Ad­vanced Top­ics in En­ergy and En­vir­on­ment: Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment and Policy

Course content

The content of this course is flexible and expected to change every year, but always with a focus on policy, energy, and environment. The topics covered will depend on the contribution of guest lecturers, visiting scholars, and academic staff from CBS.

This module is offered by the staff of the Copenhagen School of Energy Infrastructure (CSEI) at CBS, and it is embedded in its overall strategy of research and education. CSEI is directly supported by the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission and, among others, qualifies the discussions at the Commission’s annual Energy Infrastructure Forum. CSEI conducts applied research in tomorrow’s energy infrastructure from an economic and policy point-of-view to ensure a successful transition towards a green and sustainable European Energy Infrastructure based on volatile and largely renewable energy sources. CSEI’s research focus will shape the core of the course and ensures that the discussion themes are up-to-date, practically oriented, and real-world and policy relevant. Examples of topics that have been covered in recent years include:

• Social cost-benefit analysis and environmental valuation
• Climate change and carbon pricing
• Humanitarian energy research
• Energy poverty
• Public acceptance of energy projects
• Air and water pollution
• Water resources management
• Rebound effect in energy consumption
• Green transition of the shipping sector
• European energy and climate policy
• Liberalisation of the energy sector and energy policy issues
• The European Green Deal
• Energy systems integration
• Governance and performance of energy utilities
• Coal markets and renewables cannibalisation