Environmental Risk Management MSc

The Masters in Environmental Risk Management will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how risks from natural hazards materialise and affect societies globally. You will develop conceptual and analytical skills to assess and propose innovative solutions. This programme will enhance your skills in both social and ecological sciences, focusing on conceptual, analytical, and methodological areas to address these challenges.<br/><br/><strong>WHY THIS PROGRAMME</strong><br/>• You will explore the theoretical and practical aspects of environmental risk management concepts, tools and methods, and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge concepts and methodologies.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• By the end of the programme, you will master the theoretical concepts, principles, and methods needed to develop subject-specific knowledge of environmental risk management with broad application from local to global levels.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will study in the southwest of Scotland, where the landscape offers opportunities for multiple field visits to study real case examples of risks linked to natural hazards (in the sea, on the coast, and on land).<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Our research-led teaching is delivered by academics at the forefront of debates on climate change, water, ecology and biodiversity, environmental chemistry and pollution, geospatial and social-ecological modelling within the environmental risk management field.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• You will gain hands-on social-ecological modelling experience and demonstrate how data science and models can provide real-world, actionable evidence for sustainable environmental risk management decision-making.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>PROGRAMME STRUCTURE</strong><br/>You will take four core and two optional courses, and choose between a dissertation or work placement.<br/><br/>Teaching consists of a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorials, solution focused workshop sessions (including laboratory sessions) and field-based study. Group work is an important feature of the subject and will be integral to many aspects of the programme.<br/><br/><strong>Core courses</strong><br/>Modelling social-ecological changes and risk<br/>Principles of Environmental Risk and Management<br/>Research Methods in Environmental Risk and Management<br/>Risk and Resilience of Land and Water<br/><br/><strong>Recommended optional courses</strong><br/>Ecology, Environment and Conservation<br/>Environmental Communication<br/>Environmental Ethics and Behaviour Change<br/>Environmental Politics and Society<br/>Leading and Managing Change<br/>Social Science Research Methods<br/>Taxonomy and population monitoring<br/>The Economics of Circular Tourism<br/>Tourism Sustainability And Climate Change<br/>Wildlife Tourism and Environmental Responsibility<br/>Working in an inter-agency environment<br/><br/><strong>Research project</strong><br/>Dissertation or Work Placement<br/><br/><strong>CAREER PROSPECTS</strong><br/>The demand for environmental risk management professionals is growing with the increasing threat of climate change, natural hazards, and sustainability challenges. <br/><br/>The set of skills you will acquire in this programme will allow you to pursue a diversity of careers in:<br/>- the private sector, including consultancies, business, insurance, finance<br/><br/><br/>- public organisations, in particular those dealing with issues related to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainable development<br/><br/><br/>- non-governmental organisations and intergovernmental organisations dealing with emergency planning, humanitarian response, international development<br/><br/><br/>You could also proceed to undertake PhD research and a potential academic career.