The MAREEES as an area studies programme relies on interdisciplinary approach combining various fields of humanities and social sciences. This approach enables the students to gain a broad view of the cultural, political and societal changes in this area. In addition to the regional focus, the programme investigates the evolution of conceptual and theoretical approaches, as well as, institutional, political and cultural changes in a temporal context.
The MAREES program incorporates the global perspective with the regional phenomena and puts emphasis on direct and indirect challenges for societal, cultural and political sustainability. The program is structured around the various aspects of social, political, environmental, cultural resilience – in line with international definition of sustainability.
In addition to thematic studies, the MAREEES curriculum also covers major theoretical paradigms and methodologies within the humanities and social sciences. These theories are applied in practicum workshops.
The Master’s Programme in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies is taught fully in English. The programme approaches political and societal phenomena from a multidisciplinary perspective. Topics covered in the MAREEES curriculum include:
Core studies focuses on multi/interdisciplinary approaches within humanities, social sciences and area studies. Studies consists of introduction, major theories, methodologies as well as social, cultural and political processes. Courses that have been offered in this module:
Global Processes and regional dynamics is to gain an understanding of REEES in a wider context utilising both process and phenomena approaches such as Norms and Ethics; Processes and flows and Reactions and Responses. Courses that have been offered in this module:
Optional studies are based on student’s personal study plan created jointly with the personal study plan teacher. There is possibility to strengthen student’s disciplinary, theoretical and methodological and/or language skills.
Career orientation consists of three courses focusing on working life skills. Module includes possibility of internship/traineeship and intensive course in REEE area or Finland.
Module focuses on global challenges connected to the REEE area. The themes in the module are society and resilience; security and power; environment and climate and contexts and identities. Courses that have been offered in this module:
In the seminar students draws thesis plan, thesis supervisors are assigned during the seminar. Part of the seminar, students present their research plan as a poster in the international Aleksanteri Conference in second year autumn. In the master’s thesis students demonstrate that they can formulate relevant and interesting research question(s), create a coherent research design, analyze and produce research materials, and write a scientific research report.