Component
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Location(s)
Orleans
Presentation
The GAED Master's degree in Local and Solidarity-based Sustainable Development (DDLS) trains professionals to work for local authorities, public and semi-public institutions, as well as in the corporate world and the Social and Solidarity-based Economy (SSE), such as associations and NGOs. It imparts skills related to territorial development, with a focus on the local level. It focuses on solidarity practices within companies and territories, from the local to the international level.
Preparing students for positions such as local development officer, territorial development officer or territorial development project manager, the Master's program teaches how to manage a territorial development project, from the design of an overall strategy to its implementation; it provides knowledge and skills linked to spatial analysis, data collection and processing; it favors an active teaching approach, based on collective and individual projects.
In a globalized context, where ecological transition and climate change are key issues, the three components of "sustainable", "solidarity" and "local" development are approached in complementary ways. The Master's program prioritizes collaborative and solidarity-based local development practices, aiming to take greater account of citizens' initiatives alongside the action devolved to local authorities and institutions.
Finally, the master's degree prepares students for careers in research and higher education, with a view to pursuing a doctorate in geography and planning.
Master's video presentation: https://uomedia.univ-orleans.fr/videos/master-geo_IZuMWlrq/
Skills
Training is organized around four skill blocks
- Advice: assistance and advice for local players and elected representatives.
- Design: conception, implementation and development of collective action frameworks
- Coordination: coordinating relations with the region's various publics
- Support: coordination and support for regional development projects.
Certified skills :
- Carry out a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the issues and problems of planning, the environment and development, as well as the complexity of a request or situation, in order to propose adapted and/or innovative solutions; propose a spatial interpretation,
- Carry out diagnoses, general or thematic studies, and prospective analyses to optimize knowledge of environments and territories and provide operational and strategic information to support decision-making: analyze, formalize and interpret data collected, draw up recommendations, communicate/disseminate results,
- Understand how a territory is organized, the levels of governance and the roles of stakeholders,
- Mobilize theoretical and methodological models specific to spatial analysis, data processing, geographic information systems, discourse analysis, territorial diagnostics...
- Manage projects related to planning, the environment and regional development: design, manage, implement, monitor, lead and evaluate by mobilizing multi-disciplinary skills in a collaborative framework: partner communities, companies, design offices, etc.
- Implement the actions of public authorities at different territorial levels: commune, inter-communal structures, department, region, etc.
- Use and produce spatially-referenced information data (geographic information systems (GIS)) and master communication and promotion tools.
- Identify digital uses and the impact of their evolution on Sustainable, Local and Solidarity-based Development
- Mobilize highly specialized knowledge, some of which is at the forefront of knowledge in a field of work or study, as the basis for original thinking
- Develop a critical awareness of knowledge in the field of Sustainable, Local and Solidarity Development
- Solve problems to develop new knowledge and procedures and integrate knowledge from different fields
- Make innovative contributions to high-level exchanges and international contexts
- Identify, select and critically analyze a variety of specialized resources to document a subject and synthesize these data for further use.
- Communicate orally and in writing in French and at least one foreign language for training or knowledge transfer purposes
- Manage complex, unpredictable professional or study contexts requiring new strategic approaches
- Take responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge and practices and/or reviewing a team's strategic performance
- Manage a project (design, steering, team coordination, implementation and management, evaluation, dissemination) that can mobilize multi-disciplinary skills within a collaborative framework.
- Analyze your actions in a professional situation, self-evaluate to improve your practice as part of a quality approach
- Respect the principles of ethics, professional conduct and environmental responsibility
Useful contacts
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
02 38 49 47 73
international[at]univ-orleans.fr
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CAREER GUIDANCE
DOIP
Tel: 02 38 41 71 72
E-mail : doip[at]univ-orleans.fr
Organization
Special features
Versatile training to develop cross-disciplinary and integrated approaches to regional development
Project-based teaching: project approach; active, collaborative teaching
An ecosystem of partners: CAUE du Loiret, CRESS Centre Val de Loire, Centraider, local authorities, Petr...
The diversity of student profiles, in terms of educational backgrounds (geography, planning, sociology, economics, history, etc.) and geographical origins (France, Europe, Africa, etc.).
Program
Semester 7
Block 1 - Territories in transition
Sustainable development and transition: a critical approach
European ruralities: contemporary issues and inequalities in development
Transition issues in natural protection areas
Cities in transition: a critical approach
Climate change. Between mitigation and adaptation
Block 2 - Solidarity and territories (1)
Interterritoriality, solidarity and cooperation in territorial development practices
Theories and practices of development in the South
Social and solidarity-based economy at the service of solidarity-based development
Block 3 - Territorial diagnostic practices (1)
Analysis: building and using a survey
Analyze, qualify and identify the territory's development challenges
Statistical data processing and analysis
Cartographic design
Block 4 - Individual skills
Language. One of three choices:
- English applied to the social science research environment
- Or LANSAD Spanish
- Or French for university purposes
Introduction to social science research
Semester 8
Block 1 - Territorial solidarity
Socio-spatial inequalities and spatial justice in France
Développement et solidarité internationale: les Suds face aux enjeux de la coopération internationale
Socio-territorial inequalities in emerging countries
Block 2 - Territorial knowledge
The capacity for local public action: skills, governance, innovation
Territorial resources: marketing, labeling, communication in territorial development initiatives
Landscape and territory project
Block 3 - Territorial diagnostic practices (2)
Qualitative survey methods in the social sciences
Spatial analysis and summary maps for a territorial diagnosis
Block 4 - Territorial development tools and practices (1)
Building the territory project
Territorial coordination
Block 5 - Individual skills
Collaborative working
Social science research: dissertation
Semester 9
Block 1 - Territories in transition (2)
Tourism and socio-environmental change
Sharing water resources
Ecourbanism outside Europe
Food systems in transition
New technologies, digital, development
Block 2 - Solidarity and territories
Intergenerational solidarity and regional development
ESS Project
Block 3 - Territorial development tools and practices
Territorial conflicts and concertation
Opendata and data production
Rethinking territorial development
Tutored project
Block 4 - Social science research
Research dissertation methodology
English applied to social science research
Semester 10
Block 1 - End-of-study specialization, one of two choices
- Internship
- Or M2 research dissertation
Admission
Admission requirements
Students with a bachelor's degree in human sciences, majoring in human sciences, geography.
For all other enrolment requirements, please contact the Registrar's Office.
Training accessible through validation of prior learning (VAE) and validation of personal and professional experience (VAPP).
How to register
M1 application form to be sent to the following address:
M2 application form to be sent to the following address:
Tuition fees
For students:
https://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/univ/formation/droits-dinscriptions
For adults returning to school; consult SEFCO.
And then
Further studies
Further studies
The GAED-DDLS Master's degree offers the possibility of pursuing a doctorate (Bac + 8), within the CEDETE laboratory to which the Master's is attached. Doctoral funding is available on the basis of applications and competitive examination.
Professional integration
Career prospects
The GAED Master's degree in Local and Solidarity-based Sustainable Development (DDLS) trains professionals to work in the field of local and territorial development, focusing on the challenges of transition and territorial adaptation. These professionals work for local authorities, public and semi-public institutions, as well as in the corporate world and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), such as associations and NGOs.
Career options :
- Local development project manager
- In charge of studies and local development projects in the field of Social and Solidarity Economy - ESS
- International solidarity project manager
- Local development project manager
- Local development consultant
- Territorial project coordinator and coordinator
- Socio-ecological infrastructure project manager
- Project manager: territorial observatory, data management, development project
- Project manager in a design office or local authority
- Local/territorial development and support project manager
After 3 to 5 years' professional experience, graduates will be able to move up to [...].
Expert and consultant in the fields of :
- Local/territorial development
- Protecting our natural and cultural heritage
- Planning and environment
Local public policy manager/team leader
- Setting up, coordinating and evaluating projects (financing, local coordination, reporting results)
- And/or
- Graduates will be eligible for positions as Chief Territorial Engineers, subject to passing the local civil service competitive examination.
If they go on to study for a doctorate (Bac + 8), graduates will be able to enter the world of research and higher education:
- Teacher-researchers
- Researchers,
- Research engineers, researchers...