International Development masters student blog series - 2025

Each year our International Development students have the opportunity to write blog articles exploring key topics from their courses.

Deforestation in Borneo
"Deforestation in Borneo" by IndoMet in the Heart of Borneo is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Over the summer our MSc Environmental Change and International Development students have written some brilliant blog posts exploring the key topic of 'Marxist theory & Anthropocene can help rethink environmental degradation' - read on to access both blog articles.


How is the Anthropocene helping to rethink the contemporary issue of Environmental Degradation?

Viewing ED from the Anthropocene perspective highlights the drastic shift from Holocene stability, underscoring the urgency for mitigation.

Jessica Southern

MSc Environmental Change and International Development

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How does Marxist dependency theory help rethink the contemporary issue of environmental degradation?

Through the application of Marxist dependency theory this blog considers the case study of oil spills in the Niger delta.

Cadi Panton

MSc Environmental Change and International Development

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