Master of Science in Social Policy and Public Health

Study Social Policy Related to Public Health and Wellbeing

Do you ever wonder why mothers are more likely than fathers to work part-time and care for their children? Or why do some countries oblige unemployment benefit recipients to follow strict activation requirements while others do not? Maybe you’ve thought about what the expected and real-life benefits and challenges of the decentralization of care are? Or how societies are changing as a result of increasing cultural diversity and social inequality?

If you are interested in studying such issues, this one-year Master's program is for you. You will develop knowledge about interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives on social policy and interventions, which will help you gain in-depth insight into the methodology and skills needed to research social policy and intervention issues in the domain of health and wellbeing, in particular related to work, care, and participation. More specifically, you will look into problems such as:

• Combining work and care
• (Youth) unemployment
• Social and cultural diversity
• Social inequality and exclusion
• Social care and participation

You will also study people's strategies for dealing with social risks, including:

• Life-long learning
• Labour market mobility
• Social entrepreneurship
• Innovative care networks
• Multicultural collaborative efforts
• Cultural diversity and integration
• Neighborhood initiatives

This will be done by combining knowledge from the behavioral and social sciences.