Location London, United Kingdom Website www.soas.ac.uk/cedep Number of students 1,271 | Mascots The Green City Phone +44 20 7898 4050 | |
Affiliations SOAS
University of London
ACU
1994 Group 2007-13
Russell Group until 2007
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Centre for Development Environment and Policy ("CeDEP"), is one of SOAS's (the School of Oriental and African Studies) research and teaching centres, and is part of the University of London International Programmes. CeDEP is a distance learning centre that offers postgraduate qualifications in the subject areas of sustainable development, poverty reduction and environmental management. CeDEP's research covers the regions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East placing huge emphasis on the need for informed professionals with inter-disciplinary skills and understanding to effectively tackle environmental issues, poverty, including their ethical, political, economic, social and technical dimensions. The role of distance learning is highlighted within CeDEP not only as a mode of teaching in the subject areas of sustainable development, poverty reduction and environmental management, but also as a tool for development keeping in mind that CeDEP's research interests are best addressed and tackled by researchers and students placed in the physical field of their studies in various regions around the world. In addition, CeDEP hosts several researchers and candidates for PhD degrees.
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Background
The Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) has a 20-year history of distance learning, and was originally part of the University of London’s Wye College, then later becoming part of Imperial College, and more recently the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of research into sustainable development and the causes of poverty.
Study programmes
The CeDEP programmes of study are widely based on the outcome of CeDEP's research which is widely applied on a national and international level. The following Master's programme are based on these research areas:
(Master's, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate qualifications are offered in all of the above-mentioned programmes. The CeDEP study modules are also available to individuals or organisations wishing to pursue continuing professional development under a Short Course Scheme. CeDEP also participates in the DL4D programme (Distance Leaning for Development) of the London International Development Centre (LIDC). The LIDC facilitates interdisciplinary research and training in the area of international development, by bringing together social and natural scientists from across the University of London's six Bloomsbury Colleges, of which SOAS is one.
Research areas
The CeDEP's academic staff undertakes research and, support several international PhD students. The areas covered by research are divided into four main streams:
Publications
The staff members of CeDEP are the editors of the Food Policy journal which rank's first in agricultural economics (impact factor: 1.606, Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report), which is published by Elsevier.