Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities Erasmus University Rotterdam

Overview

The Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam is a collaboration between the Department of Public Administration and the Institute of Housing and Urban Development StudiesOpens external (IHS), combining Public Administration expertise on urban policy, politics and governance with Urban Planning and Management expertise. 

What you will learn

• The programme offers a varied set of courses (obligatory and elective), skills training, working group sessions, and guest lectures by internationally well-known scholars as well as practitioners from the field. 

• Furthermore, you conduct your own research project (thesis) in which you apply theories and social scientific research methods to examine urban governance issues.

Career opportunities after graduation

• Graduates are able to both analyse complex public issues and develop strategies for the management and design of inclusive and sustainable urban policy and governance processes. 

• Alumni of our programme become project managers working on urban development, policymakers or advisors working at the local, regional, national and international level for both public and private organisations on themes such as sustainability, regeneration, mobility, city planning, infrastructure and co-creation.