Overview

Develop perspective on sustainable development at macro and meso level, focusing on social and economic drivers and motives. You will explore and discuss how organisations can tackle Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by developing sustainable business models and leveraging digital technologies. In addition, you will focus on the rise of hybrid organisations, such as social enterprises, the challenges and solutions that come with them and how they contribute to the SDGs.

• You will gain a unique perspective on sustainable development: this specialisation focuses on the role of organisations and companies in tackling global social challenges, in addition to the emergence of new organisational forms to achieve sustainable development goals. During your master's thesis, you will study one or more SDGs from this perspective.
• The innovative program has an international focus. It brings together academics and students from all over the world in a small-scale and interactive learning environment.
• Follow the Extended Master's programme and add a one-year internship to the regular programme. You can choose from various organizations within the domain of global management of social issues
• You will also have the opportunity to participate in the Global Sustainability Management programme: a two-semester international experience at two ENGAGE EU partner universities. This programme combines research into sustainability with experiential learning, workshops and practice-oriented projects.

Career prospects

As a graduate, you will understand social challenges in the context of sustainable development, and be able to lead projects and people that aim to bring about change, innovation, and development in an international context. You will understand problems from different perspectives, analyse causes and consequences of social issues, and lead and participate in change and innovation projects. With these skills, you are the connecting factor in a multidisciplinary team, as a project manager, consultant, policymaker or policy advisor.

For example, graduates went on to work as:

• Sustainability advisor at an internationally operating organization, where you design effective interventions to tackle complex societal challenges
• Project manager who ensures that sustainability projects run smoothly and converts environmental and social ambitions into the best possible results
• Policy advisor shaping policy responses to environmental challenges and societal needs