SUB-FIELDS	SCOPE OF COVERAGE
1. Environmental Relations	Ecology Sustainable development Conservation and its social impact Disaster mitigation and management Urban waste recovery
2. General Social Science	Psychology Sociology Social research Social statistics Demographics History Geographical studies Philosophy Hermeneutics Economics and political economy Religious studies Theology Gender studies Criminology Anthropology Social work Education Transition studies
3. Industrial & Organisational Governance and Human Resource Development	Human resource development and planning Industrial and labour studies Industrial sociology and psychology Occupational social work Labour relations (industrial relations) Conflict resolution Technology and work Systems management Organisational learning Risk management, risk reduction and society Participatory methodologies of work and organisation Leadership Entrepreneurship Cooperative worker participation Trade union studies Sociology of professions
4. People/Human-centred Development	Psychology and social contexts of life skills Relationship building Communication Child and cognitive development Counselling Social services and community development Lifelong learning Community capacity building Tikanga to Religious pedagogy
5. Public Policy, Politics and Democratic Citizenship	Human rights Constitutionalism Study of political systems for Peace Ethics governance Community studies Medical and health sociology Public administration Development studies Sociologies of transformation and change Peace studies
6. Religious and Ethical Foundations of Society	Tikanga - Religious studies (comparative religious studies) Maori belief systems Buddhist studies Christian theology Hindi studies Jewish studies Moslem studies [All other recognised religions] Religious pedagogy
7. Rural and Agrarian Studies	Rural development Agrarian relations Land and power Peasant societies and transformation Land reform Sustainable livelihoods and development Geography Indigenous and appropriate technologies
8. Traditions, History and Legacies	Historical studies Tikanga studies Theology Religion as cultural phenomenon Societies in space and time Comparative cultural development Social and cultural identities Philosophy Comparative cultural and media studies Economic, cultural and socio-political globalisation Regional and area studies Tourism