Course Focus
The Master’s programme addresses theoretical and methodological debates in geography to give students a better understanding of the complex emergence of environmental risks and natural hazards, their implications for human-nature relations (vulnerability, resilience, adaptation), and how to deal with these implications in practice. Jointly organised by the Department of Geography and the United Nations University in Bonn, it provides a unique combination of advanced conceptual and applied engagements with the field of environmental risks and human security in an international context. Fields of study include: geographical approaches to risk, vulnerability, and resilience new approaches to development geography Earth system science qualitative & quantitative methods, as well as GIS & remote sensing social-ecological systems, risk & technology risk management and governance, forecast & prediction disaster management, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and humanitarian response
Target Group
A strong motivation to contribute to the area of Human Security and management of risks related to Environmental Change is a pre-requisite to study in this Master’s Programme. Applicants should be highly motivated to learn in a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment.