This interdisciplinary master's, among the first programmes of its kind in Europe, is built around the concept of human security: understanding and working with human development in unstable environments shaped by pressures such as a growing world population, shrinking supplies of key commodities, and sharper competition for scarce resources. Students develop a deep understanding of conflicts and ecosystems worldwide, the ability to analyse and intervene in settings where social, environmental, economic and political factors are interwoven, and a critical approach to assessing human and environmental safety that combines scientific theory with real-life experience. Taught at the Moesgaard Campus, the degree brings together the Faculty of Arts' School of Culture and Society with the faculties of Science and Technical Sciences, drawing lecturers from departments including Anthropology and Bioscience as well as visiting lecturers from around the world, and is based in the Department of Anthropology, whose teaching is anchored in research on medical and visual anthropology, innovation and design, and globalisation and development. Graduates move into consultancies, private companies, governmental agencies, international organisations or NGOs working on human security issues.
