Governance for Sustainable Change, At least 120 cr

The Governance for Sustainable Change specialisation provides students with sound academic skills for anticipating, analysing, and responding to the complex, dynamic challenges facing contemporary public sector organisations and institutions. Key topics covered by the specialisation include governance in the context of public sector reforms, and the diversity of challenges related to transnational, national, regional, and city level collaboration. A cross-cutting theme of the specialisation is the role of public governance in fostering socially, ecologically, and economically sustainable societies.​

The specialisation offers students the opportunity to specialise in issues best responding to their particular interests. The teaching faculty comprise distinguished experts in the fields of public administration and management as well as environmental and regional policy.

Upon completion, ​

• Students acquire knowledge and critical thinking needed to contextualise global issues of sustainability​

• Students can carry out independent scientific inquiry utilising relevant theories and methods within the field of administrative sciences to address societal problems​

• Students are familiar with current paradigms, themes, and cross cutting issues in public administration reforms and research​

• Apply academic knowledge and concepts to real-life governance processes and challenges​

• Communicate in a professional manner with diverse stakeholders​

• Collaborate in diverse teams and manage research and development projects effectively​