MSc International Conflict and Cooperation

Delivered by our experienced practitioners and leading scholars, our Masters degree in International Conflict and Cooperation prepares you to address a variety of challenges facing the international community today. This course looks at the dynamics of international conflict and cooperation in light of major events such as the War in Ukraine, Climate Change, the Syrian Civil War, the rise of China and the COVID-19 pandemic.

We take a thematic approach to conflict resolution and the role of international organisations in order to focus on conflict prevention and management in specific geographical areas. The course also explores the development and regulation of conflict in relation to factors like natural resources and migration.

Contemporary dilemmas surrounding the politics of climate change negotiations, environmental and resource conflicts, civil war and ethnic tensions, human rights, humanitarian intervention, global security and international political economy provide some of the raw material for this MSc, which are studied in-depth over the course of the academic year.