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 this Master’s with a specialisation in CRS, you have in-depth knowledge in i.e. conflict negotiation, legal and forensic psychology, group dynamics and leadership, risk communication, and training and interventions. Thanks to this broad expertise, the types of jobs you could pursue after graduation are highly varied. Graduates found employment within e.g. the forensic or safety domain, the government sector, consultancy, research, education and even in journalism.
For example, you could work as a behavioural expert within the probation service (reclassering in Dutch), or as an adviser at the Ministry of Justice and Security. You could also pursue a career as a researcher or data scientist, either within academia, but also within applied research or knowledge institutes, such as the Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid (IFV, Institute for Safety) or the DSP-groep, an independent institute for policy research and social innovation. Another option is to become a teacher at, for example, the Police Academy, Saxion University of Applied Sciences or at the University of Twente. Some graduates of this specialisation even pursued a career as a job recruiter or personnel manager, or as a (freelance) journalist or communication adviser!
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, UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and the start-up hub 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.