Overview

The Environment, Politics and Development programme from  SOAS University of London  is taught by leading political ecologists who have research and practitioner experience at various scales and locations across the Global South. The programme's teaching engages with the most important global thinkers and considers power structures and relations along the lines of race, gender, class and caste in global political ecology.

Career opportunities:

A degree from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS will further develop your understanding of the world and how society is organised, with specific focus on violence and conflict, the role of aid, refugees and forced migration. Graduates leave with a range of transferable skills, including critical thinking, analytical skills and cultural awareness. Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Amnesty International

• BBC World Service

• British Embassy Brussels

• Department for International Development

• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

• Embassy of Japan

• Government of Pakistan

• Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

• International Labour Organization (ILO)

• KPMG LLP

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

• National Health and Medical Research Council

• Overseas Development Institute