Master in Leadership for Sustainability

This multidisciplinary one-year master’s program provides students with an understanding of organization and leadership theory in the context of sustainability. Students will acquire a critical understanding of sustainable development and sustainability leadership. Furthermore, they will learn research methods for exploring and analyzing sustainable challenges using leadership and organization theory. This education provides a foundation for those seeking to lead and/or manage sustainable initiatives, in research and practice, that bring about change in the workplace, community, and the world.

The master’s degree program is grounded in four core premises:

• Sustainability requires new forms of organizing, especially when it comes to a project-based organization involving diverse stakeholders
• That organizing and leading sustainability requires new and diverse leading and organizing skills, understanding, and knowledge for managers and leaders of sustainable projects
• Organizing and leading sustainability requires a new way of thinking about sustainability within and between organizations. Current research on social entrepreneurship and social innovation Can reveal new methods and strategies about this
• Methodological and methodical knowledge and understanding are needed to enable leaders to make sustainable decisions

Based on these four premises, the program bridges the fields of organization theory, leadership, project management, social innovation, and social entrepreneurship, so that new ways of organizing and leading sustainability can be created. This will enable students to rethink common perceptions of leadership and organizational development.

A unique program for future sustainable leaders and social entrepreneurs

In this program, students are taught to reflect upon organizational and leadership challenges linked to organizational development and sustainability. This program provides students with the knowledge and critical understanding of current research in the fields of leadership and organization, project management, social entrepreneurship, and social innovation in the context of sustainability and sustainable development.

This master's program is also focused on action and doing via diverse projects and thesis work. This is a way to develop students’ professional, conceptual, and interpersonal skills so that as future sustainable leaders and social entrepreneurs, they will drive sustainable changes and have the capacity to make informed decisions about organizational and leadership issues in the management of sustainable organizations and projects.

Malmö University strives to be part of society at every level. Whether that is regional, nationally or globally, its focus is making the world a better and fairer place.

We have a mission to be an active hub for research, education and innovation. Our research is often multidisciplinary and pursued in collaboration with partners from outside of the university.

Why choose Malmö University?

Malmö University is...

Collaborative

Offers high-quality education where teachers and students work closely together, and undergraduates are seen as important contributors to the learning process.

Entrepreneurial

Promotes an entrepreneurial and innovative learning environment that influences and is influenced by the education and research at Malmö University.

Multidisciplinary

Boasts multidisciplinary programmes whereby students learn from different faculties, crucially important in an increasingly complex job market.

Diverse

Truly international classrooms where around a third of students have an international background – invaluable for students who are looking for a global career.

Big, but not too big!

The ninth largest higher educational institution in Sweden, with 24,000 students.

Global

Students have the opportunity to study abroad. We have agreements with approximately 250 universities around the world.

Convenient

Copenhagen international airport Kastrup (Denmark) is only 20 minutes away by train, and Copenhagen city 30 minutes away. Network links from here can take you by train throughout Europe and by plane, anywhere in the world!