King's College London

Questions about how we understand, organise and change society have never been more urgent. These questions surface in a range of contemporary phenomena. The many faces of inequality, fake news and the climate crisis. War, displacement and shifting relationships between the Global North and South. Child exploitation and care scandals. Rising racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, resurgent nationalism and settler colonialism. But also growing anti-racist and decolonial movements, queer and trans activism, and feminist campaigns against gender inequality and sexual harassment.

This course welcomes students from across the world to the heart of London to provide them with an internationally and practically oriented understanding of the ways in which core debates within the social sciences can shape our responses to pressing social and policy questions. The course has a particular focus on issues of inequality and social justice, informed by the close reading of social theory and the analysis of empirical case studies and policy literatures.

Most of the learning for this degree takes place at the Waterloo Campus, although please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.