Agricultural Economics (MSc, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate)
Academic leadership:
The Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (SOAS)
The Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) is a newly created centre within the Department of Financial and Management Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). CeDEP aims to increase professional understanding of development, the environment, and related subjects by advanced research and by high quality postgraduate degree programmes.
A merging of the former Imperial College Distance Learning Programme at Wye with Public Policy and Management at CeFiMS (SOAS), CeDEP is now one of the largest international postgraduate distance learning programmes in the field. It currently has close to 1,000 students working in a range of government, business and other organisations spread over more than 100 countries. Most of these students are professionals already working in their field of study, seeking to deepen and broaden their understanding and skills to open up new opportunities and make them more effective in their careers.
The diversity within the student community and the networking facilitated by the programme provides a wonderful opportunity to learn from and share experiences with peers in many different countries. For further information please visit the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy website [external link].
Academic staff
The academic directors each have individual research interests and collaborations and manage the courses. They are responsible for the academic quality of the course materials as well as being involved in course development, teaching and examining.
With extensive international experience in research and postgraduate education, academic directors are supported by subject specialist tutors in offering seven degree pathways created from over 40 course modules. For further information on the academic and administrative team, please visit the CeDEP website [external link].