Sustainability

Study the law and governance of strategic decisions on complex economic, environmental, and technological questions around sustainability.

You will examine the relationship between energy, the environment, and climate change and how they relate to sustainability throughout all sectors in society. You 'll learn to design and plan interventions for creating change to promote greater sustainability across different scales.

You'll learn to analyse, evaluate, and critically review theory and policy debates relating to sustainability. You will also be able to draw on international perspectives and examples of best practice in relation to methods of evaluation and assessment of sustainability.

You will have the opportunity to go on a related placement with industry or the public sector, where you will work on an actual case for real clients.

Actively engage in independent research, with the potential to join the PhD community after your Masters. You will also be part of the research community at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) and the wider University, and participate in the annual Dundee Energy Forum and the climate change conference.

Career

As societies move to become more sustainable and develop low-carbon economies, this Sustainability course from the University of Dundee will place you in the fast-growing area of energy, environment, society and governance (EESG) sections of firms, governments and consultancies. The environmental sector is one of the key growth areas in the global economy.

It will give you the necessary skills and knowledge to take up a career in:

• policy
• practical management
• training and research

Courses include:

• Energy Transition and Climate Change
• Principles of Sustainability
• Downstream Energy Law and Policy
• Analytical Tools for Energy Economics
• Economics of Regulation and Low Carbon Technologies
• International Relations and Energy and Natural Resources
• Minerals Law and Sustainable Value Chains
• The Political Economy of Climate Change and Environment
• Climate and Environmental Economics and Policy
• Water and Environmental Modelling
• Quantitative Methods in Social Research
• Qualitative Methods in Social Research
• Research in Practice
• Climate Change: Processes and Impacts
• Environmental Regulation
• International Investment Law
• Water Law
• Corporate Sustainability and ESG Law
• International Relations Theory
• Human Rights in International Relations
• Human Rights Advocacy Internship
• Renewable Resource Modelling and Assessment
• Environmental Assessment
• Sustainability in Contemporary Cities