Master's Programme in Contemporary Societies

Is your goal to understand the complex issues associated with contemporary societies? As societies become increasingly diverse, change rapidly, and are confronted with expanding inequalities, multiplying crises, proliferating controversies, and the opportunities and challenges associated with developments such as datafication and digitalization, there is a growing need for professionals trained and educated in the analysis of these dynamics. To become an expert in the analysis of contemporary societies – choose COS! The multidisciplinary, research-based Master’s Programme in Contemporary Societies (COS) focuses on the key themes in the dynamics of contemporary societies, both in Nordic, European, and global contexts. Such issues as the sources of inequalities and wellbeing, the nature of racial and ethnic relations, and questions about cultural and social diversity and intergroup relations, different socio-cultural shifts, and environmental challenges, all require systematic analysis, grounded in rigorous data collection and sophisticated theory-building. This can be done in a variety of ways, including using quantitative and qualitative research methods. The COS programme offers wide and systematic training and education in such methods, as well as disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary methodologies and ways of thinking.

The programme has six discipline-based study tracks: Global Development Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social and Public Policy, Social Data Science, Social Psychology and Sociology.

You can also freely select advanced thematic courses of your choice from any of these areas: Data and Society, Ethnic Relations and Migration, Mind and Society, Socio-Cultural Shifts, and Sources of Inequalities.

Source: Opintopolku