B2853 - Energy Transition and International Politics

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Docente: Arunas Molis
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: SPS/04
  • Language: English

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will understand the challenges that the current ecological transition processes pose to nation-states in the context of their relations with other states, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Students will also be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies adopted at the national, regional and international level in order to shape and manage the ecological transition processes within the broader context of the dynamics of conflict and cooperation between states.

Course contents

  1. Basic terminology (2 hours, live):
  2. Energy in international relations (2 hours, live):
  3. Conflicts, wars, hybrid activities (2 hours, live)
  4. Green energy stoppers (4 hours, live):
  5. Introduction to the group work (2 hours, online)
  6. Technologies that empower transition (2 hours, online)
  7. Right and wrong decarbonization policies (2 hours, online)
  8. Renewable energy projects (2 hours, online) 
  9. Counselling sessions with Group 1 (2+1+1 hours, online)
  10. Counselling sessions with Group 2 (1+2+1 hours, online)
  11. Counselling sessions with Group 3 (1+1+2 hours, online)
  12. Major rising challenges of "the green transition" (6 hours, live)
  13. Possible scenarios of energy transition (2 hours, live)
  14. Group work results presentation (2 hours live)

More detailed Syllabus provided on Virtuale

Readings/Bibliography

REPowerEU: a plan to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition.REPowerEU (europa.eu) [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_3131]

Implications of the Fit for 55 Package on Member States’ Energy Saving Obligations. https://ieecp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/D2.2_update_ENSMOV-plus_Implications-of-Ff55-Package.pdf

Reform of the electricity market design. Electricity market design (europa.eu) [https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/markets-and-consumers/electricity-market-design_en]

Other literature will be provided on Virtuale

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussions, written assignment

Assessment methods

Written test - 60 %. Examination date – will be decided later

Group work – 30 %.  

Participation and activeness – 10 %

Teaching tools

TEAMS for remote activities

Office hours

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