International Social and Public Policy with Economics

About this course

International social and public policy with economics at the London School of Economics is a degree that takes the most pressing challenges facing contemporary societies and asks both how they can be understood analytically and what policy tools are available to address them. Social policy examines welfare systems, inequality, health, housing, and education through the lens of political economy, sociology, and comparative analysis. International social policy takes this further by asking how different countries have constructed their welfare states and what lessons can be drawn from cross-national comparison. Economics provides the quantitative and theoretical tools for understanding market behaviour, distributional outcomes, and the consequences of government intervention. At LSE, one of the world's leading social science institutions, this three-year full-time degree allows you to exp

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 94% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 26% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 43% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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