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Tampere University Master's Programme in Public Policy Analysis, Social Science Research
Tampere University

Master's Programme in Public Policy Analysis, Social Science Research

Tampere, Finland

2 Years

English

Full time

Request application deadline *

Aug 2025

EUR 10,000 / per year **

On-Campus

* Application for studies starting in autumn 2025 begins 11 December 2024 and ends 3 January 2025

** per academic year for non-EU/EEA students

Introduction

Economic approaches to policy design and analysis

Public policy analysis involves an approach that combines insights and techniques from economics and political science.

Public Policy Analysis teaches students to use economic tools to address broad societal problems. Studies extend the economic analysis beyond the traditional focus on market interactions to examine the intended and unintended consequences of policies and to explore how and when individual self-interest among politicians, interest groups, etc. helps or hinders public interest.

Public policy analysis involves the understanding institutional design, policy evaluation and implementation, and decision-making. The methods include microeconomics, game theory, experimental economics, spatial econometrics, social choice theory, and econometrics.

Public policy studies prepare students for doctoral research or for careers as professional policy analysts in policy planning and evaluation units of government agencies or ministries, the staff of elected and appointed public officials, consulting firms, and non-government organizations. It also provides an essential background in policy for people wishing to work as translators for government institutions.

Master’s Programme in Social Science Research focuses on the contemporary issues and problems of governance, conflicts, and policy in the globalizing world/society. The program consists of the following academically independent specializations with distinct study profiles:

  • Comparative Social Policy and Welfare
  • Public Policy Analysis
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