A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 60 credits in a social science subject or in history.
Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English level 2/English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries.
Ours is a time of “wicked problems”: formidable challenges at once economic, social, political and ecological. Applying a historical approach to the current situation, this programme builds the skills and knowledge necessary for analysing these complex issues and playing an active role in addressing them. These abilities will be crucial for everyone: citizens, educators, civil servants, business leaders, and activists alike. The Master's Programme in Great Transformations is a programme for people set on understanding the complex nature of economic and social change. Taken together, the courses offered in the programme will provide tools for analysing interactions between economic systems, energy regimes, political structures and social conditions. Over this two-year programme, you will be encouraged to explore these dynamics and their various outcomes. The programme offers: advanced insights into debates about the prospect of economic, social and ecological sustainability; a uniquely historical perspective on today’s challenges; and rigorous training in social scientific methods and debates. Throughout the programme, you will explore the relationship between different phenomena. Phenomena such as social development, economic growth and policy regimes on the one hand, and ecologi