Master Geographies of Global Change and Sustainability Transformations (857 [2] - Version 2025)

M1 Compulsory Module Human Geography (10 ECTS)

• 290600 PS [ en ] Introduction to Research and Practice in Human Geography
• 290606 PS [ en ] Open Minds

M2 Compulsory Module Geography Pool (20 ECTS)

• 290605 VO [ en ] Advances in Human Geography II
• 290607 VO [ en ] ( CIRCLE-U ) Frontiers in Spatial Sciences - Circle U. - Lecture series: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters

M3 Alternative Compulsory Module: Basics of Specialisations (5 ECTS)

M3.1 Basics of Specialisation: Migration and Population Dynamics

M3.2 Basics of Specialisation: Spatial Planning

M3.3 Basics of Specialisation: Socioeconomic Transformations

M3.4 Basics of Specialisation: Urban Studies

M4 Alternative Compulsory Module: Specialisations (30 ECTS)

M4.1 Migration and Population Dynamics

• 290615 SE [ en ] Theories, Concepts, Empirical Examples and Research Debates on Migration and Population Dynamics - Population Dynamics in the Context of Global Environmental Change
• 290618 PSE [ en ] Research designs and Methods on Migration and Population Dynamics in the context of Global Change

M4.2 Spatial Planning

• 290619 SE Understanding Spatial Planning
• 290620 SE [ en ] Current Issues in Regional Planning and Development
• 290621 PSE Project seminar on Understanding Spatial Planning

M4.3 Socioeconomic Transformations

• 290610 SE [ en ] Geography of Innovation and Industrial Transitions
• 290611 PSE [ en ] Strategic Development and Governance

M4.4 Urban Studies

• 290204 SE Master's Seminar in Human Geography: Transformation of the Local Housing Market - as a Topic for Geography and Economics Lessons
• 290206 UE Exercise on AI Methods in Urban Research
• 290612 VU [ en ] Transdisciplinary and Comparative Theories - Urban Sustainability Transformations
• 290613 SE+EX [ en ] Transdisciplinary Urban Practices: Part I - Excursion abroad: Belgrade (Serbia)
• 290616 PS [ en ] Transdisciplinary and Comparative Theories or Methods in Urban Studies - Geographical Descriptive Analytics
• 290617 SE [ en ] Urban Sustainability Transformations - Socio-Spatial Disparities

M5 Compulsory Module Individual Specialisation (25 ECTS)

• 010067 FS Sustainability in Interreligious Dialogue
• 233070 VU [ en ] Integrating Perspectives: Foundations for Multidisciplinary Thinking
• 290113 EX Field Trip: Global Cause - Urban Effect - Tracking Major Geopolitical Events in Urban Space
• 290114 EX Field Trip: Changing Vienna - Geopolitical Metropolis to Smart City
• 290115 EX Field Trip: Vienna and the Danube - Physical and Human Geographical Aspects of a Relationship
• 290116 EX Field Trip - Urban Crafted Vienna. Production Cultures, Identity, and Community in the City
• 290206 UE Exercise on AI Methods in Urban Research
• 290300 EX Human Geography Excursion: Housing in Vienna - Housing in the context of societal transformations
• 290303 EX Field Trip: Poland - Baltic States
• 290304 VU Text and policy analysis as methods of empirical spatial research
• 290614 SE Sustainability Challenge
• 290615 SE [ en ] Theories, Concepts, Empirical Examples and Research Debates on Migration and Population Dynamics - Population Dynamics in the Context of Global Environmental Change
• 290616 PS [ en ] Transdisciplinary and Comparative Theories or Methods in Urban Studies - Geographical Descriptive Analytics
• 290617 SE [ en ] Urban Sustainability Transformations - Socio-Spatial Disparities

M6 Compulsory Module Master’s Thesis Seminars (5 ECTS)

• 290608 SE [ en ] Preparatory Master’s Seminar - Socioeconomic Transformations
• 290609 SE [ de en ] Accompanying Master’s Seminar - Socioeconomic Transformations
• 290622 SE [ de en ] Accompanying Master’s Seminar - Migration and Population Dynamics