Page 1 of 3

The network takes an interdisciplinary approach drawing on expertise ranging from pedagogy, international development studies, law, social, political and behavioural sciences, the humanities, health studies and social work.

The Master degrees associated with the European Network are full-time or part-time postgraduate programmes that are offered in cooperation with other ENMCR member universities. 

The courses are oriented to the construction of a productive innovative knowledge base, which will generate information that will be socially useful for children’s active and effective participation in societal processes. Children’s views and perspectives and their participation, underpin all aspects of the Master Programmes, research projects and the provision of services are important issues. In the courses, children’s testimonies and their participation in qualitative research, as well as the study findings from both Master degree teachers and students are utilised.

Objectives of the Master Courses:

The courses aim at promoting an understanding of:

the social, economic, political and cultural conditions and characteristics of childhood, including its social representations.
Children’s Rights as part of the international discourse on human rights including their legal, philosophical, sociological and anthropological foundations.
legal and judicial aspects of children’s participation and protection rights in a local, national and international context.
children as competent subjects and their individual as well as collective social and cultural manifestations.

The students of the courses will develop competencies...

in intercultural communication and global learning, especially taking into account migration- and cultural hybridity processes.
for the promotion of participation and self-organisation of children, especially in underprivileged living-conditions.
for the development of cooperative fields of action, focusing on living-conditions and life-strategies of underprivileged children and their families, including perspectives on “alternative economies” .

The programmes will enable the students to acquire a sound theoretical understanding of children and childhood based on new research and academic literature that has transformed the academic understanding of children and childhood over the past decade.

The Master Courses are designed for:

Graduates from social sciences and other faculties who are interested in specialising in children’s rights.
Professionals working in educational, health, social care, law sectors who want to acquire new knowledge about the social reality of children in a globalising world and learn new methods for working with children within a children’s rights framework.

Student research:

EMCR students engage in research projects throughout their study period. An overview of research papers elaborated by EMCR students can be found in the media section of this website.

The following ENMCR members offer MA Programms:

Page 2, 3