Understand how complex organisations of all sizes — from teams to companies to societies — succeed in impacting on the world.

Discover our Master of Arts and Science (MASc) in Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods: Culture and Complexity.
Master’s degree (MASc)
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September 2024
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2-years
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£5,400 / a year
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Remote-first
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8-10 hrs p/week
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Master's degree (MASc)
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September 2024
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1 year
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£10,800 / a year
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Campus-first
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Full-time
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This pathway equips you with a more sophisticated understanding of (and approach to) human dynamics and behaviour.
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.



The Culture and Complexity pathway is for anyone looking to pursue careers or problems related to the complex dynamics of human behaviour – or, simply put, anyone working with people.
In a field bursting with data and theory, this pathway will teach you to cut through the noise and find key insights that can be applied to a range of social and organisational challenges.
Develop a sophisticated understanding of the complexity of human behaviour, culture, and social systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 a masters in a year. For those that already live in or near London or would like to.