Presentation

Why do I choose a career in Sustainable Development?  

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), unanimously approved at its General Assembly in September 2015, are a milestone because, for the first time in its history, all the states of the world share the same project, based on five pillars: Peace, People, Planet, Prosperity and Partnership.

The 2030 Agenda establishes common criteria to address global problems, such as the crisis caused by COVID-19. Societies determine their future with the solutions they adopt at critical moments, and history teaches us that it is possible to progress from a crisis situation.

We appeal to the same principles that inspire the SDGs to solve the health crisis. Similarly, the lessons and many of the innovations, both technological and social, necessary to overcome the pandemic will help us achieve the SDGs.

The Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development (awarded by the University of Barcelona) aims to equip students with a thorough understanding of the 2030 Agenda and, especially, to help the various stakeholders responsible for implementing it. To this end, the programme takes an interdisciplinary approach intended to integrate and weight the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

Moreover, this Master will also address the global crisis, health, and diplomatic caused by COVID-19, addressing the impact of the pandemic in the different areas of analysis to facilitate students’ understanding of the consequences of this crisis and the measures that are being adopted to deal with it.

What does this Master in Sustainable Development offer you? 

• Getting to know the program that inspires the progress in the policies XXI century:

•  Discover the Sustainable Development impact in International Relations:

Objectives 

• To offer insight into the mutual interdependence of the social, environmental and economic goals of the SDG agenda, as well as the need to balance and weight them. To explore the SDG implementation pathways and the main challenges involved.

• To examine the need for partnerships and the roles played by the various actors involved in the 2030 Development Agenda.

• To equip students with the practical skills needed to achieve the transition to sustainability, including systemic and interdisciplinary thinking and tools for measuring and evaluating public policies.

Career opportunities 

Due to its interdisciplinary approach and practical orientation, this master’s programme prepares students for a wide variety of positions, including:

• Private enterprises: Sustainability manager at a national or international company.

• Public administration: Civil servant positions at government bodies or agencies with direct responsibility for any aspect of the 2030 Agenda or SDGs (e.g. the Catalan government, provincial governments, town councils);

• International Organizations: Diplomat, international official or officer at an international organization.

• Non-governmental organizations: Officer at NGO in the field of development cooperation, the environment or the protection of human rights.