SPOL2306-1 : Energy and territorial policies

Study Programmes 2016-2017

WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications

SPOL2306-1

Energy and territorial policies

Part 1 : European policies
Part 2 : Regional and local policies
Part 3 : Prospective scenario

Duration :

Part 1 : European policies : 9h Th, 9h Pr
Part 2 : Regional and local policies : 9h Th, 9h Pr
Part 3 : Prospective scenario : 9h Th, 9h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)		3
Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS)		3
Specialised master in sustainable energy management		4

Lecturer :

Part 1 : European policies : Maxime Habran, Quentin Michel
Part 2 : Regional and local policies : Jean-Marie Hauglustaine
Part 3 : Prospective scenario : Pierre M. Stassart

Coordinator :

Jean-Marie Hauglustaine

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

Part 1 : European policies

The course is held every even year (2016-2017,2018-2019,...). For the last ten years, the energy question has been a subject of debate in Europe. The Suez crisis in 1956, the Arab oil embargo of 1973 and more recently the conflict between Ukraine and Russia have rung alarm bells for the security of the energy supply of the European Union. Having been relegated to the margins of European treaties for a long time, energy policy is today an integral part of the treaty of Lisbon. Due to its environmental dimension, it can also be associated with the fight against global warming today. Having an impact both on the environment, the common market and agriculture, it is more and more at the crossroads of policy. From this viewpoint it can easily be considered as transversal policy. Emphasis will be placed on the energy situation of the past, present and future. European resources, consumption and production will be studied. The situation of energy dependence will be the common thread. The objective of the course will be to analyze the multiple aspects of European energy (economic, legal and political) while keeping a close look at the power-relations between the member states. Practical examples of the situation in Russia, the USA and China will be analyzed. Finally, the opportunities offered by new energy sources used by the European Union in its quest for energy independence will be studied.

Part 3 : Prospective scenario

Prospective Part : Why do one speak about "non-predicitive" analyse of the future? How do we go further than the limit of prediction? Constitutive elements of scenario prospective.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Part 1 : European policies

The course will make it possible to tease out the theoretical tools necessary to understand and analyze European energy policy and to situate it in an international context.

Part 3 : Prospective scenario

Prospective part: be able to understand the stakes of a prospective analysis, the potential and the limits. Be able to make a critic reading of a prospective report.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Part 1 : European policies

Nothing

Part 3 : Prospective scenario

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Part 1 : European policies

The course will be comprised of ex-cathedra lessons.

Part 3 : Prospective scenario

Prospective part: teaching and illustration by cases study.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Part 1 : European policies

Face to face

Part 3 : Prospective scenario

Prospective part : face to face, theoritical courses.