Master’s Degree

• Advanced knowledge of environmental law and policy to prepare for leadership roles in this field.
• Develop skills in legal research, analysis, and application of environmental laws to real-world problems.
• Gain an understanding of environmental compliance and enforcement at all levels of government as well as within corporations.
• Foster critical thinking to evaluate environmental laws and propose innovative policy and regulatory solutions.
• Learn various forms of dispute resolution, advocacy, and negotiation used in environmental legal contexts.

• Advanced knowledge, analytical skills, and conceptual frameworks required to understand and navigate the complexities of economic and social development.
• Gain insights into the economic, social, ethical, and cultural contexts and constraints of development. The programme provides outstanding opportunities to put theory into practice through international field research, with a strong focus on integrating quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Gain an understanding of the evolution and sociopolitical uses of the concept of sustainable development.
• Use systems thinking to analyze complex challenges to sustainable development, such as resource extraction and use, biodiversity loss and protection, or economic growth.
• Enhance your critical and reflective thinking on the opportunities and challenges to achieving sustainable development by learning about alternative visions and building future scenarios.

The Master's in Sustainable Finance program aims to equip students with the specialized knowledge and skills to advance sustainable investment and environmentally responsible business practices. The objectives of the program are:

• Provide strong foundational knowledge in conventional finance theories, models, and analysis.
• Develop understanding of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities and how to integrate them into financial analysis.
• Build expertise in sustainable investment strategies, green financial products, impact investing, and innovative financing mechanisms for sustainability.
• Learn techniques for corporate sustainability reporting, accounting, and audit.
• Gain insights into ethical consumerism, sustainable shareholder engagement, and responsible lending and underwriting processes.
• Foster systems thinking skills to connect micro-economic decisions to macro-level environmental and social implications.
• Prepare graduates for careers as sustainable investment managers, ESG analysts, green finance consultants, corporate sustainability officers, and related positions.

The program aims to develop strategic finance leaders who can redirect capital and transform business practices towards an ethical, responsible, and regenerative economy.