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Lund University, Sweden
LUND UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MASTER’S PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCELUMES
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SO WHAT IS THE LUMES PROGRAM?
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BASIC INFORMATION
• Started in 1997
• 2-years: 3 terms coursework, plus a thesis
• Entirely in English
• LUMES alum: 500-plus from roughly 100 countries
• Group size: 35-50 students per year
• 350 - 500 applicants per year
• Application period: October to mid-January
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PROGRAM UNIQUENESS
It’s an academic and nonacademic melting pot:
• Disciplinary backgrounds
• Nationalities, and
• most importantly, the Personalities
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WHAT THE PROGRAM IS (AND WHAT IT IS NOT…)
Focus on:
• Global sustainability challenges and their effects in particular places
• Holistic understanding of socio-ecological systems with an emphasis on the social dynamics/systems
• Transformative change and governance approaches to problem-solving (silver buckshot)
• Critical thinking (strengths and weaknesses of theories/frameworks)
• Not focused on: Training of practitioners!
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A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WILL ONLY GET BETTER…
Redevelopment process:
• New learning objectives (key competencies)
• Altered program structure
• New courses
• Stronger links with other programs (e.g. Climate risk and disaster management)
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NEW PROGRAM STRUCTURE (AUTUMN 2013)1st term
foundations
2nd term
perspectives
3rd term
concentration
4th term
implementation
Earth SystemScience (10)
Sustainability Science (10)
Social Theory & Sustain. (10)
Development & Sustain. (7.5)
Urban & Rural Systems (10)
Governance of Sustain. (7.5)
Knowledge 2 Action (5)
Thesis work(30)
Electives (2 x 7.5)
Electives (2 x 7.5)
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LIFE AFTER LUMES…
• Ph.D. candidates
• Government / administrative posts (local up to national levels)
• Interest organizations (e.g. WWF)
• Intergovernmental bodies (e.g. UNEP, FAO, OECD)
• Corporate / Private sector (e.g. IKEA)
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www.lumes.lu.se
FOR MORE INFORMATION