Psychology of Intercultural Relations ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon

Overview

Key facts:

• Through the programme, students contribute to the realization of common ground among diverse groups, addressing a pressing issue in globalized societies.
• This Master aims to analyze and explain the differences in attitude and behavior that originate in cultural background through the frameworks of theoretical and applied social psychology, and document how these phenomena change as a result of intercultural contact. Students in this programme develop skills for working in intercultural contexts and knowledge of advanced research methods for examining intergroup and intercultural processes. This programme is therefore an excellent choice for individuals with a Bachelor’s in Psychology who wish to complete their training as psychologists, granting them an understanding of the psychological processes inherent to intercultural relations, as well as of more general social psychology. 
• The Psychology of Intercultural Relations Master’s at the ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon is also appropriate for professionals with training in Psychology, as it offers them conceptual tools for mediating interactions across ethnicity, culture, gender, and religion, which are common challenges across organizations. In this regard, this programme responds to the growing need for professional training in the areas of society that require managing the complex interactions between people of different cultures, including the fields of health, justice, labor, education and social intervention. This training can help individuals facilitate the constant cultural negotiation that occurs in intercultural contexts, and is therefore valuable for psychologists that intervene as negotiators, mediators, communication manager, human resources managers, and in other areas that involve managing interactions between members of different social groups.