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Master'sAnthropology and Development Studies

How can we understand the inequalities, environmental crises, and displacement shaping people's lives? This Master’s programme equips you with the skills you need to critically analyse and engage with complex societal challenges.

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    • Something for you?

    • Specialise in one of three tracks: Decolonising Diversity, Ecological Livelihoods, or Grassroots Initiatives.
    • Engage with pressing questions and issues around inequality, environment, and social change.
    • Design and conduct your own research project, including three months of fieldwork, working directly with the communities and contexts you study.
    • Develop expertise in advanced and creative research methods, enabling you to analyse social realities beyond what statistics and policy reports alone can reveal.
    • Prepare for a career as a researcher, policy advisor, or development professional, working for NGOs, government organisations, companies, and beyond.
    Why this programme?

    Admission requirements

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    Factsheet

    Main language
    English (100%)
    Study duration
    1 year (60 EC)
    Start
    September
    Contact hours
    5-10
    Number of students
    14
    Programme format
    Full time
    Degree
    Master of Science
    Faculty
    Faculty of Social Sciences
    CROHO code
    60253
    Accreditation
    NVAO
    I feel like I can have a diverse career in which I can take on different roles and engage in multiple topics over the years.
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    What will you learn

    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Tuitions & grants

    If you are going to follow this Master's programme, you will pay an annual tuition fee. There are different tuition rates. The amount depends on your personal situation.

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