Anthropology and Development Studies Radboud University

Overview

In this Master’s programme you develop your critical, analytical, reflective and academic skills to contribute to society by conducting research. In the first semester, you choose and design your research project fitting in one of three thematic tracks:

• Decolonising diversity in a polarised world
• Ecological livelihoods and environmental justice
• Grassroots initiatives, development and the state

During three months of fieldwork you will find answers to your questions within your area of interest. Concluding the Master’s programme, you will sum up your findings, not only in the form of an academic thesis, but also as a policy brief or other type of output that you can share with relevant stakeholders to increase your impact.

Future career opportunities

Possible jobs are that of a policy officer, advisor, or researcher for the central or local government, an advisor at aid, welfare and civil society organisations such as the UN, Cordaid or the Dutch Council for Refugees, a researcher at a university or NGO, trade union, consultancy firm or private institution or as a journalist or communication officer.

Research

This Master’s programme is offered by the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies (CAOS). This department studies cultural diversity and social inequality in a rapidly changing world. This might, for example, entail the study of citizenship and belonging in multicultural societies like the Netherlands, or of understanding people’s resilience in areas prone to flooding

The department is embedded in the Radboud Social Cultural Research (Radboud SCR). Scholars at Radboud SCR specifically focus on three research themes: inequality, migration and demographic developments.

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation).