Graduate Programs
Explore the Center’s graduate programs.
Master of Arts Environment and Society
The interdisciplinary Master's program in Environment and Society examines current research questions and debates related to environmental transformation processes. The disciplines involved include history, literature, art, law, anthropology, geography, and sociology. The program prepares students for a range of careers dedicated to tackling today's social and environmental challenges and for pursuing academic careers. Discover more about the program using the links below.
Environmental Studies Certificate Program
The certificate program is open to all Master's students, Diplom students, and those studying Lehramt and for their Staatsexamen. The program provides students with the opportunity to gain an additional interdisciplinary qualification in environmental studies.
Doctoral Programs
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The doctoral program is aimed at graduates from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences who wish to research questions concerning the nature–culture–environment interface.
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The Augsburg-Munich International Doctorate Program “Rethinking Environment: The Environmental Humanities and the Ecological Transformation of Society,” funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria, is based at the Environmental Science Center WZU (Augsburg) and the Rachel Carson Center (Munich).
The program invites graduate students from a broad range of fields from all over the world. It offers a unique opportunity to pursue a PhD degree examining the ecological transformation of society from an interdisciplinary perspective within an intellectually inspiring environment that brings together the international and regional expertise of its many partners and networks.
Participating disciplines include American Studies, Anthropology, Didactics of Geography, Economics, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Health Sciences, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Philosophy, History, Human Geography, Iberian and Latin American Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and Theology.
For questions, please contact PD Dr. Kirsten Twelbeck