MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions

The Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions MSc at UCL offers an interdisciplinary perspective on sustainable resource use. The program explores various dimensions of sustainability, resource management and transitions processes by combining the insights from different disciplines, including economics, law, geology and other earth sciences.Course Content: This program is structured around key subjects including global environmental change, frameworks of sustainability, and physical resource economics. Apart from the core subjects, the course also provides flexibility on various optional modules that cater to different research interests. The assessment methods involve coursework assignments, presentations, and a final dissertation.Key Modules: The course is divided into five key modules, namely, 'Concepts of Resources', 'Sustainability in Practice', 'Physical Resource Economics', 'Law and Governance of Resources', and 'Economics and Policy of Resources'. Future Careers: Graduates of this program can find employment in diverse sectors like national and international policy making, NGOs, government advisory, private sector resource management consulting and a wide range of further academic research. Prior students of this course are currently working at organizations like United Nations Development Programme, Department for International Development, Deloitte, Cambridge Econometrics, and Green Investment Bank.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.