Curriculum
The three years of the school’s programme are structured as follows:
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1st year |
2nd year |
3rd year |
Education |
Introductory module: Aims of the research school and cross-disciplinary programme on “Energy Science” (5 days, mandatory) |
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Basic modules within the field of energy scenarios on the topics "construction" and "assessment" (2x5 days, mandatory) |
Basic module on the topic "impact" (5 days, mandatory) and advanced module on the topics "construction", "assessment" and "impact" (10 days, mandatory) |
Organisation of a summer or winter school (at least 5 days, mandatory) |
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Participation at an external summer or winter school (5 days; optional) |
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Research |
Development of research project (thesis) |
Completion and defence of doctoral thesis (end of the year) |
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Active participation in “research days” (1x2 days per year, mandatory) |
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Attendance and active participation at national and international workshops and conferences |
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1-3 month research stay abroad (optional) |
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Practical implications |
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Interactive exchange with practitioners, presentation of research (1 day, mandatory) |
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1-3 month practical experience period (optional) |
In detail, the following courses are presently planned:
Module |
Title/Content |
Introductory module (1 week) |
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E.1 |
Aim and organisation of research school |
E.2 |
Cross-disciplinary introduction “Energy science” |
Base module construction (1 week) |
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C.1 Theory |
Efficient energy systems and electric mobility |
C.2 Theory |
Energy trade - basics of liberalised energy markets |
C.3 Methods |
System-oriented methods of planning in technology and economics |
C.4 Methods |
Energy systems analysis |
C.5 Methods |
Technological change in energy economics |
C.6 Methods |
Qualitative research methods – scenario, Delphi and cross impact analysis |
C.7 Methods |
Data handling and uncertainties |
Base module assessment (1 week) |
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A.1 Theory |
Technology assessment: introduction, concepts and methods |
A.2 Theory |
Epistemology and assessment of prospective knowledge |
A.3 Theory |
Environmental economics |
A.4 Theory |
Theory of sustainable development |
A.5 Theory |
Stakeholder participation in scenario construction |
A.6 Methods |
Measuring the sustainability of energy systems |
A.7 Methods |
Decision theory |
A.8 Methods |
Software-based discourse analysis |
Base module impact (1 week) |
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I.1 Theory |
Energy policy in the context of competitiveness, security of supply and environmental protection |
I.2 Theory |
Strategic corporate planning in energy economics |
I.3 Theory |
Introduction to analytic decision analysis (MAUT, MCDM) |
I.4 Theory |
Decision-making in the knowledge society |
I.5 Theory |
Introduction to national and European energy law |
I.6 Theory |
Energy and environment |
I.7 Methods |
Qualitative research methods (computer-based analysis of documents) |
Advanced module: case studies in construction, assessment, impact (2 weeks) |
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CAI.1 |
Introduction to case studies as a teaching approach |
CAI.2 |
Case study in construction: model-based construction of energy scenarios - uncertainties in energy system models |
CAI.3 |
Case study in assessment: assessing and comparing the epistemic status of global energy scenarios |
CAI.4 |
Case study in impact: using advanced assessment methods for the impact analysis of selected energy problems |
CAI.5 |
Summary of the case studies |