Start master Science for Sustainability
Start master Science for Sustainability

New Master's programme Science for Sustainability in collaboration with Faculty of Sciences launched

The signing by deans Saskia Lavrijssen of Nijmegen School of Management and Sijbrand de Jong of the Faculty of Sciences on Tuesday 10 December marked the start of the new two-year Master's programme Science for Sustainability. This special collaboration between the two faculties focuses on the transition to a sustainable society.

‘Students following the Master's programme will be trained as sustainability navigators: people who dare to look outside the box and are just as capable of discussing environmental goals as organisational change,’ says programme director Sjors Witjes. Issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change and resource scarcity are topics covered during the programme.

The cooperation between the two faculties is particularly evident through the focus on two dimensions: planetary boundaries and societal transition processes. Whereas within the first dimension, insights from natural sciences such as biology, earth sciences, chemistry and physics are applied in particular, the second dimension integrates knowledge and values from economic and social contexts.

More information on the Master's programme can be found here.