About our research
This Master’s specialisation is closely connected to the Institute for Management Research (IMR), the research institute of the Nijmegen School of Management. IMR conducts state-of-the-art research into complex governance and management issues, seeking not only to understand the underlying causes of these problems but also to develop innovative solutions.
Hot Spots
In this Master’s programme, you’ll collaborate with IMR’s “Hot Spots” — multidisciplinary research groups led by top scholars. Hot Spots are set up to develop and carry out new, innovative research characterised by our motto’s two criteria: scientific excellence and societal relevance.
The Hot Spot GLOCAL brings together a group of scholars analysing central contemporary phenomena with a critical lens that emphasises global-local interactions. They work on social, political and economic phenomena: from economic development and inequality, migrant inclusion, state building in post-war contexts to the politics of development and foreign aid.
Transformative change is defined as a fundamental, system-wide reorganisation across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values. Understanding transformative change is complex and requires multiple scientific perspectives and societal knowledge. The Hot Spot connects researchers, who analyse environmental sustainability from different perspectives: micro to macro addressing questions of transformative change and its governance.
The multidisciplinary research group EUROPAL focuses on EU politics, governance and law. It seeks to analyse, understand and explain processes of Europeanisation and implementation of EU policies against the background of increased policy pressures and growing domestic politicisation. While doing so, it takes into account evolving inter-institutional relations and balances of power, both at the EU and domestic level, as well as the characteristics of the composite European Administrative Space.
Research projects
When you do your Master's thesis, you can contribute to one of our ongoing research projects. Get in touch with the project leader of the project you're interested in. See some of our projects below.
