Environment, Conflict and Security

The world is faced with unprecedented challenges and threats to our security and well-being in the form of climate change and environmental degradation. These threaten the lives of billions of people, with consequences such as water and food insecurity, forced migration and social and political conflict. In this major, you will address the fundamental security challenges of the environment and climate to produce more sustainable and secure futures.

The Environment, Conflict and Security major will allow you to analyse the interrelationships between the environment, climate change, peace, conflict, insecurity, and the production of security. You will learn to analyse, identify and develop innovative and practical interventions that contribute to human safety and well-being in a challenging and rapidly changing world. 

You will also be given the opportunity to critically analyse complex networks of interwoven social, environmental, economic, and political factors, determining their role in the production of insecurity, vulnerability and harm.

3 reasons to study Environment, Conflict and Security at Murdoch 

1. Study a unique major that focuses on analysing and addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our modern world.
2. Work with world-leading scholars in the field and develop substantive knowledge and insights regarding contemporary and emerging environmental and climate security challenges, and the complex drivers and interrelationships between these.
3. Gain expertise on important environmental and climate security issues that are in high demand by governmental, non-governmental and private sector organisations.

What you’ll learn

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you’ll cover include:

• Environmental security
• Climate change
• Resource governance
• Peace and conflict
• Human security
• Political economy
• International relations
• Security policy

Your career

When you graduate, you could find yourself working in a range of different industries from education to public administration. Some careers could include:

• Climate Risk Analyst
• Policy Maker
• Foreign Affairs Specialist
• Sustainability Consultant
• Development Worker
• Peacebuilder
• NGO or think tank expert working on environmental or security issues

Previous admission information is available at Murdoch Admission Information - Arts.