Science and Policy for Energy Futures

• • Introduction & Overview
  • Energy Controversies and Conflicts
  • Resource and Economic Energy Landscapes
  • Infrastructural and Geopolitical Energy Landscapes
  • Role of scientists in the policy process, democracy & values
  • Energy expertise, communication & politics
  • Risk, uncertainty and planning
  • Renewable technologies
  • Energy Storage
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Green Hydrogen

Others

Pre-requisite: 25 credit points at intermediate level

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

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%)