人口，移民与生态政治（MSc）

政治学硕士学位考虑了人口和人口统计学日益紧迫的政治问题。世界人口增长迅速：在大约一个世纪内增长了两倍，联合国预计到二十一世纪末，人口将从现在的70亿增加到110亿左右。这个独特的计划探索了这种增长发生的地方，并考虑了对发展中国家和发达国家的环境，经济，政治和全球影响。我们将考虑政策辩论以及对人口增长和稳定的对策，以及人口老龄化对经济，福利体系以及国防和安全的影响。在专家学者的指导下，您将研究种族，宗教和民族身份如何与世界各地的资源和人口问题相交。将向您介绍一系列方法论方法，包括用于分析和预测人口变化的定量
Our MSc Politics of Population, Migration and Ecology considers the increasingly pressing political issues of population and demography. World population is growing fast: having trebled in approximately a century, the UN projects an increase from today's seven billion to around 11 billion by the end of the twenty-first century. This unique programme explores where this growth is occurring and considers the environmental, economic, political and global implications for both developing and developed countries. We will consider policy debates and responses to population growth and stabilisation, as well as the effects of ageing populations on economies, welfare systems and defence and security. Under the guidance of expert academics, you will examine how ethnic, religious and national identities intersect with questions of resources and population around the world.<br><br>You will be introduced to a spectrum of methodological approaches, including quantitative techniques for analysing and projecting demographic change, discourse analysis of policy documents, and historical case studies of political debates and movements. There will be an opportunity to read some of the classic works on population, such as Adam Smith, Malthus, J. S. Mill and Marx, as well as to study more recent ideas, including demographic transition theory and the environmental concept of the Anthropocene. You will be invited to examine unique case studies using methodologies that include data analysis, critical theory (Marxism, genealogy and critical discourse analysis) and policy analysis.<br>Graduates go on to careers in policy-making, campaigning, and journalism, in the areas of environmentalism, political demography, political ecology and political economy. Possible professions include government social research officer, social researcher, or newspaper journalist. This degree is also useful in becoming a local government officer or Civil Service fast streamer.<br><br>We offer a comprehensive Careers and Employability Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London's top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.