Energy and climate policy 2104-M-D2PEK-SRG

The aim of the course is to present students the importance of the energy sector for the state power and the well-being of its citizens. Students understand the relationship between energy and climate policy. They understand the evolution of the importance of the energy sector for the power of a state in international context. Students know the structure of this market and understand its consequences for particular groups of countries.
Students have knowledge about the energy and climate policy of great powers (USA, China, Germany). They know how these countries influence the energy market.
Students understand the management structure of the modern energy market. Students know the most important terms in the field of energy and climate studies. Students understand the political, economic and environmental dimensions of energy policy
1. Energy in theories of international relations
2. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 1 (1901-1973), the first oil regime
3. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 2 (1973-1986), the second oil regime
4. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 3 (1986-2019), the modern oil regime
5. The oil curse
6. China's energy policy
7. USA- energy independence and shale revolution
8. Germany's energy and climate policy
9. Global gas market
10. Global energy market management and climate policy

The aim of the course is to present students the importance of the energy sector for the state power and the well-being of its citizens. Students understand the relationship between energy and climate policy. They understand the evolution of the importance of the energy sector for the power of a state in international context. Students know the structure of this market and understand its consequences for particular groups of countries.
Students have knowledge about the energy and climate policy of great powers (USA, China, Germany). They know how these countries influence the energy market.
Students understand the management structure of the modern energy market. Students know the most important terms in the field of energy and climate studies. Students understand the political, economic and environmental dimensions of energy policy
1. Energy in theories of international relations
2. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 1 (1901-1973), the first oil regime
3. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 2 (1973-1986), the second oil regime
4. The role of the energy sector in international relations - part 3 (1986-2019), the modern oil regime
5. The oil curse
6. China's energy policy
7. USA- energy independence and shale revolution
8. Germany's energy and climate policy
9. Global gas market
10. Global energy market management and climate policy

• Rafał Ulatowski, Analiza porównawcza polityki energetycznej importerów i eksporterów surowców energetycznych na przykładzie Niemiec i Arabii Saudyjskiej, Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2016.
• Rafał Ulatowski, Geoekonomia surowców energetycznych, Rambler 2015
• Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, Simon & Schuster 1990.
• Van de Graaf, T., Sovacool, B.K., Ghosh, A., Kern, F., Klare, M.T. (Eds.) , The Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy, Palgrave 2016.
• Benjamin K. Sovacool (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security, Routledge 2011.
• Goldthau, Andreas (ed.), The handbook of global energy policy, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Oxford Institute for Energy Studies papers

• Rafał Ulatowski, Analiza porównawcza polityki energetycznej importerów i eksporterów surowców energetycznych na przykładzie Niemiec i Arabii Saudyjskiej, Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2016.
• Rafał Ulatowski, Geoekonomia surowców energetycznych, Rambler 2015
• Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, Simon & Schuster 1990.
• Van de Graaf, T., Sovacool, B.K., Ghosh, A., Kern, F., Klare, M.T. (Eds.) , The Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy, Palgrave 2016.
• Benjamin K. Sovacool (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security, Routledge 2011.
• Goldthau, Andreas (ed.), The handbook of global energy policy, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Oxford Institute for Energy Studies papers