Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability

In the MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability we tackle the most urgent challenges of our times, offering students the opportunity to explore, communicate and address them as engaged global citizens. We ask fundamental questions about what it is to be human in a complex and ever-changing world, critically questioning existing assumptions and knowledge, and productively thinking about how to create a more just and sustainable world. The programme equips students with the theoretical and methodological tools to understand crises of climate change, sustainability, and global inequalities, as well as the experience, skills, and hands-on opportunities to influence policy and practice and to live prosperously in an unprecedented future.

Why study MA Global Futures and Sustainability at SOAS?

• SOAS is ranked 5th in the UK and 10th worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2022)
• 4th in the UK (2023 Times/Sunday Times League Table)
• teaching is strongly informed by our regional interests in Africa and Asia, and from professional experiences of working in/with development banks, government departments, NGOs and activist organisations, social businesses and media collectives.
• you can take your own interests into a research project or work placement guided by an expert supervisor from our department.
• we are specialists in the delivery of languages; your command of a language at SOAS will set you apart from graduates of other universities
• you will encounter literature raising difficult moral and ethical questions in an academic environment where debate is highly encouraged and prized.
• you will join a thriving community of alumni and academics who have an impact on the world outside of academia
• our focus on the future and sustainability are areas of growing global concern and significance among private, public and international institutions; our emphasis on skills, communication and methodology gives graduates a clear advantage with employers as we put education into practice.

The programme is a key part of the SOAS Department of Anthropology and Sociology's commitment to economic and social justice, environmental equality and to engage strongly and critically with the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.