Master of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Location
Lund
Description
The trend of increasing disasters and related losses is a truly global challenge. The changing global risk landscape due to processes such as climate change, urbanisation, and the increasing complexity of modern society poses major challenges for sustainable development and must be addressed with an interdisciplinary approach. A growing number of governments and international organisations acknowledge the necessity of increasing their efforts in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in order to successfully adjust to changing environments and develop safe and sustainable societies.
This two-year full-time inter-disciplinary programme contributes to meeting the need for qualified professionals who can:
- contribute to resilient and sustainable societies through use of interdisciplinary concepts, methods and tools within disaster risk management and climate change adaptation such as risk assessment, capacity assessment, preparedness and contingency planning, and risk based land use planning;
- work with capacity development and project management for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in local, national and international organisations or agencies;
- utilise and contribute to research in this field.
The programme offers a mix of practical and theoretical learning with a strong focus on group work and interaction between students and teaching staff, as well as with important factors within this field of study. Examples of the latter are involvement of experts from national and international organisations in some of the courses and the possibility of taking an elective internship-based course.
The programme has connections with potential hosts for interns and students conducting research for their Master’s thesis within the UN-system, the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, and Governmental agencies on different administrative levels in various parts of the world.
Scholarships and funding
- Lund University Global Scholarship programme
- Swedish Institute Scholarships
- Country-specific scholarships and funding options:
- Scholarships from external organisations
Contact
Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (M.Sc.) Visiting address: V-Building, John Ericssons väg 1, Lund
Programme director:
Magnus Hagelsteen
International Master's Coordinator:
Helene von Wachenfelt, E-mail: [email protected]
Target audience
Students come from very diverse backgrounds such as engineering science, social science, political science, natural science and environmental science. Even if previous work experience is not a requirement to enter the programme, most of the students have professional or volunteer experience.
Application procedure
Applications are currently open, with a deadline of 15 January. Apply online via the programme website