Social Anthropology with Human Rights

Overview

Grow your understanding of both social anthropology and human rights, developing a wide array of practical research skills and exploring the broadest questions about our society. You investigate the many different social tensions, interactions and networks that make up everyday life, as well as the definition, development, and abuse of rights around the globe. You study a wide range of topics including:

• Multiculturalism and human rights
• The politics of indigeneity and indigenous human rights
• Anthropological approaches to gender and ethnicity
• How to analyse human rights in an international context

• Anthropological research methods

Your future

Our students are in demand from a wide range of employers in a host of occupations, including local and central government, NGOs, social work, market research, project management, fundraising, auditing, marketing, case-work, youth and community work, voluntary sector management and lobbying.

The recent Social Anthropology with Human Rights graduates at the University of Essex  have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:

• The Institute of Public Finance
• Guardian Professional
• Home Office
• Synergy Healthcare Research