Whichever track you choose, you will spend three months in the field, in the Netherlands or abroad, up close with the communities you study, guided by a VU supervisor. Our MSc is life-altering learning, offering you the potential insight and knowledge to make a real difference.
Our programme instils essential anthropological skills such as:
- gathering and making sense of data in scientific ways
- communicating effectively with people
- empathetic research skills
- combining research findings and theory for constructing effective arguments
- communicating research findings to diverse audiences
- critical thinking
- utilising multiple and diverse perspectives
- time management and project management skills
- problem-solving abilities
- outcome oriented research
- experience of both team and individual work
- answering not only ‘what’ and ‘how’, but the ‘why’ of human behaviour
Get hands-on with qualitative and ethnographic research.
Your fieldwork will be as varied as the human experience itself – from the rhythmic energy of Kampala’s underground dance scene to the green oasis of Amsterdam’s Zuidoost community gardens; from grassroots activism in Greece to the traditional methods of Nordic fishermen. The experience is designed to sharpen your analytical skills and deepen your understanding of social dynamics, closely supervised by one of our professors.
