"This master specialisation provides much freedom to delve into the environmental issues you're interested in, either by choosing elective courses or by writing a paper about a self-chosen topic. The mandatory courses seem to be very theoretical, but in the end they are the framework for the rest of the year and, moreover, form the theoretical lens through which you can write your master thesis.
Students from the specialisation Global Environment & Society have a wide variety of backgrounds (educational and nationality). Since the group of students is rather small, you get to know most of them personally, including some of the professors.
Be prepared! Make sure you're mentally ready to learn much about depressing topics concerning biodiversity and climate change. Although teachers mostly try to move us to the solution, you'll inevitably learn about the wicked problems in our field of study.
I'm doing an internship at PBL (Netherlands Assessment Agency). For my thesis, I'm conducting a discourse analysis on contentious issues, such as the introduction of a carbon tax for the industry, that arose during the process of formulating a national Climate Agreement in the Netherlands.
If you're reading this testimonial, I don't have to convince you why it's important to study this discipline. I'd be lying if I told you that it's always fun to study these contemporary issues, but therefore all the more important and current."