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Master of Arts in Global Risk (MAGR)

  • Campus: SAIS Europe
  • Program Duration: One Year
  • Application Deadline: April 15
  • Credits: 50 Credits

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Overview

The Master of Arts in Global Risk is a one-year, cohort-based program delivered at SAIS Europe in Bologna, Italy that will prepare you with the skills, concepts, and analytical techniques necessary to tackle complex political and economic risk analysis.

Become an Expert

Gain expertise on theoretical concepts, tools, and frameworks from social sciences that will allow you to undertake sophisticated global risk analysis on a variety of issues and address the most pressing questions facing Europe, the United States, and the international community in the years ahead.

What Your Schedule Will Look Like

The MAGR builds on the school’s strengths in multi-disciplinary analysis by examining a broad array of concepts and tools from finance, social sciences, and international relations.

Summer Term

The program starts with an intensive introduction to fundamental economic concepts and mathematical skills during the first summer term.

Courses

  • Microeconomic Risk and International Trade
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Math Review for Risk Assessment

Duration 

2 weeks online
4 weeks on campus 

Fall Term

Develop an understanding of economics and examine the methodological problems associated with the analysis of risk and uncertainty, as well as quantitative approaches to risk assessment.

Courses

  • Macroeconomic Risk and International Finance
  • Risk in Economics and Politics
  • Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (half course)
  • Elective course 
  • Elective course 
     

Duration

September to December

Spring Term

Acquire the tools for geo-political risk analysis through foresight analysis and scenario planning and deepen your knowledge of the principal sources of risk at the national and international levels through elective courses.

Courses 

  • Strategic Foresight for Political Risk Analysis: Working with Scenarios
  • Quantitative Methods for Risk Assessment
  • Elective course 
  • Elective course 

Duration

February to May

Capstone

Gain expertise through a relevant capstone project that includes an internship or an original 10,000-word research project. 

Curriculum | MAGR

Learn From the Best

Study with world-class experts who are renowned for their scholarship, influence, and networks.

Hanns Maull

Adjunct Professor

Hartmut Mayer

Steven Muller Professor

Fabrizio Jacobellis

Adjunct Professor

Tommaso Sonno

Adjunct Professor

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The Ghosts of Lebanon

Foreign Affairs, November 14, 2023.

The Political Dynamics of Disasters

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Italy’s new leader faces familiar problems, including fickle voters

In the Washington Post, Professor Gilbert writes about the results of the Italian general elections that occurred this past weekend. He explains that Giorgia Meloni's win has brought fear to the public because, although she claims to no longer be a fascist, her political party descends from neo-fascist ideals.

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David Ellwood discusses the significant contributions Queen Elizabeth II made during her reign, and what may occur now after her passing. In his article published to the CPD Blog, he also touches on King Charles, and his possible continuation of soft power.

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Advance Your Career

From consultants to entrepreneurs, leaders of nongovernmental organizations to policymakers, Johns Hopkins SAIS graduates put their degrees to work.<br><br> For participants in the MAGR, SAIS Europe Career Services has designed an integrated pathway to support individual career plans, the Career Development Program. This pathway includes a series of workshops and individual career meeting aimed at providing useful tools to identify one's strengths, map out a career strategy plan and identify growth opportunities.

100% of the one-year Master of Arts in Global Risk Class of 2023 were employed (continuing and new) or had gone on for further study within six months of graduation.

Recent Employers

  • Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Economisti Associati
  • Eurasia Group
  • Eurelectric
  • European Parliament
  • F&R Strategy Group
  • Morgan Business Consulting
  • Rios Partners
  • S&P Global
  • World Bank Group

*Based on results of a survey of students who graduated in August and December 2022. MAGR survey participation rate was 88%.

Employment Outcomes

Build Your Network

Join an influential alumni network of more than 24,000+ professionals working across sectors in 140 countries around the world.

Gain the quantitative and qualitative skills to holistically understand political and economic risk analysis. The Master of Arts in Global Risk (MAGR) will prepare you with the skills, concepts, and analytical techniques necessary to thrive in today’s global market. Learn more about this flexible one-year, full-time program located at the SAIS Europe campus in Bologna, Italy.

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At SAIS Europe, students experience international relations first-hand studying, debating, and traveling with classmates representing over 40 nationalities.

Students participated in a career trip to London where they met with key figures from the financial services sector and the social impact sector. The London Career Trek is one of several organized by SAIS Europe each academic year.

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Transitioning to a Career Focused on Risk Analysis

"The program's intense format has allowed me to compress my coursework into 15 months instead of two years to minimize my time out of the workforce—a key consideration for me and my family."

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Beyond the Classroom

Through study treks, practicum projects, staff rides, career treks, and internships, you will gain practical, hands-on experience.

Bologna Institute for Policy Research (BIPR)

Contribute to BIPR - the research division of SAIS Europe. Its purpose is to promote problem-centered, interdisciplinary research in international policy by drawing upon the global network of the school's faculty, students, and scholars.

Global Risk Conference

Each year, the Global Risk Conference brings together experts and prominent speakers in order to support rigorous discussions of the risk factors threatening global stability.

World-Class Events

The school's academic programs and research centers regularly host expert policymakers, CEOs, heads of state, and scholars to campus. Students are encouraged to explore topics of interest by attending lectures, presentations, and special programming.

Student Government Association

Serve as the liaison between the student body and administration, offering ideas for programming at the school and selecting guest speakers for the faculty research seminar series.

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