Organising Social Impact

Are you interested in better understanding the major challenges of our time? Choose the Organising Social Impact master degree from Utrecht University .

Key Facts

Organising for a more sustainable, inclusive and just society

In response to the pressing societal challenges, our program introduces actions organisations take to foster positive change in people, communities and institutions and promote a more socially just and ecologically sustainable society. Our program collaborates with transformative and socially innovative organisations such as grassroots, civil associations, cooperatives, collectives and social enterprises across the Netherlands that mobilise individuals and communities to address issues such as economic inequality, poverty, climate change, violence and intolerance at the local and (inter)national levels.

This small-scale, intensive program enables you to understand organising as a political action and process to foster institutional transformation, both in theory and practice. We offer you a unique combination of interdisciplinary critical knowledge of systematic change, engaged research methodologies, professional skills, and experience of ‘getting your hands dirty’ in the field, which altogether help you become a changemaker. The program allows you to explore how to create impact and become part of social change by supporting and working with organisational partners such as Commons Network, CASCO Art Institute for Commons, Utrecht Natuurlijk, Masterpeace and Rutgers.

Courses included

• Activist Organising and GovernanceOrganising Economic Transformation

• Mobilisation and Organising

• Organising for Social Change

• Stakeholder Collaboration and Advocacy