Organizing for Global Social Challenges (GMSI)

Overview

Become an expert in sustainable development within an international context by addressing global societal challenges, such as poverty, migration, climate change, or humanitarian interventions after a natural disaster. The core theme in this Organizing for Global Social Challenges program at Tilburg University  is sustainable development with a focus on social and economic motives.

• A unique perspective on sustainable development: this specialization considers the role of organizations and private businesses in addressing global social challenges, in addition to the emergence of new organizational forms to achieve sustainable development goals.
• Learn how to develop organizational interventions, run projects and assemble teams of experts who address global societal challenges.

• Community-building activities throughout the program will ensure cohesion in the programs cohort. Become part of an innovative program which brings together academics and students from all over the world in a small-scale and interactive learning environment.

Career prospects

Become prepared to lead and participate in change- and innovation-oriented projects aiming to tackle societal challenges. In this program you’ll learn to combine multi-disciplinary disciplines to address complex societal challenges from a cross-cultural and international comparative perspective.

With this knowledge, you can think beyond country borders and the limits of one area of expertise. These skills are in great demand within companies, organizations and projects operating in international environments. Graduates found work in (non-)profit sector, in multinational organizations, entrepreneurial ventures, government, and the private sector. Examples of employers include Unicef, Phillips, Oxfam Novib, Doctors without Borders, Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or Greenpeace.