MA

Peace and Development

Teaching & Learning

 

What you'll learn

Analyse and critically evaluate the pivotal role of the global institution of marketing and the ways in which it amplifies the drivers of, and relaxes the constraints on, abundant spending.
Explore the key debates and policies in the protection of civilians. You will gain an overview of the actors involved in the prevention and reduction of violence towards civilians the field. You will focus on the ways in which civilians can protect civilians at the local level and in particular the way that unarmed civilians can use nonviolent approaches to reduce violence and protect communities.
Explore the possibilities and challenges of taking gender seriously within both international relations and international political economy. You will study key theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice debates surrounding the role of gender in international politics and global political economy.
Engage in critical depth with a research-based project aligned to your personal interests and professional aspirations.
Develop an understanding of key theories and concepts that are used to understand violence, conflict, and peace. You will gain an overview of various approaches that have been applied to manage or resolve various types of conflict and to build peace, with reference to case studies.
This module interrogates the concept of insecurity and draws on a range of theories and understandings of security, and how this has evolved from a focus on the state to incorporate human security. You will explore the relationship between conflict, security and development, including the roles of key actors, agencies, policies and interventions, and key intersections of gender, ethnicity, poverty and exclusion. You will also examine responses to traditional and new security threats from a human rights perspective via a range of local and global case studies.
Allows you to apply your learning to an in-depth investigation of a research question of your choice. This might be related to interests you develop during the course or to a topic related to your existing work or career aspirations. You will be supervised by an experienced member of staff who is also an active researcher, and produce a 12-15000 word thesis.
Develop a critical understanding of research as a practice and a product. The module will develop your critical understanding of the nature of knowledge offer general training on research approaches, including key theoretical, ethical and practical considerations.
Analyse and critically evaluate the pivotal role of the global institution of marketing and the ways in which it amplifies the drivers of, and relaxes the constraints on, abundant spending.
Explore the key debates and policies in the protection of civilians. You will gain an overview of the actors involved in the prevention and reduction of violence towards civilians the field. You will focus on the ways in which civilians can protect civilians at the local level and in particular the way that unarmed civilians can use nonviolent approaches to reduce violence and protect communities.
Explore the possibilities and challenges of taking gender seriously within both international relations and international political economy. You will study key theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice debates surrounding the role of gender in international politics and global political economy.
Engage in critical depth with a research-based project aligned to your personal interests and professional aspirations.
Develop an understanding of key theories and concepts that are used to understand violence, conflict, and peace. You will gain an overview of various approaches that have been applied to manage or resolve various types of conflict and to build peace, with reference to case studies.
This module interrogates the concept of insecurity and draws on a range of theories and understandings of security, and how this has evolved from a focus on the state to incorporate human security. You will explore the relationship between conflict, security and development, including the roles of key actors, agencies, policies and interventions, and key intersections of gender, ethnicity, poverty and exclusion. You will also examine responses to traditional and new security threats from a human rights perspective via a range of local and global case studies.
Allows you to apply your learning to an in-depth investigation of a research question of your choice. This might be related to interests you develop during the course or to a topic related to your existing work or career aspirations. You will be supervised by an experienced member of staff who is also an active researcher, and produce a 12-15000 word thesis.
Develop a critical understanding of research as a practice and a product. The module will develop your critical understanding of the nature of knowledge offer general training on research approaches, including key theoretical, ethical and practical considerations.