Linnaeus University
Master of Science in Peace and Development Work
Växjö, Sweden
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
03 Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
SEK 110,000 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Oct 16th 2023 – applications open
** tuition fees for students outside EU/EES/Switzerland: 110,000 SEK total for the program
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Introduction
In Peace and Development Work, you study the relationship between poverty, conflicts, and sustainable development as well as political room for maneuvering for change.
Degree
Master of Science (60 credits) (Main field of study: Peace and Development Work)
This is Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University is a modern, international university in the southeast of Sweden. We are located in two nature-loving cities, one by the Baltic sea and one surrounded by lakes in the greenest city in Europe. More facts about Linnaeus University:
- Founded in 2010 through a merger between Kalmar University and Växjö University;
- Located in Kalmar and Växjö;
- 44,000 enrolled students;
- 2,200 enrolled international students;
- 6th largest university in Sweden in terms of the number of students;
- 780 partner universities in more than 80 countries;
- 100-degree programs on the first-cycle level, 8 of them taught in English;
- 80-degree programs on the second cycle level, 35 of them taught in English.
Växjö
Roughly 15 minutes by bike from the city center, you will find Linnaeus University’s campus. It is like a small society with a university, student accommodation, and student life. Here you become part of a creative knowledge environment.
What will you come across on an excursion in Växjö – the city of contrasts? You will find good restaurants, a celebrated hockey team, and cozy cafés where you can enjoy a latte with lingonberry flavor. In Växjö, beautiful nature is always just around the corner; the city is surrounded by lakes and forests. Students like the combination of the city center and the active student life on campus. Your dream of the future starts here!
Career Opportunities
The objective of the program is to create possibilities for future employment within e.g., civil society and international organizations that deal with Peace and development issues. During your study, you have the possibility to work together with an organization or to conduct a field study in a developing country. Students develop both analytical capabilities and practical skills which are necessary for work in the complex reality of international development.
Curriculum
Peace and Development Work is for students who are looking for a specialization in issues linked to peace, development, and international development cooperation. We focus on current research concerning development as well as the practical work carried out by international institutions, non-governmental organizations, and social movements.
As a Master's student, and in writing your final thesis, you have the possibility to work together with an organization or to conduct a field study in a developing country. The interdisciplinary approach of the program - where we also discuss how development issues can be solved in real politics - allows us to keep a close connection with people who are employed within our field and to learn from them. Moreover, most of our teachers have long experience working with peace and development in developing countries.
In the program, we also discuss communication issues and how they can influence international development.
More information about the program
Fieldwork in a developing country
At the end of the second semester, students in the program are provided the possibility to carry out a supervised field study for four weeks, learning more about processes and conditions that affect development in Eastern Africa.
Since 2006, about 80 students have participated in the field study in northern Mozambique to collect data for their Master's thesis. The field trip is organized in cooperation with local stakeholders and designed to resemble a kind of study, frequent in international development cooperation work and commonly asked for by development organizations. One teacher accompanies the students and guides them throughout their work. Before departing from Sweden the students identify the themes of their study and, together with stakeholders in the developing country, draft a research proposal.
Through this work, students have the opportunity to apply their studies in a local context. The focus of the studies allows students to follow the particularities of local development problems. At the same time, students gain practical experience from fieldwork in close connection with local stakeholders, although the final analysis is also placed in a multi-level perspective.
The results of the field research are presented in the students' final theses and discussed in a seminar. Initial results are also presented to and discussed with local partners in the developing country before returning back to Växjö.
Individual travel and accommodation expenses are carried out by the participating student. A minimum of six interested students is necessary in order to organize the field trip.