UCL Information Session: Addressing Global Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

People and communities around the world are facing social inequalities, poverty and the global climate crisis. These multifaceted societal challenges need innovative thinking to solve them.

Join our virtual information session to discover how UCL’s postgraduate courses are equipping students with new, interdisciplinary approaches in prosperity, urban studies and gender – and opening pathways for future leaders and change-makers.

A taster lecture by Dr Yuan He (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity), Dr Pushpa Arabindoo (UCL Department of Geography), and Dr Alex Hyde, (UCL Gender and Sexuality Studies), will be followed by introductions to our master’s courses, and a chance for you to ask your questions with our academic experts. 

This is a virtual event taking place online via Zoom webinar.

Our masters degrees

Across our UCL departments we have a range of innovative master’s degrees that are tackling global challenges by combining expertise from multiple academic disciplines.

• Global Prosperity MSc - A pioneering transdisciplinary programme designed to foster a new generation of social leaders ready to tackle global challenges and rethink what global prosperity entails in different parts of the world. It trains you to think critically about current social, economic and political models, and find innovative and inclusive solutions to drive transformations.
• Prosperity, People and Planet MSc - This MSc takes a transdisciplinary and whole systems perspective to understanding wellbeing in the context of uncertainty, climate change and ecological devastation. It’s a course for anyone interested in how we can regenerate the planet and make it a better place for everyone to live in. 
• Prosperity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship MSc - Explore transformative entrepreneurship to develop and implement innovations that can help address the causes and consequences of environmental degradation, economic inequality and social injustice.
• Urban Studies MSc - Drawing on the unrivalled range of urban expertise at UCL, this programme offers a highly distinctive interdisciplinary, critical and creative approach to the study of cities and urban life.
• Gender, Society and Representation MA - Exploring the historical and contemporary challenges arising from changes in gender relations in a range of contexts and sexuality as expressed in social, cultural and political life.

Want to learn more about these degrees? Register for our virtual open day and taster lecture.

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