Migration, Environment, and Climate Change University of Salamanca

Overview

Migration, Environment, and Climate Change at the University of Salamanca is imperative to profoundly understand the root causes of forced displacement, whether it is poverty and inequality, climate change, governance problems or violent conflict, and to make progress in articulating concrete measures to address the situation of groups affected by these situations. 

Learning outcomes

The phenomenon of human displacement due to environmental and climate degradation requires holistic responses that involve different areas of government. 

Within this context, the Master in Global and International Studies: Migration, Environment and Climate Change arises to prepare highly qualified professionals who can be incorporated into both the labor and research markets and who have the analytical skills necessary to comprehend the relationship between migration, environment and climate change. In this sense, this master’s degree will offer students the possibility of being trained in subjects that are central elements in the agendas of the most relevant actors at a national, regional and international level, such as the following:

• The effects of climate change on public health, food and water security, migration, peace and security.

• The inclusion of environmental factors in the analysis and application of contemporary migration policies and practices, from prevention to governance of displacement, border management, integration regimes and modes of return and reintegration.

• The strategies of population redistribution from the global level, due to the future increase of uninhabitability in many areas of the planet, including local perspectives of urban planning strategies aimed at creating sustainable cities in which migrants can feel integrated.

• Strategies and models to link sustainable development with policies to curb climate change, and their implications for the management of population movements in today’s world.