Completing the Master’s in Psychology with a specialisation in Conflict, Risk & Safety (CRS) will open up a broad range of career opportunities. You could pursue a career as a behavioural scientist, consultant, trainer, researcher, mediator, teacher, and the list continues. You could also continue with a PhD, or even start up your own business.
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in Conflict, Risk & Safety, you will receive a Master’s degree in Psychology, along with the title Master of Science (MSc.). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in conflict, risk, and safety.
Job opportunities
Graduating from this Master’s with a specialisation in Conflict, Risk & Safety, you will gain in-depth knowledge of conflict negotiation, legal and forensic psychology, group dynamics and leadership, risk communication, and the design of training and interventions. Thanks to this broad expertise, your career opportunities are highly diverse.
Graduates have secured positions in the forensic and safety domain, government, consultancy, applied research institutes, education, and even journalism. For example, you might work as a behavioural expert within the probation service (reclassering), or as an adviser at the Ministry of Justice and Security. Others have built careers at knowledge institutes such as the Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid (Institute for Safety) or DSP-groep, an independent institute for policy research and social innovation.
In addition, some alumni have become lecturers at institutions such as the Police Academy, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, or the University of Twente. Others now work as HR professionals, recruiters, communications advisers, or freelance journalists.
Let's talk about your career
To give you an idea of your future job, Psychology student Leandro with a specialisation in Conflict, Risk & Safety visited alumna Myrthe. Myrthe is Social Scientific Researcher at RIVM and shows what her career is like after completing her Master's with specialisation Conflict, Risk & Safety.
Start a business
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, with over 1,000 start-ups to its name, UT is recognised as one of the most entrepreneurial universities in the Netherlands. Did you know that big international companies like Booking.com and Just Eat Takeaway were once founded by students of UT? We are keen to put your scientific knowledge to practical use in solutions that people and society need. Your innovative ideas, creativity and the courage to put in the extra mile will be rewarded. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after completing your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Interested in doing a PhD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.