Gjeldende emnebeskrivelse (sist oppdatert 2018/19)
Geopolitikk og energi
EN304E
Gjeldende emnebeskrivelse (sist oppdatert 2018/19)
Geopolitikk og energi
EN304E
This course introduces students to key concepts and cases to understand how interrelated political, security-related, regulatory and structural/physical factors shape national and international energy policies and relations. The course discusses the following: History and changing structure of the petroleum industry, Growth of renewable energy sources and the politics of climate change, Role of international politics and organizations in shaping energy markets and choices, Energy security challenges and strategies at national and international levels, Energy poverty challenges, solutions, outlooks, Petroleum revenues and political development (key concepts like dutch disease, resource curse), The role of private sector actors in shaping energy markets, Private sector-state-society relations in petroleum rich countries (CSR, equity questions), Policy approaches to infrastructure and innovation challenges
Emnet er kun åpent for studenter i studieprogrammet Master of Science i Global ledelse eller i semesterpakken "Business and Governance in the Arctic"
Students must be admitted to the two-year Master of Science in Energy Management program or the semester package "Business and Governance in the Arctic".
Knowledge
Upon completion of the course, the students will have the knowledge and understanding about:
- key contemporary and historical trends that shape policy choices in energy producing and consuming countries:
- core concepts relating to the socio-political side of energy markets, such as energy security, Dutch disease, energy poverty, resource curse and corporate social responsibility;
- implications of these trends and concepts in key case study countries and regions (i.e. Arctic/Norway, Middle East, Russia and Central Asia).
No special costs except syllabus literature
Obligatorisk for studenter tilhørende Energy Management
Lectures
Emnet evalueres som del av Nord universitets kvalitetssikringssystem.
Sammensatt vurdering, karakterregel Bokstavkarakterer
- Oppgave - individuell, teller 40/100 av karakteren, karakterregel Bokstavkarakterer
- Hjemmeeksamen - individuell, 4 timer, teller 60/100 av karakteren, karakterregel Bokstavkarakter
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