Master's Degree Programme in Social Exclusion (2 years), Åbo Akademi University

Social Exclusion approaches its subject as a direct consequence of deepening global economic and social integration, examining how the restructuring that comes with globalisation produces different, often overlapping forms of exclusion rather than a single uniform experience. A recurring theme is how these different forms of exclusion interact with one another, illustrated by cases such as language barriers that limit participation in the labour market both through formal, structural obstacles and through everyday interpersonal difficulty. Rather than approaching social exclusion from a single disciplinary angle, the programme takes a deliberately multidisciplinary perspective, treating the concept itself as multifaceted and open to several different, complementary interpretations. This framing is intended to give students the analytical tools to critically examine exclusion as it plays out across different social, economic, and cultural contexts, rather than applying one fixed theoretical model to every situation they encounter during their studies.