Power, Participation and Social Change MA

On this MA, you’ll tackle this challenge so you can contribute to positive change. You’ll learn to articulate your understanding of power and participation, and have the opportunity to connect what you learn to what interests you most in the social change arena. This MA is for you if you’re an aspiring or experienced development practitioner, social activist or professional with some background in social change action through work volunteering or activism. During your studies, you’ll gain skills, develop ideas and learn methods that help you to: critically reflect on your own experience, work, and practice learn about different conceptual and methodological approaches to power participation and social change develop your analysis and facilitation skills to support and interpret participatory research and deliberation processes in a range of settings. Based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), you’ll have the opportunity to join an active community of people from around the world working on social justice. IDS is an independent research and teaching institute located on the campus of the University of Sussex, with a close affiliation with the University. All teaching staff are active researchers in development, giving you a unique learning experience grounded in real-world challenges and solutions.

Degree requirements: You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should be in the social sciences or a related subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.