Globalisation and Development Studies Maastricht University

Overview

 Globalisation and Development Studies at Maastricht University is a social science programme that focuses on how globalisation affects and interconnects communities around the world. While we acknowledge the macro-level roles of states and commerce in processes of globalisation and development, we focus on how they are experienced ‘from the ground up’ in the everyday lives of families, indigenous communities, migrant diasporas, grassroots organisations, individual policymakers and NGOs. In this programme, you will study diverse local responses to globalisation and development by actors who are central to these processes and those who are marginalised by them.

Career

You will have a wide array of career paths to choose from, including:

• Working in the development sector in NGOs, and other similar organisations, as a researcher, project manager, board member, strategist, awareness campaigner, fundraiser or lobbyist

• Joining the public sector in government agencies as a policy maker, analyst, researcher or project developer

• Entering the private sector as a consultant on developmental impacts

• Working in the media, as a reporter, copywriter or press officer, a think tank

• Entering a think tank or into academia, as a researcher or PhD candidate