6 Degrees in Policy in South America for 2024
- Historical Centre, Brazil
On-Campus
Portuguese
State, social rights and social policy Studies, under a critical framework, Social Policy in a multidisciplinary perspective, analyzing the processes of formulation and implementation of social policies, highlighting the elements that confer institutionality to them - the management processes, the financial framework, the evaluative designs and focuses, the exercise of social control. It also researches the work processes of different areas related to the development of social policies, with an emphasis on the search for interdisciplinarity, intersectionality, and verification of the impact on the quality of life of users. It includes comparative studies on Social Protection Systems in Southern Countries in South America, with emphasis on the particularities of the border regions and Border Lines.
- Montevideo Department, Uruguay
On-Campus
Spanish
The Master of Public Policy is part of a long and rich tradition of international programs in Public Policy (MPP) and Public Administration (MPA), which train professionals to perform functions in government, public administration, companies, and social organizations. It offers training in skills such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, strategic management, methodology, statistics, spatial and network analysis, project formulation, and evaluation. Likewise, it offers the possibility of specialization in methodology for the analysis of public policies; social and educational policies; territorial and urban planning; State, market, and the third sector. The program is aimed at professionals already inserted in the public administration, in social organizations, and in international organizations, as well as those who are starting their professional career and wish to improve their possibilities of insertion or intend to continue later doctoral studies in public policy, sociology, economics or political science.
Professional Master in Public Policy
Catholic University Of Brasilia -- Universidade Católica de Brasília UCB
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- Formosinha, Brazil
On-Campus
Portuguese
The Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Public Policy (MPPP), at the professional master's level, is offered by the School of Humanities, Business and Law integrates and shares the pedagogical didactic structure of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Economics at the University Católica de Brasília (PPGE-UCB), which has Master's and Doctoral Academic Doctoral courses in Economics. Both are of the academic modality and recognized with grade 6 in the last CAPES quadrennial evaluation. This recognition places the UCB Economics Program in the select group of Programs considered as Academic Excellence by CAPES, in the set of the 5 best programs in the country.
Master of Public Policy in Education
Pedagogical University of the Province of Buenos Aires (Universidad Pedagógica de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNIPE))
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- Buenos Aires, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
Train critical professionals to intervene and analyze from multiple perspectives and levels in the field of public education policies. Contribute to the understanding of the complex, conflictive and multi-sited nature of the process of production and implementation of educational policies. Contribute to the academic development of the field of public education policies from the postgraduate training of education professionals, technical teams, and researchers. Contribute to the production of knowledge in the field of construction and analysis of educational public policies based on the contributions of both thesis students and the master's teaching team.
- José C. Paz, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
Objectives of the Master: The general objective of the Master is to offer a space of academic excellence that responds to the need for training related to the design, planning, and evaluation of public policies, from an approach that considers gender inequalities and dissidence. Its specific objectives are: Reflect on current debates on feminisms, their demands, and forms of organization. To train in the knowledge of the main theories and concepts to analyze public policies in the fields of health and work, in dialogue with the critical knots of feminism. Manage spaces for integration between knowledge productions arising from the territory, activism, and academia related to health and work problems. Provide the necessary tools for the insertion of graduates in different professional activities related to the management of social problems, both from the governmental and non-governmental spheres.
- Córdoba, Argentina
On-Campus
Spanish
It tends to train professionals with solid theoretical and methodological training and critical capacity on the interaction of socio-economic and demographic processes and capable of intervening in decision-making, design, execution, and evaluation of policies. They are trained to work in interdisciplinary teams, which does not imply a mastery of multiple disciplines, but the flexibility to collaborate with other specialists in facing problems and in the fluid incorporation of demographic inputs in the social, economic, and political scenario. let it be examined.