MSc Water Security and International Development

The degree interprets ‘water security’ in its broad political ecology and political economy sense; the University believes that the hydrological cycle is intimately connected to critical global policy concerns like climate change, food trade and food security, energy security and in turn to the international cooperation that affects human, community, regional and state security; inextricably linked to people’s welfare and livelihoods in non-industrialised contexts, water is a resource of fundamental importance to environment and development concerns; this Master’s programme critically reflects on the practical and theoretical facets of ‘water security’, with a view to develop a better foundation upon which to achieve developmental and environmental objectives; the latest interdisciplinary theory and tools necessary to rise to the challenges are applied.