FSS:MEBn4004 Energy Policy of the EU - Course Information
MEBn4004 Energy Policy of the European Union
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dominik David (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anežka Konvalinová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Thu 10:00–11:40 P21a
- Prerequisites
- ! MEB428 Energy Policy of the EU && !NOW( MEB428 Energy Policy of the EU )
Essentials from European studies (EU decision-making, institutions, politics) and Energy studies (power and natural gas markets) - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- International Relations and Energy Security (programme FSS, N-MS)
- International Relations and Energy Security (programme FSS, N-MVEB) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the question of energy security of the EU and with mutual energy relations between the EU and its suppliers as well. Thanks to successful completion of the course students will be able to analyze actors and characteristics of energy policy of the European Union in all its three basic dimensions - competition on the internal market, environmental issues connected to the energy and security of external supplies. Moreover students will be able to evaluate and summarize the main energy problems related to the EU. Finally, students will be able to make reasoned decisions about the up to date questions of the energy politics of the EU and member states.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be introduced to the main theoretical concepts, actors, historical development and actual problems in all these three dimensions. Finishing the course they will be able to analyze relevant issues having proper analytical tools and valid data.
- Syllabus
- 1) Introduction to the course 2) Historical development of the CEP 3) Interpretation of the CEP in the theories of european integration 4)Key players of CEP, distribution of power in the system of the EU 5)Internal energy market I. 6) Internal energy market II. 7. Reading week 8) External dimension of the CEP I. 9) External dimension of the CEP II. 10) National energy policies of the member states 11) National energy policies of the member states - case study of Germany 12) Environmental dimension of the CEP I. 13) Environmental dimension of the CEP II.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- ČERNOCH, Filip. Energetická politika Evropské unie; pozice na půli cesty (Energy Policy of the European Union ; The Halfway Position). In Evropská energetická bezpečnost. 1st ed. Praha: Čeněk Aleš, 2009, p. 65-84, 32 pp. Jean Monnet Chair. ISBN 978-80-7380-148-9. info
- not specified
- SIDDI, Marco. European energy politics : the green transition and EU-Russia energy relations. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar publishing, 2023, viii, 153. ISBN 9781035306985. info
- Essential EU climate law. Edited by Edwin Woerdman - Martha M. Roggenkamp - Marijn Holwerda. Second edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, xxx, 320. ISBN 9781788971317. info
- VOGLER, John. Climate change in world politics. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xiv, 211. ISBN 9781137273437. info
- TALUS, Kim. Introduction to EU energy law. First edition published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, x, 180. ISBN 9780198791829. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and seminars, workshop
- Assessment methods
- Seminar paper, workshop
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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