M.A. in International Water Governance and Water Diplomacy

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The two-year MA program in International Water Governance and Water Diplomacy, starting September 2021, offers up-to-date, practice-oriented education for practicing and future water managers, diplomats, national and international civil servants engaged in transboundary or global environmental issues. Based on a blend of natural and social sciences, extensive field training, and project-based teamwork, the program is aimed to enable students to master complex water policy challenges, decisions, and conflict situations. Duration: 4 semester-long full-time degree program (120 ECTS). Duration: 4 semester-long full-time degree program (120 ECTS). Why study water international governance and diplomacy? While water war theories have been a popular feature of international politics for decades, reality shows that even bitter interstate tensions surrounding water tend to become a source of cooperation rather than conflict. The potent megatrends of our era, such as demographic change, urbanization, or climate change, however, create new pressures on how countries manage water domestically and in their international relations. Scientific consensus suggests that the current water crisis is a crisis of governance. The root of the problem, therefore, lies not necessarily in the limited availability of water. Rather, how laws, policy, and financial decisions on the water are made, implemented, and followed up by government and society. Such challenges surface with even greater force in an intestate context where the action or inaction of a country may give rise to disproportionate negative impacts on the water resources available to others. Consequently, the knowledge of how to prevent, manage and resolve water conflicts at the domestic and international level will be a critical asset for the prosperity and stability of any nation in the 21st century. The University of Public Service and water The University of Public Service has been conceived as a comprehensive school of government encompassing all major fields of the management of a modern state: public administration, defense, law enforcement, and diplomacy. The University of Public Service also boasts Hungary’s oldest higher education institution dedicated to water: the Faculty of Water Science, located in the city of Baja on the banks of the river Danube. In recent years, the Faculty has significantly expanded its research and educational activities reaching out to the political, policy, legal, and institutional dimensions of water. Importantly, the Faculty also serves as the official retraining institution of the Hungarian water authorities that offers students unique access to the daily practice of water management in the broader Danube basin. The MA program has been developed by the Faculty’s Department of Water and Environmental Policy, seated in Budapest, that specializes in water governance.

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The University of Public Service (Ludovika – UPS) is the single institution in Hungary to offer degree programs in public service with a comprehensive approach focusing on the needs of the government. It educates the next generation of military, law enforcement, public management, and international affairs experts and leaders. A specialized faculty at the University covers the field of water sciences, which is a topical issue for the future of the whole international community. Hence our University operates in cooperation with national stakeholders and international actors. Read less

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M.A. in International Water Governance and Water Diplomacy

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