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Duration
14 weeks
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Start dates
- 10 Jul 2023
Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.
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QS Ranking 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
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Subject details
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- Week 1 - Introduction & Overview
- Week 2 - Energy Controversies and Conflicts
- Week 3 - Resource and Economic Energy Landscapes
- Week 4 - Infrastructural and Geopolitical Energy Landscapes
- Week 5 - Role of scientists in the policy process, democracy & values
- Week 6 - Energy expertise, communication & politics
- Week 7 - Risk, uncertainty and planning
- Week 8 - Renewable technologies
- Week 9 - Energy Storage
- Week 10 - Electric Vehicles
- Week 11 - Green Hydrogen
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This subject will equip students with an interdisciplinary understanding of energy systems. Its focus is on how science and policy are interacting to shape Australia’s energy futures. The Australian energy sector is experiencing a period of change, prompted by the availability of new energy technologies as well as new societal expectations, desires and behaviours. Learning will focus on how these changes are being initiated and governed through a range of organisations and institutions, including the state, corporations, community groups, and individual households. The interplay between expert knowledge and decision making will be analysed, with close attention to the politics of technical decision-making processes. This subject is taught collaboratively with input from the Tasmanian energy industry and government. Science and Policy for Energy Futures will be of interest to undergraduate students from Geography, Social Sciences, Engineering and Law.
- Research Brief (25%)
- Group Workshop Presentation (30%)
- Position Paper (40%)
- Research Brief Topic Choice & Paragraph (5%)
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