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Programme director Hebe Verrest and Associate Prof. Virginie Mamadouh explain what Political Geography is about in this video.
Study programme
Geography is all about studying people, space and place - and Amsterdam is the perfect location and junction to study, explore and experience geography. Furthermore, the University of Amsterdam, a major research university, offers a Master’s programme taught by academic staff of one of the highest ranking geography departments in continental Europe. Last but not least, the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) of Amsterdam provides a vibrant and international academic community. The GSSS values diversity in both research and academic content, academic staff and the student population.
Academic staff
Meet the people who organise this Master’s programme.
After graduation
The combination of taught skills, together with the specialisation track and the focus in the thesis will prepare students for their future career as a geographer in a wide array of institutional contexts: either public service, profit sector or civil society, either local, national, international or transnational organisations.
Is Political Geography for you?
Are you interested in:
- Exploring the political geographies of our globalising world;
- Key geographical concepts such as territory, place, scale and network;
- Dynamics of the spatialities of politics, including domestic politics, international relations and transnational politics;
- Teaching that is organised in small scale research communities in which academic staff and students work closely together in a less formal and more open environment.
Then Political Geography might be the track for you!