Career options
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Career options
The research-oriented sociological Master's programme Modern Societies and Cultures trains generalists who are able to acquire knowledge independently, effectively and flexibly, and to apply it in fields of work.
It prepares students for professional work in social science research within and outside the university, in educational and cultural institutions, in national and international institutions of conflict resolution, mediation and arbitration, in political, association and management consulting, in development cooperation and in the field of the development and evaluation of measures and institutions of intercultural dialogue and integration.
The programme qualifies you for the following, for example- current and academically excellent doctoral and research programmes with a strong interdisciplinary/cultural-scientific or cultural-sociological orientation;
- the scientific monitoring and evaluation of social and cultural policy projects in the fields of intercultural/ interreligious communication and social integration;
- the development and testing of methodological instruments for measuring cultural dimensions of social inequality (ethnic affiliations, lifestyle milieus, gender-specific inequalities, generations, etc.);
- Activities in political-, business and management consulting and in development cooperation;
- Scientific support and evaluation of adult education measures (e.g. in diversity management, mediation, museum pedagogy or in internal and external continuing education measures).
Doctoral Studies at JLU
Doctorate possible with a Master's degree
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