Program Overview

MSc Culture, Justice and Environment

The MSc in Culture, Justice and Environment offers a critical and qualitative understanding of human-environment relationships, how they are imagined in different historical and cultural settings, and the political and economic processes impacting them.

Introduction

The programme draws on analytical approaches and insights from anthropology, the social sciences and the humanities more generally, considering how and why people’s relationship with their landscapes have transformed, how they experience and deal with environmental change, how they address new ecological and climate crises, and how this links to issues of inequality and justice.

Programme Details

• Study mode: Home full-time students (12 months) Open, Overseas full-time students (12 months) Open
• Academic year: 2026/27
• Start date: 28 September 2026
• Location: Houghton Street, London
• Application deadline: None – rolling admissions. However, please note the funding deadlines

Entry Requirements

• Upper second-class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in any discipline, with a genuine interest in qualitative approaches to understanding human-environment relationships.
• English language requirements: The English language requirement for this programme is Higher.

Programme Content

• Year 1:
  • AN487: Environmental Anthropology (Half unit)
  • AN476: Anthropology and the Anthropocene (Half unit)
  • AN479: Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (Half unit)
  • ANxxx: Dissertation in Environment, Justice, and Society (One unit)
  • Choose one course from the following:
    • AN451: Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (Half unit)
    • AN436: The Anthropology of Development (Half unit)
    • AN456: Economic Anthropology (Half unit)
  • Course options to the value of one unit from a range of options

Why Study with Us

• The Department of Anthropology is world-leading and internationally renowned – rated the top anthropology department in London and second in the UK.
• Our work is rooted in ethnographic research, exploring how different societies and communities work.

Fees and Funding

• Home student fee (2026/27): £18,300
• Overseas student fee (2026/27): £30,400
• Fee reduction: Students who completed undergraduate study at LSE and are beginning taught graduate study at the School are eligible for a fee reduction of around 10 per cent of the fee.
• Scholarships and other funding: We offer some needs-based awards for this programme, including the Graduate Support Scheme.

Learning and Assessment

• Contact hours and independent study: Scheduled teaching normally includes three hours of lectures and four to five hours of seminars per week, supplemented by regular academic tutorials.
• Teaching methods: LSE is internationally recognised for its teaching and research and therefore employs a rich variety of teaching staff with a range of experience and status.
• Academic support: You’ll meet with your academic mentor regularly to discuss your work.

Graduate Destinations

• The programme is an ideal preparation for research work in anthropology and related fields.
• Top 5 sectors our students work in:
  • Education, Teaching and Research
  • Consultancy
  • Information, Digital Technology and Data
  • Financial and Professional Services
  • Recruitment and Employment Activities

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