Course Focus
Sustainable development and accordingly sustainability in the mani- fold relationships between humans and the environment have become integral rules of conduct in politics and society. This is also true in economics, where for many companies a commitment to the principles of sustainability has become a central strategic competitive advantage. One of the major challenges to the implementation of the overall concept of sustainable development concerns effective governance processes between various stakeholders regarding the wise use of environmental resources within companies, administrations, organisations, and society at large. The M.Sc. Programme ‘Environmental Governance’ (MEG) addresses this special need. Unique worldwide, its focus is on facilitating the institutionalisation of context-effective environmental governance arrangements that combine the regulation of market, state and civil society for sustainable development. The study programme comprises: The development of a sound knowledge base on the most pressing environmental issues facing the planet and their underlying social causes, The comparative discussion of different analytical frameworks from social, economic and political science perspectives, The provision of methodological knowledge and skills for the con- text-sensitive design and management of the environmental governance process. The programme does not limit itself to a special regional context but focuses on environmental governance processes in a representative, worldwide perspective from local to international level.
Target Group
The MEG Programme is targeting future leaders in the complex field of sustainable development. ‘Sustainability designers’ possessing grand, innovative ideas about environmental governance arrangements transcending the traditional functional, structural and territorial boundaries. ‘Sustainability managers’ embracing and understanding these ideas and capable of finding ways to implement them in a con- text-sensitive manner.