Human Security

专业介绍

The Master’s degree programme in Human Security is based on the UN’s Human Security approach, with a particular focus on conflict and the environment. 

Global environmental change is increasingly threatening to escalate conflicts across the globe. Competition for access to scarce resources is intensifying, the supply of essential goods is declining, and the global population continues to grow. 

In recent years, the concept of “human security” has become a key framework for understanding and addressing processes of human development in contexts of insecurity. This development is partly rooted in the work of the United Nations. Human security is more than the absence of physical violence. It is about freedom from fear, freedom from want, and the right to live a life in dignity. 

Through the programme, you develop the ability to carry out informed and critically analytical assessments of human security. You learn to analyse and intervene in complex networks in which social, environmental, economic and political factors are deeply intertwined. At the same time, you strengthen your ability to combine scientific theory with real-world experience. 

A unique programme

The Master’s degree programme in Human Security is the first of its kind in Europe. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Department of Culture and Society, the Department of Biology, and the Department of Agroecology. 
Your lecturers come from a range of academic backgrounds and departments, and they are complemented by international guest lecturers from around the world. Over the course of the two-year programme (120 ECTS), you will gain in-depth insight into global conflicts and ecosystems, while also engaging with different approaches to human security.