Equipping the next generation to manage resources sustainably

UCL’s MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy & Transitions gives the next generation understanding of the key challenges surrounding the sustainable use of the Earth’s resources.

UCL’s MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy & Transitions gives the next generation of policymakers, researchers, NGO leaders and business entrepreneurs a detailed understanding of the key challenges surrounding the sustainable use of the Earth’s resources.  

“We give our students a chance to investigate one of the most urgent topics plaguing society: how to use the World’s resources in a sustainable way,” says Nino Jordan (UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources), who leads the programme. 

The course explores how patterns of use and consumption of resources are shaped, the role of people and governments and approaches such as the resource nexus and the Circular Economy. The multidisciplinary programme draws on UCL experts in disciplines as diverse as economics, law, political science, development planning, engineering and the natural sciences. 

As well as receiving a grounding in the concepts, challenges, policies and economics of sustainable resources, students are able to focus on topics including the impacts of climate change on hydro-ecological systems, sustainable entrepreneurship and resource governance in the Global South. 

“The extraction, supply and management of materials underpins every aspect of our lives, explains Nino. “This programme highlights the need for us to make the transition from a highly inefficient and wasteful system towards a more sustainable one in which resources are maintained in a cycle as long as possible.”