Education of Public Administration and Policy

The aim of the BSc thesis is to be able to apply and synthesise knowledge acquired during their education to a demarcated topic. In general a BSc thesis usually consists of formulating a research question, systematically apply research methods, conduct a review of literature on a specific topic and/or applying an existing framework to a case study and writing-up the findings in an accessible and concise report. The student is expected to work individually and should be able to present and defend their findings. PAP is involved in several BSc programs. Contact the BSc coordinator for more information.

Documents

• BSc Thesis Course guide
• BSc Thesis intake form
• BIN Thesis contract

Check with your study advisor for the most up to date documents.

The thesis is the crown on your Master's degree program. For the course guide, assessment form and rubric of the MSc thesis, please consult this page.

For specific information about doing a Master Thesis at our group, please read the MSc Thesis Course Guide. Part A of this guide gives you information about MSc theses at WU and part B contains the WCSG chair group specific regulations (ENP/PAP).

New MSc students looking for a PAP supervisor can sign up by sending this form to office.pap@wur.nl.

Documents

• Rubric MSc thesis

For the most up to date documents, please consult this page (login required).

• PAP20306    Studying Public Governance: Key Concepts and Leading Authors
• PAP20806    Public Administration and Environmental Law
• PAP21806    European Union Institutions and Policies
• PAP22306    Policy, Governance and Law
• PAP32806    Legal Pluralism, Power and Politics
• PAP10306    Public Administration and Policy Making
• PAP10806    Perspectives on Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture
• PAP21306    Global Institutions for Sustainable Development
• PAP30806    Governance and policy change
• PAP31306    Politics, Policy Making and Accountability in International Arenas for Development
• PAP40806    Textual Data Science for Comparative Public Governance
• PAP30306    Designing Innovative Governance Arrangements
• PAP31806    The Politics of Healthy and Sustainable Food
• PAP40302    Water Policy and Politics: Theories and Cases

• ENP30506    Theories on Politics and Governance
• ENP35806    Environmental Quality and Governance
• ENP37306    Water Governance: Concepts and Practices
• ENP39406    Transformative sustainability practices
• FQD60312    Product and Process Design
• HSO30306    Health Policy and Action
• LAW39206    Transnational Environmental Law and Regulation
• LAW34506    Food, Nutrition and Human Rights
• LUP40306    Managing Public Space: Governance
• SDC33306    Methodology for Field Research in the Social Sciences
• SDC35806    Politics of Development: State, Property and Resistance
• SDC36306    Perspectives and Themes in International Development Studies
• UEC31806    Economics and Governance of Energy Transitions
• WSG20306    Climate Change studies topics and approaches
• WSG33806    Integrated Water Management
• WSG34806    Climate Change Adaptation in Water Management
• YMC60809    Academic Consultancy Training
• YSS10906    Analysis of a problem situation
• YSS38206    Grand Challenges for the Governance of Sustainability Transformations
• YSS40806    Designing Governance for the future