• VU Amsterdam’s Master's program allows students to specialize in one of these four fields, but also offers the opportunity to combine courses from all these fields. The program offers students the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to tackle complex problems at a high level of abstraction, keeping in mind the need to translate theoretical solutions into clear-cut policy advice. The contents are firmly rooted in economics, but shed light on the multi-disciplinary nature of many real-world policy questions.
  • The program addresses highly relevant and closely interrelated policy issues in today’s modern society in the field of regional development (such as the advantages of agglomerations), urban problems (such as crime), transport policies (such as traffic congestion management), environmental degradation (such as climate change), real estate economics (such as housing shortage and public housing). As such, it is concerned with many aspects of society in which space, distance, and networks play a fundamental role.