(in Polish) Surowce krytyczne vs. polityka 1300-WSKVSP

Economic geology policy is fundamental to understanding modern economic, political and civilization processes. While economic geology policy focuses its attention more on economic issues, the proposed course expands the subject under discussion to include political science, international relations, historical, social and cultural problems and processes. Only such a holistic approach will make it possible to understand the essence of human access to minerals and then mineral resources, and to understand what impact the primitive early and then increasingly developed geological sciences had on humans. From the beginning of man as a passive participant in natural processes, through the conscious use of natural resources (initially limited to flint and clay) to developed mineral processing industries supplying the modern economy with more than 200 commercial mineral commodities, among them rare earth metals and critical raw materials. Learning the basics of knowledge about the geographical distribution of mineral deposits most important for the economy, knowledge of market forms (monopoly, oligopoly, polypoly) will allow students to understand the causes of volatilities in the international supply chain, the causes of disruptions, the role of raw materials in the possibility of militarisation and warfare, the development of the space industry and the development of production of modern information technology. The development of mineral deposits is one of the stages necessary for the functioning of the economy. The depletion of deposits, the increasingly difficult geological and mining conditions of their occurrence - require extraordinary technological and technical development. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the latest developments in the mineral industry. Students will learn about the history of the world seen from a different point of view, receive an explanation of the types of raw materials, the acquisition of which were the causes of armed conflicts. At the same time, they will understand that wars are always associated with the crises of the losers, but the significant development of the winners through the activation of the war economy, the elimination of unemployment, social advancement, post-war processes of civilizational development. Today's unspoken resource wars, fought for the time being without a hot-button phase (let's hope it stays that way) concerning the development of North Pole (Arctic) resources, ocean floor raw materials or space resources will be discussed. The geological aspects of these processes are obvious. Geologists are the professional group that will decide which countries will get the upper hand in the development of the Arctic (this is determined by the provisions of the International Convention on the Law of the Sea that allow, on the basis of the geologically documented genesis of units and formations, to significantly expand the area of the continental shelf belonging to the state with access to marine cost).