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This Digital Economies MSc is a multidisciplinary programme that examines how digital technology is shaping contemporary work, production, exchange, and collaboration.

You'll critically explore these aspects and address the big questions we face as a society. With your cohort, you鈥檒l gain a holistic perspective of how digital technologies are transforming labour, markets, platforms, and institutions. You鈥檒l also develop a comprehensive understanding of the tools we can harness to tackle the challenges presented by this transformation.

This Digital Economies MSc is designed to give you a solid understanding of how digital technologies are economically unique, how they transform businesses and economies, and how they impact broader contemporary society. You鈥檒l learn about a variety of critical and theoretical approaches to the analysis of digital economies, and discover how this knowledge can help us understand the world around us. This transformation impacts the way we work, transact, and collaborate with each other.

The focus of the course is on how to apply complex, multi-faceted theory to contemporary policy debates. The teaching draws on trending news, established and emerging theory, the latest research and best practice case studies. You鈥檒l consider how digital innovation can increase revenue, cut costs, or improve the sharing and use of knowledge in organisations. You鈥檒l also consider how digital technologies can help solve some of society鈥檚 greatest challenges. This could include:

• reducing energy consumption
• pollution and waste in industrial production
• providing affordable transport and healthcare
• increasing access to essential services or information

There is a growing demand for digital transformation managers who can lead and coordinate digital transformation initiatives within an organisation. As a result, our master鈥檚 course offers excellent preparation for such generalist, all-round roles.

This could include working for a wide range of private, public and third sector organisations. It could involve working in industries as diverse as health, transportation, services, or retail, and in digital businesses, start-ups, and creative companies. Alternatively, you may choose to specialise in areas such as digital marketing, analytics, or project management.