The MSc in Prosperity, People and Planet (PPP) equips the next generation of change-makers with the knowledge and skills to create sustainable prosperity for all of nature and humanity. You will study natural prosperity, a new, transdisciplinary means of studying well-being economies and healthy social foundations while respecting planetary ecological boundaries. Students will learn how to enact transformational, systems-level change through collaborative, multi-stakeholder, and multi-scalar partnerships, building a better future for both people and planet.

About this degree

The MSc in Prosperity, People and Planet (PPP) equips the next generation of change-makers with the knowledge and skills to create sustainable prosperity for all of nature and humanity. At the core of the degree is the idea of natural prosperity - based on the premise that a well-functioning, healthy natural world lies at the heart of global and local prosperity, inclusive economies and societies. Natural prosperity offers a new, integrative means of studying well-being economies and healthy social foundations while respecting planetary ecological boundaries. This approach is based on integrative systems thinking and modelling the world around us. Accordingly, the degree takes an explicitly transdisciplinary approach, embedding students within the Institute for Global Prosperity’s (IGP) and UCL’s network of government, business, academic, civil society, and community partners. And, through multiple methods, such as ‘ateliers’ or solutions-focused workshops, students will co-produce research, policy, and enterprise for real-world impact. By undertaking this degree, students will learn how to enact transformational, systems-level change through collaborative, multi-stakeholder, and multi-scalar partnerships. Allowing students from different countries and diverse backgrounds to prototype and build a better future for both people and planet.

PPP introduces you to: (1) a range of conceptual discussions about complex systems change; (2) different perspectives for understanding the interaction of economic, social, political, and ecological processes; (3) cutting edge methods for measuring and modelling multiple, interconnected planetary emergencies; and (4) pathways for co-leading next generation institutional reforms with new kinds of impactful knowledge and policy creation.

This Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis. Students undertaking modular/flexible study may choose to organise the distribution of their modules flexibly across the five years provided they complete 180 credits by the end of year five.