Short courses in Social Sciences in Netherlands

In this Feeding the billions - Challenges and Innovation in Food and Water Security course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you examine a range of approaches towards food and water security, from international policy agreements to community-based activities.

Higher productivity and efficient use of resources is key for increasing the standard of living and reducing poverty without compromising the ecological imperatives. Industrial policy aims at increasing productivity and efficiency by promoting industries and new economic activities.

This Global Health course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will provide you with in-depth insights into the growing complexity of the burden of diseas

Passionate scholars from the Faculty of Social Sciences of VU are organising a summer school to share their knowledge of the planning of fieldwork. Difficult Settings - Preparing for Fieldwork is offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

In The Economics of Urbanisation course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you will learn about the economic forces that underpin urbanisation and shape our cities.

Finding Metaphors - The Pragglejaz Experience at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will give you the skills and tools you need for building your own dataset.

VU Amsterdam is the first European institution to offer a degree in OBM, and this is the first course in Europe to teach it in a summer school setting. To learn more, join the Organisational Behaviour Management course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Introduction to Business and International Management at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam aims to provide an overview of all business areas so that students can better understand how to function in organizations.

This Interpersonal Neuroscience program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam aims to provide students with a) knowledge into the state-of-the-art in interpersonal neuroscience; b) basic research skills for designing, conducting, and analysing interpersonal neuroscience studies; and c) tools for developing real-world applications of interpersonal neuroscience. 

The executive short course from Maastricht School of Management is about Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. Women are still often worse off than men, and therefore including a focus on women empowerment will be instrumental to closing the gender gap.

The Holocaust in Europe - History and Memory on Location course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  includes an active three full days excursion to Holocaust commemoration centers and former camps Westerbork (in the north-east of the Netherlands) and Bergen Belsen (Germany), from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening. 

The Political Economy of Terrorism course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, considers modern-day terrorism from a theoretical and especially from an empirical perspective.

This Exploring Africas Religious and Global Identity course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  is an introductory course in African Christianities and indigenous religions.

In this Econometrics of Networks programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you will learn about recent econometric methods to analyse network data.

Football Behaviour Management course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is organised in such a way that it is as if you are part of a virtual club and already working as a scout for that said club.

Buddhist Mindfulness and Care at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will introduce Buddhist mindfulness in theory and practice with special focus on Spiritual Care. 

The Beautiful Mind - Global Perceptions of Mental Health course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will begin with an introduction to mental health followed by in-depth lectures and workshops on current mental health diagnostic methods.

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