The MESPOM Consortium aims to advance a truly European perspective on environmental studies by combining Nordic, Mediterranean, Western and Central European scholarly and practical traditions and approaches. The Consortium partners have more than 50 years of combined experience in delivering interdisciplinary environmental Masters courses to international students, complementary core competencies (CEU – in environmental policy in transition countries, Lund University – in preventive environmental strategies, the University of Manchester – in pollution control, and the University of the Aegean – in sustainable development of islands and isolated areas) creating a solid platform for a high quality, truly integrated and globally relevant Masters Course .

Together the Consortium partners have more than 50 years of providing interdisciplinary environmental Masters courses to international students, including Europe’s oldest MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control at UoM (delivered since 1971), CEU’s MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy (delivered since 1994 and validated by UoM), IIIEE’s MSc in Environmental Management and Policy (since 1995) and UoA’s MSc in Environmental Policy and Management (since 1998).

• Lund University - International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (Sweden) - lead institution
• Central European University - Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (Hungary)
• University of the Aegean - Department of the Environment (Greece)
• University of Manchester - School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (in cooperation with other departments) (UK)

The MESPOM Consortium is governed by the Academic Board.