.
The SEEP Master of Science (MSc) Program provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to critically analyse the combined social, ecological and economic crises facing humanity today. Policy approaches and the diversity of alternatives are explored with respect to issues such as climate change, social-ecological transformation, sustainable work, inequalities, growthmania and consumerism.

Traditional disciplinary approaches to analysis and policy formulation are insufficient. Instead interdisciplinary understanding is needed to comprehend the interactions and interdependencies of biophysical, social and economic systems. The SEEP MSc trains you in how to question and critically think about traditional approaches to economics and public policy that have become encapsulated in ideas such as sustainable development and Green growth.

Staff bring diverse perspectives to enable you to gain insight into heterodox economics, social policy, ecological economics, degrowth, governance, economic geography, political ecology and political science. The SEEP programme is based in the Socio-Economics Department which prospective students should note is a separate and independent department from economics.

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Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy: Course Content

The SEEP MSc foundation courses in the first semester provide coverage of research and writing on contemporary policy challenges; the history and philosophy of science; international and European law, institutions and governance; economic growth and development. In the second semester two specialisations are chosen from four options and undertaken along with the methods course and an agent level behavioural socio-economics course. Quantitative and qualitative methods are treated as equally important in the programme and taught in combination, not as separate courses or with the former regarded as superior to the latter. In the second year the concentration areas and methods course continue during the third semester. In addition, across the third and fourth semesters a minor course is run allowing team work and practical community engagement, called service learning. In the fourth semester students turn to their thesis.

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Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy: Career

The MSc program prepares graduates for:

• Employment as policy analysts, program managers, consultants, civil servants, project managers, and advisors who provide an insight into and support decision processes relating to sustainability issues by, for example, undertaking risk and uncertainty analyses in the social and environmental sectors; analyzing long-term developments relating to climate change, population development or aging in society; undertaking sustainability appraisals at company, regional or policy levels; helping design social, environmental, economic or educational policies; designing and facilitating participatory processes
• Working in international organizations, consultancies, companies, ministries, national and international NGOs, and research institutes where interdisciplinary skills and knowledge about the interactions of sustainability issues are needed
• Doctoral studies in the social sciences, in particular in economics, social policy, environmental studies and demography

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Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy: Admission

Open to a select group of students from all over the world, this program combines academic excellence with practical and political relevance. The program is aimed at students with a diverse array of backgrounds who have a deep concern for the challenges arising from rapid environmental change, population dynamics, poverty and exclusion, and who are keen to find ways to enhance environmental sustainability and human well-being.
SEEP is therefore aimed particularly at students who:

Wish to obtain interdisciplinary theoretical and academic skills, qualifying them for specialist positions in diverse areas of policy and management in government and non-governmental organisations, international agencies, research institutes and academia;

Wish to obtain the necessary prerequisites for higher scientific qualifications (PhD/doctoral programs)

Wish to proceed to teaching and/or research at universities or other institutions.

Please find more information here.

The application period starts on September 1, 2020.

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Übersicht der Masterstudiengänge - WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

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Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy: SEEP Students and the International Classroom

You will be amongst a gender balanced cohort of students who have mixed disciplinary backgrounds and international experience. We aim to provide internationalisation by attracting a diverse set of students from all over the world: an “international classroom”. The cohorts vary but in recent years have consisted by nationality of 40% international, 20% international German and 40% domestic. You will be engaged in an English language masters programme where all teaching and assessment is in English.

Specialize in your areas of interest

The program offers four concentration areas of which you can choose two:

• Social Ecological Economics
• Globalisation and Social Policy
• Globalisation and Multi-Level Policy
• The Political Economy of Inequalities

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Online Master's Day

Interested in learning more about the Master's Programs at WU Vienna?
Then join the Online Master's Day on November 4th.

More information and soon also registration here.

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