- Degree
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Course location
- Frankfurt (Oder)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- You can pursue the Social Studies – Crises, Culture and Critique programme entirely in English, but a significant number of courses are also offered in German. If you are proficient in both languages, you benefit from a wider selection of courses available in each module. You can write your Master’s thesis in either language.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
• part-time (study alongside work)
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- All information about the application and enrolment process can be found on our website:
Social Studies – Crises, Culture and Critique • European University Viadrina (https://www.europa-uni.de/en/studium/studienangebot/master-social-studies/index.html#04-bewerbung-einschreibung-158044424).
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- Understanding, criticising and changing society
Migration and displacement, racism and authoritarianism, social inequality, economic and ecological crises as well as cultural conflicts over gender norms present urgent challenges to our societies, often resulting in crisis-ridden conflicts. How do these challenges and crises emerge, what are their social and cultural underpinnings, what are their consequences and how can we address them constructively?
The Master’s programme in Social Studies – Crises, Culture and Critique (https://www.europa-uni.de/en/studium/studienangebot/master-social-studies/index.html) equips you with the theoretical foundations, comprehensive specialist knowledge, and practical skills needed to explore, understand, and critically analyse the social and cultural challenges confronting our societies. This programme combines social science theories and empirical social research methods with perspectives from social and cultural philosophy, as well as critical studies in art, media and history.
Within the programme, you can choose key topics such as migration and borders, capitalism and social inequality, gender and queer studies, ecological crises, or issues of racism, nationalism, and authoritarianism. These topics will be explored in seminars and practice-oriented research and teaching projects. You will gain knowledge of theoretical approaches and empirical-methodological tools used in social sciences. A teaching research project provides exciting opportunities for in-depth study and practical application.
As a graduate of the Social Studies – Crises, Culture and Critique (https://www.europa-uni.de/en/studium/studienangebot/master-social-studies/index.html) programme, you will be able to research social challenges, crises, and conflicts, and to develop solutions for coexisting in communities based on critique of power, democracy, human rights, social justice and ecological responsibility.