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New Master Sustainability Science and Policy

Maastricht University (UM) started this new Master programme on Sustainability Science and Policy in the academic year 2011/2012.

The Master will create a unique opportunity for students to specialize in sustainability science and policy, and especially in sustainability assessment, through an interdisciplinary curriculum in an international ambience. The MSc SSP can be characterized as a ‘society oriented Master’, with a duration of one-year (60 ECTS).

Please contact master-ssp@maastrichtuniversity.nl for more details and enrollment procedures.

"Sustainability is a MUST"

Maastricht University Graduate School of Sustainability Science (MUST)

ICIS-MUST offers the Master of Science and  PhD programme 'Sustainability Science and Policy' (SSP), where students from different scientific backgrounds and nationalities work closely together under professional scientific leadership.

New publications

  • Bakker, S, van Lente H. and Meeus M. (2011). Arenas of expectations for hydrogen technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78(1), 152-162.
  • Ciscar, J.C., et al. (2011). Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe. PNAS, January 31.
  • Dijk, M. (2011). Technological frames of car engines. Technology in Society, 33, 165–180.
  • Dijk, M. and Montalvo, C. (2011). Policy-frames od park and ride in Europe. Journal of Transport Geography 19, 1106–1119.
  • Kemp, R., Avelino F. and Bressers N. (2011). Transition management as a model for sustainable mobility. European Transport/Trasporti Europei 47, 1- 22.
  • Kemp, R., and Oltra, V. (2011). Research insights and challenges on eco-innovation dynamics. Innovation and Industry 18(3), 249–253.
  • Martens, P., Huynen, M., Akin, S., Hilderink, H. & Soskolne, C.L. (2011). Globalisation and human health: complexity, links and research gaps. IHDP Update, 1, 2-6.
For other new publications, click here.

PhD theses

Annemarie van Zeijl-Rozema

Regional sustainable development: Barries in Practice (Findings from policy, citizens, practitioners and monitoring). Maastricht University. Download

Jeanine Schreurs

Living with Less: Prospects for Sustainability. Maastricht University.

Niko Roorda

Sailing on the winds of change. The Odyssey of Sustainability of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Maastricht University.

Akua Britwum

Union democracy: The challenge of globalisation to organised labour in Ghana. Maastricht University.

Marc Dijk

Innovation in car mobility. Co-evolution of demand and supply under sustainability pressures. Maastricht University.

Alvaro Moreno

Climate change and tourism: Impacts and vulnerability in coastal Europe. Maastricht University.


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