Upper second-class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in any discipline, with a genuine interest in qualitative approaches to understanding human-environment relationships.
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The English language requirement for this programme is Higher . Read more about our English language requirements .
Competition for places at LSE is strong. So, even if you meet the minimum entry requirements, this doesn't guarantee you an offer of a place.
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The MSc in Culture, Justice and Environment offers a critical and qualitative understanding of human-environment relationships, how they are imagined in different historical and cultural settings, and the political and economic processes impacting them.
Drawing on analytical approaches and insights from anthropology, the social sciences and the humanities more generally, we consider how and why people’s relationship with their landscapes have transformed, how they experience and deal with environmental change, how they address new ecological and climate crises, and how this links to issues of inequality and justice.
The core components of the programme draw on a range of cross-cultural studies to examine how nature and the environment are shaped by social, political, and economic processes and institutions including colonisation and enclosure, extraction and accumulation, governance and control, ownership and property regimes. We'll explore the effects of agrarian change and industrialisation, urbanisation and conservation, energy production and consumption, pollution and waste. Students will gain a deep understanding of how anthropological theorising of these issues has changed over time, and how the discipline provides unique methodologies for addressing environmental and climatic problems of today.
Teaching on the programme takes a collaborative and dialogic approach with an aim to think creatively about possible solutions in conversation with cognate disciplines such as geography, political ecology, international development, international history, philosophy and the environmental humanities more broadly.
Discover more about our students and department.
The Department of Anthropology is world-leading and internationally renowned – rated the top anthropology department in London and second in the UK ( Good University Guide 2027 ).
Our work is rooted in ethnographic research: we explore how different societies and communities work. We ask big questions about what people have in common and what makes us different – challenging traditional assumptions and ideas.
Anthropology has been taught at LSE since 1904. The department rose to prominence under Malinowski – the founder of British social anthropology. Many of the leading figures in the field have taught and/or studied at LSE. Today, we strive to work in the best radical traditions of the discipline while constantly pushing our thinking in new directions.
The department offers a mix of undergraduate and postgraduate study opportunities, including a single honours degree in Social Anthropology and a joint undergraduate Anthropology and Law programme.
We have a dynamic and active research community. Long-term anthropological fieldwork is a key strength of our department. Most staff are involved in ongoing field research, in both well-established and emerging fields. Our academics also work at the intersections with other disciplines, including history, cognitive psychology and religious studies.