Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September

Demand for various forms of expertise on human rights, citizenship and identities is rapidly expanding as governments, international agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and private sector organisations become increasingly sensitive to and interested in questions about rights and identities.

In the current global crisis ‘national’ versions of citizenship have reached crisis point. Yet what does it mean to think of yourself as a global citizen? This course aims to find out by investigating critical global questions such as war, migration, climate change, the credit crunch, the rise of nationalism, the impact of global media, sex tourism, modern slavery, the transformation of gender and sexuality and of course contemporary racism.

The MA in Global Citizenship, Identities and Human Rights explores what recent changes to the global cultural and political landscape mean for individuals and groups in terms of their ability to access human rights (social, economic and cultural, as well as political and civil). It provides students with advanced level sociological knowledge of the concepts of ‘globalisation’, ‘citizenship’, ‘ identity’ and ‘human rights’, as well as a critical understanding of their application in a range of discourses (political, legal, academic and popular).

This MA will be particularly attractive to social science and arts graduates who wish to pursue careers in the NGO sector, academia, the civil service or journalism, as it both provides advanced level sociological knowledge of debates on human rights, citizenship, globalisation and identities, and offers opportunities, through elective modules in other schools, to develop specialist knowledge and understanding of post-conflict cultures, human rights law and/or of media and globalisation, rights and identities.

Download the MA in Global Citizenship, Identities and Human Rights leaflet for more information.

Further information on the Faculty of Social Sciences can be found on the Social Sciences web page.

• In addition to the contact you will have with academic staff through the various modules, you will also have the support of a specialist supervisor with whom you will meet regularly to discuss your dissertation.
• Students are strongly encouraged to undertake voluntary work with an NGO and we will help you to organise a placement.
• If you have the appropriate experience and background knowledge, there are opportunities (available on a competitive basis) for you to work with NGOs to undertake your dissertation research.

The courses and research opportunities listed on this website are subject to change. While we will do all we can to ensure the information on these pages is accurate and up-to-date, The University of Nottingham reserves the right to change the content, modules and titles of any courses and research opportunities listed here without prior warning.