Urban Governance

Overview

The Urban Governance programme at Erasmus University Rotterdam provides courses and training in real life settings giving an opportunity to learn and practice scientific and managerial skills. It includes a variety of teaching methodologies aimed at interaction between teachers and students, between students and practitioners and between students themselves.

Next to general lectures given by leading scholars in the field, pedagogical games such as action planning, fieldwork and excursions are part of the teaching methods. 

The courses provide the most recent theoretical and empirical insights in urban governance. 

Practical and professional skills are developed in the urban governance labs, including working group sessions and seminars. Inspirational guest lectures enable a knowledge and experience transfer from experts in the field. The urban governance labs are further used to build group identity among the students.

Career opportunities

After completing this master track you are able to analyse urban governance issues and processes. You know how to design interactive governance strategies to tackle urban issues and to act as a broker and advisor in urban development projects. You are educated to organise and manage the necessary processes to tackle these problems and develop solutions.

Graduates will be suitable candidates for positions as a:

• member of a project team that works on large urban development projects (such as city center restructuring, the extension of a city’s port area or the regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods);
• government official working on urban strategies (e.g.  dealing with climate change, citizen initiatives, sustainable energy, social innovation) and urban planning at the local, regional or national level;
• government or private party official working in public-private partnerships on increasing urban sustainability;