Geography Taught Masters

MSc Climate, Risk & Society

Our postgraduate courses share an interdisciplinary foundation in risk and vulnerability. Our different degree programmes deepen students’ understanding of the risks emerging from anthropogenic climate change, hazards and political responses to disruption.

The MSc in Climate, Risk and Society takes a natural science approach to climate risk. Designed to equip you with an in-depth understanding of how human influence on climate is creating new risks, challenges and greater social vulnerability, it also teaches the necessary skills to develop effective responses to such natural and socio-political threats.

The course is likely to appeal to those with a background in social science, natural science or engineering. It explores how climate risk is defined and managed by individuals, governments and organisations, and considers the decisions they make when addressing uncertainty and the threats it poses to environments and communities across the globe.

MSc Course Structure

The MA and MSc in Climate, Risk & Society provide students with an advanced understanding of anthropogenic climate change as an issue that poses new risks to society, challenges and vulnerabilities. These programmes give students tools for apprehending, interpreting and responding to the emerging natural and socio-political threats associated to climate change.

The Climate Risk and Society pathway provokes students to think critically about how evolving understandings of risk, resilience and vulnerability shape efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The pathway is available to both MA and MSc students, and its main module is ‘Climate Risk and Society’. 

MSc Modules:

• Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Hazards
• Hydro-meteorological Hazards
• Risk, Science & Communication
• Understanding Risk
• Risk Frontiers
• Research or Vocational Dissertation Project

What our students say: Tinwai Cheung, MSc in Risk

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