Demands for better standards of living, social justice and more democratic societies are on the rise and manifest themselves most clearly at the local level and
This interdisciplinary specialization examines the inter-relationship between population and social development by drawing on theory and evidence from…
The Global Economy specialization will provide students with an understanding of the nature and functioning of the world economy and process of economic…
The PPM specialization prepares students to contribute effectively to policy analysis, preparation, implementation and evaluation processes especially in…
The subject of poverty has long been a central concern of development studies. It has also been central to social policy for much longer. Nonetheless, poverty…
The AFS specialization provides students with solid grounding in the study of problems related to agrarian transformations, food system governance, and…
CYS provides students with a critical understanding of how children and youth are situated in local and global development processes by approaching 'generation'…
How did the ‘new humanitarianism’ come to dominate development agendas after the end of the Cold War? How can conflict management and peace-building efforts be…