On this interdisciplinary course, students will use traditional and modern insights from both economics and politics to develop the essential skills needed in policy making and policy administration.

Students will work with experts from the School of Politics, Economics and International Relations. Academics at this school are specialists in their fields and bring the results of their own cutting-edge research to the program. For example, many of Reading’s economists conduct applied research that influences economic policy formation at the local, national and international levels, while other academics are commissioned by the government and international agencies to produce policy solutions – and this work directly informs what you’ll study.