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MATechnology Governance and Sustainability

Tuition fee €3,100 per year

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Application fee €100 one-time

The application fee is 100 EUR per applicant, which enables to apply for 2 programmes. The application fee is non-refundable!

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Overview

The Technology Governance and Sustainability is a Master’s programme that is future-oriented and truly inter- and trans-disciplinary: from economics, technology, and innovation to governance and public policies, where all key components of the socio-economic future are purposefully linked. It equips students with the capability for critical thinking and with practical management skills on technological change, innovation, and digital transformation that will make You succeed in tech-focused private and public organizations as well as in international bodies. We want to understand digital technologies as the key driver of development around the world, and we want to make sure that digital transformation brings about sustainable, green growth and human-centered development.

The programme is designed for those who want to know:

  • the dynamics of techno- and social innovation and the role of different actors (entrepreneurs, large companies, governments, and most of all, humans) in these dynamics and in steering innovation toward a more sustainable future;
  • the heterodox perspectives of economic development and innovation processes, i.e. systems of innovation, evolutionary, post-Keynesian, commons-based, or non-Western;
  • the role and nature of technology, including its critique, and, in particular, the meaning and management of digital transformation, and its impact on the economy, society, government, and people.

Programme structure

The MA brings together some of the most renowned scholars of innovation and governance – Carlota Perez, Erik S. Reinert, Wolfgang Drechsler, Jan A. Kregel, Vasilis Kostakis and others – who offer students a coherent set of skills for understanding and managing techno-logical changes and digital transformations in tech- and innovation-oriented organizations as well as in international bodies.

The 2 year (120 ECTS) curriculum outline:

General studies – cover entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management both narrowly and broadly through the understanding of business environment and the creation of links with public sector innovation and digital transformation.
Core studies – provide an overview of different approaches to economic development and innovation, and show the interrelationships between the main elements of the market economy – financial resources, production capital (technology), socio-political framework (institutions) – and their role in promoting innovation.
Special studies – deepen the knowledge on: (a) innovation, technological developments and the supporting socio-economic environment; (b) governance and public sector functioning with the focus on managing digital transformation and innovation in the public sector and the phenomenon of e-government.
Free choice module – provides students with a possibility to choose subjects according to their needs and preferences.
Graduation Thesis – students do an academic research on a specific technology governance and digital transformation topic and demonstrate an ability of critical use of data, appropriate and sound analysis, and critical assessment of findings.

Career opportunities

The programme is a great terminal degree and prepares globally desired experts in managing technological changes and digital transformations who work for either national governments and international organizations (as innovation policy experts and innovation managers) or for non-profit organizations and in the private sector (as owner-entrepreneurs, technology consultants, innovation managers, analysts). The programme also provides excellent competitive competencies for a continuing Your academic career as a researcher in academic institutions or pursuing PhD studies, as our impressive track record shows.

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Studies commence
4 Sept 2023
Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
This intake is not applicable
Studies commence
4 Sept 2023

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Studies commence
4 Sept 2023
Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
This intake is not applicable
Studies commence
4 Sept 2023

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

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