Complex problems require interdisciplinary solutions. At LIS, this interdisciplinary problem-solving is exactly what we do.
Our master’s students become experts at it.
Discover our master’s in Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods (MASc)
Postgraduate degree (MASc)
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September 2023
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2 years
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£5,400 / year
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Remote-first
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8-10 hours per week
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Master’s degree (MASc)
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September 2023
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1-year
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£10,800 / year
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Campus-first
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Full-time
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Complex problems require an interdisciplinary approach. Their solutions will not come from a single subject or specialism. At LIS, this interdisciplinary problem-solving is exactly what we do. And our master’s students become experts at it.

At the heart of our MASc degree you’ll find three things: interdisciplinary methods, complex problems, and the opportunity to work on the things that matter to you.


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Our careers offering for master’s students revolves around three key pillars:


“The interesting thing about setting up a business is that it’s a series of problem-solving. What you need is an ability to focus in on a problem, pull back out, and connect the dots across the space. And that’s what the master’s is doing. For me, it’s exactly the kind of thing I wish I had done before I set up my first business.”

Richard Reed
Co-founder, Innocent Drinks
Learn to build on skills and knowledge from across multiple disciplines, unlock your problem-solving potential, and apply it to the real world.
We offer one degree with two pathways: Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods (MASc) with either (a) Climate and Biodiversity or (b) Culture and Complexity

Climate and Biodiversity
Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods: Climate and Biodiversity (MASc)
This pathway helps you tackle problems related to climate change and sustainability, understand the big picture, identify the biggest impacts and how to measure them, make the mindshifts required to find new solutions and learn how to successfully communicate and change behaviours.
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Culture and Complexity
Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods: Culture and Complexity (MASc)
This pathway helps you to understand how complex organisations of all sizes — from football teams to companies to societies — succeed in impacting on the world. You’ll use insights from numerical, linguistic, and media-focused disciplines to model different kinds of data and make informed decisions about how organisations can be optimised for performance.
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The core of the programme acts as an intense problem-solving bootcamp of sorts, where you’ll learn key qualitative and quantitative skills and methods to help you tackle a range of real-world complex problems.
Cracking the Code teaches Python through data science. Students will learn to code by engaging in practical applications of Python libraries as they relate to data science problems.
Everything Counts is a quantitative module that acquaints students with different approaches to statistics (Bayesian and Frequentist).
Re:Form will teach students how to understand visual thinking and the ways in which media (photography, 3D modelling, illustration) help us communicate.
The Right Word aims to demonstrate how language can be produced and analysed using insights from linguistics. The module will also explore narrative as a powerful tool in communication e.g., storytelling.
This module will introduce students to the topic of complexity as it is understood in the quantitative sciences. Students will be exposed to concepts from cellular automata, dynamical systems and information theory.
The Capstone Project is where students pursue an original area of research on a problem of their choosing. Students will identify a problem and a set of strategies to tackle it, before creating a professional or industry standard product to communicate what they have found.
In this module students will look at the connections between complex environmental problems like climate change, biodiversity and habitat loss, waste, and pollution, and relate them to wider issues such as poverty and inequality. We examine the thinking that creates these problems and identify five key ‘mindshifts’ that can help us tackle them. Students explore ways to make change happen as individuals, organisations and collectives, and to measure their impact.
In this module students will focus on how complexity theory can help us to understand the climate and ecological systems. Students will learn and apply different methods of data collection, analysis, modelling and mapping.
Culture emerges within the complex system of an organisation. How do these phenomena interact to distribute value within an organisation? How are norms established? Understand the academic theory behind what we observe in practice. Perspectives will derive from the natural sciences and the qualitative social sciences as appropriate, with specific areas of inquiry being selected based on topicality and relevance.
Acting Human deals with human social technologies. How do we successfully coordinate our individual interests with those of larger groups like families, organisations, states, and other social coalitions? An important strand of the module will look at how imaginative culture (novels, films, dramas) both derives from and expands our powers of social processing.
To gain a degree in the UK you must pass a certain number of credits in each year of the degree. Each module is given a credit, which you are awarded when you pass each module at assessment.
Deciding to study for a master’s is a significant commitment. It’s important to consider the mode of study and pace at which you are expected to complete the programme.

Part-time, remote-first
Designed for people that have other commitments and/or want to continue to work alongside study. For those that don’t want to regularly commute or live in London.

Full-time, campus-first
Designed for those that want an immersive social experience and to complete your master’s in one year. For those that already live in or near London or would like to.
These are the fees for the 2023/24 academic year.
Find out more about our course fees, financing options, and support available through bursaries and grants.
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January 2023
until we fill places on the course
September 2023
Applications to our master’s are considered on a rolling basis. We will continue to accept applications until we fill places on the degree. In order to secure a place on the course, we’d encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.