Education at the Sociology of Development and Change Group

The Sociology of Development and Change group teaches courses on a range of topics related to development studies, political ecology, anthropology of law and crisis and disaster studies. Within these fields of research, we offer possibilities to do a bachelor, master thesis or internship. We also teach in a number of different bachelor and master programmes.

Thesis and internship

Bachelor students from the BIN can do their thesis project with SDC, and Master students from MID, MDR, MRF and MTO are eligible for thesis or internship supervision with SDC.

Do you have any questions about our theses or internships?

More information on thesis projects, internships and research practice can be found on Brightspace. Please feel free to contact our education coordinator at thesis.sdc@wur.nl.

Courses

Our courses

The SDC group provides a range of compulsory and optional courses to the Bachelors and Masters curricula. The table below presents a list of all courses that are (co-) provided by the SDC group. For more information on the contents and the schedule, we refer to the  Study Handbook  and the scheduling site, or simply follow the course links below. 

Course code Course title
SDC30306 Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Development
SDC21804 Introduction to Sociology of Development
SDC36306 Perspectives and Themes in International Development Studies
SDC23306 Law and Political Power
SDC34806 Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction
SDC51806 Food Crises: the big picture
SDC52806 Resource Competition Worldwide: issues and perspectives
SDC51306 Fieldwork in conflict and post-conflict settings
SDC10306 Law, Politics and Governance
SDC32806 Sociology in Development: towards a critical perspective
SDC36806 International Development & Tourism
SDC30806 Political Ecologies of Natural Resource Distribution
SDC32306 Anthropology and Development
SDC34306 Studying Crisis: Conflict, Disaster and the Social
SDC31306 Property Rights, Natural Resources and Conflict
SDC35806 Politics of Development: State, Property and Resistance
SDC35306 Natural Hazards and Disasters
SDC22806 Land and Water Politics
SDC21306 Methods, Techniques and Data Analysis for Field Research
SDC22306 Field research practical
SDC33306 Methodology for Field Research in the Social Sciences
SDC52306 Urban disaster governance
SDC53806 Resistance, power and movements

BSc programmes

SDC teaches in 2 bachelor programmes:

Most of the SDC bachelor courses are part of BIN. Visit the  Study Handbook  for more information on our courses or have a look at the overview. Bachelor students from the BIN can do their thesis project with SDC. More information on thesis projects, internships and research practice can be found on  Brightspace  (Space, Place and Society: Thesis , Internship and Research Practice - for WUR students only). Do you have any questions? Please contact us at  thesis.sdc@wur.nl

MSc programmes

SDC teaches in the following master programmes: 

Master students from MID, MDR, MRF and MTO are eligible for thesis or internship supervision with SDC. More information on thesis projects, internships and research practice can be found on  Brightspace (for WUR students only). Do you want to know more? Please contact us at thesis.sdc@wur.nl