Education of Environmental Policy

There are possibilities to conduct a BSc or MSc thesis at ENP. The subjects for a thesis research are often associated with the group's five core research innovation themes.

The research areas of ENP are:

1. Sustainable Urban Infrastructures
2. Marine Governance
3. Sustainable Food Transformations
4. Governing Environmental Mobilities
5. Governing Climate Futures

BSc thesis

For a BSc thesis, please contact the Education Coordinator Mattijs Smits.

MSc thesis

For a MSc thesis, please fill out the intake form on the basis of which the intake coordinators will allocate students every few months. You are expected to do this at least 4 months before starting the thesis. Note that you need to do some work before filling out the form by indicating three potential thesis projects. You are strongly encouraged to align yourself with one of the projects you can find under the staff profiles (which also lists PhD projects). There is the possibility for students to do something different and develop their own idea for a MSc thesis in Environmental Policy. In that case the student is strongly encouraged to come up with an elaborate (up to one-page) idea and include it in the form.

After you fill out the form, the thesis coordinators will try to match you with a possible supervisors for your thesis topic within the ENP group. We do so every few months, so please be patient. If you are late or you have a different question, please send an email to Erna van Ludevelde explaining your situation. Note that students are only allowed to start a thesis when they have completed their Bachelors and the required ENP courses according to their Masters programme (see study handbook).

Most of the Master students who do a major thesis in the Environmental Policy Group will also do an internship under our supervision. An internship can be done at various organizations, governments or firms all over the world, as long as the internship at these institutions is related to environmental governance or management. One major requirement that should be met by the internship provider is that there is guaranteed supervision on an academic level by at least one staff member of the organization.

Students are encouraged to find a suitable internship that relates to their study programme and/or career interest. Internship positions offered by organizations in the network of ENP are shared on the WCSG Thesis café Brightspace page (see ‘Internship info’ at the page).

Found an internship position? Please email internship coordinator Glen Smith with a description of the organization, topic, type of activities, and preferred start-date. If you want a meeting to discuss internship options or other questions, ask Erna van Ludevelde to plan a meeting with Glen.