MA Gender, Power and Violence at Swansea University

This master's explores current academic, policy and practice debates on gendered harms from multiple disciplinary perspectives, combining theoretical, empirical and applied content. It addresses issues such as tech-facilitated gendered harms, engaging men and boys and online misogyny, and develops advanced understanding of critical feminist theories of gender, violence and harms.

Faculty: School of Social Sciences  |  Department: Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy  |  Duration: 1 year full time; 2 years part time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Understanding Gender and Power: Theory and Praxis, Feminist Ways of Knowing, Gendered Violence and Harms: Issues, Research and Policy, Countering Violent Extremism Online, Abolition, Activism and the Criminal Justice System, one elective (such as Making Policy Work or Critical Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis) and a 60-credit dissertation.

Career pathways

Gender-based violence is a policy priority and increasingly treated as a multi-agency issue spanning criminal justice, health, education, social care, housing and the voluntary sector, so graduates can pursue a wide range of roles where gendered violence is central to the work.

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