Master’s Degree in Psychosocial Skills and Mental Health in Humanitarian Contexts: Strategies, Innovations, and Operational Development
For whom and why?
The Master’s program is intended for professionals working in the fields of assistance, social and psychosocial support, whether already active — or wishing to engage — in humanitarian emergency contexts or in community-based services dedicated to individuals and communities facing situations of vulnerability or distress.
This program aims to train highly qualified practitioners with a strong professional ethic, capable of supporting vulnerable populations in humanitarian, migratory, emergency, or socially marginalized contexts.
Built on an interdisciplinary curriculum structured around the MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) approach promoted by international organizations, the Master’s program seeks to equip participants with the necessary skills to:
• work within multidisciplinary and intercultural teams operating in particularly complex environments;
• build care relationships grounded in active listening, recognition of subjectivity, and mobilization of individual and community resources;
• design and implement integrated and contextualized psychosocial interventions centered on dignity, resilience, and beneficiary participation;
• collaborate with institutional and non-governmental stakeholders by contributing to the planning of trauma-sensitive, contextually relevant, and culturally informed services addressing psychological suffering.
The program prepares professionals capable of integrating theoretical, practical, and reflective tools that enable them to understand the challenges of mental health in complex environments, and to articulate individual needs, collective dynamics, and systemic constraints in a coherent and meaningful way.
