Educational profile

ESSRG educational competencies can be divided into four themes. They include: (I) methodology, (II) social theory, (III) postcolonial studies, and (IV) locality. More detailed:

(I) Methodology:

• Environmental Communication: environmental informatics, media research, environmental journalism;
• Environmental Decision-making: decision-support techniques, environmental valuation methods, participative research models;
• Research Methodology: qualitative and quantitative methods;
• Academic Skills: academic writing skills, presentation skills.

(II) Social Theory:

• Cultural sociology: cultural studies, culture and environment;
• Social Theories: critical realism, environmental sociology;
• Organisation Theory;
• Ecological Economics.

(III) Postcolonial Studies:

• International Environmental Policy: global ecological problems (particularly biodiversity issues);
• International political economy: North-South, environment és development.

(IV) Locality:

• Social Research: historical anthropological methods, culture studies;
• Environmental history;
• Local Social Research: environmental conflict and risk;
• Rural Sociology: sustainable rural development.