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Risorsa bibliografica obbligatoria |
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Risorsa bibliografica facoltativa |
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Anno Accademico
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2024/2025
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Scuola
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Scuola di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione |
Insegnamento
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062007 - GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY RESOURCES
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Cfu |
5.00
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Tipo insegnamento
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Monodisciplinare
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Docenti: Titolare (Co-titolari)
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Shendrikova Diana
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Corso di Studi |
Codice Piano di Studio preventivamente approvato |
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A (escluso) |
Insegnamento |
Ing Ind - Inf (Mag.)(ord. 270) - BV (477) ENERGY ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA | * | A | ZZZZ | 062007 - GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY RESOURCES |
Obiettivi dell'insegnamento |
The course aspires to provide students with the theoretical and practical knowledge on global geopolitics and energy resources that are important for professional activities in the engineering and/or energy sector and in the many fields - public and private - that continuously measure themselves with geopolitical challenges and internationalizzation. During the course, the major players on the geopolitical chessboard (United States, China, Russia) as well as emerging powers of particular interest from the point of view of energy and resource geopoliticsm, will be introduced and analyzed with a special focus on the role of the European Union in global competition and the challenges of energy diplomacy. The interactions and equilibrium between the major geopolitical blocs (e.g., Global North - Global South, United States/European Union - China/Russia) will be analyzed, providing a historical context of the existing conflicts and divergences. In addition, the geopolitics of the energy transition and its challenges will be explored, particularly the emergence of new energy interdependencies and their evolutions.
Experts in international relations and political science will be invited to give an in-depth look at the areas and contexts covered, provide different interpretative keys and tools, as well as give a more in-depth view of specific topics closely related to the rationale and purpose of the course.
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Risultati di apprendimento attesi |
Learning outcomes can be aggregated as follows:
1. Students will learn the fundamentals of geopolitics and international relations in their historical evolution and obtain the terminology and concepts needed to define and describe the processes of international politics 2. Students will gain knowledge of tools and indicators for analyzing geopolitical phenomena and choices, which they can apply to concrete case studies related to the course topic 3. Students will delve into geopolitical dynamics of energy security and the challenges represented from this perspective by energy transition scenarios. 4. Students will have a greater understanding of international equilibrium and sources of instability 5. Students will improve negotiating and official documents editing skills during training sessions and lectures by leading experts in the field, and will have the opportunity to develop time and crisis management skills during diplomatic standoff simulations.
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Topic 1 Critical and Global Geopolitics: birth and evolution of the discipline and concept in relation to the dynamics of international politics. Politization - Geopolitization - Strategization.
Topic 2 The stability dilemma: multipolarity or bipolarity and the balance of power
Topic 3 Geopolitics of energy and energy security as the element of the security dilemma in international politics.
Topic 4 Energy dilemma and geopolitics of energy transition: new interdependencies and the race for resources and technologies
Topic 5 Energy diplomacy and partner diversification: Like-mindedness indicator and its geopolitical application in choosing strategic partners and for analyzing or shaping foreign policy decisions in the energy sphere
Topic 6 Regional powers (Latin America, Africa, Asia) between achieving their geopolitical goals and strategic alliances with a special focus on exploring the prospects of energy diplomacy toward African countries, the key continent from the strategic point of view as well as the arena of increasing geopolitical competition for resources and influence.
Topic 7 Model United Nations (Conference of Parties) and negotiation process.
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Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile - SDGs |
The course "Geopolitics of Energy Resources" will have a total duration of 50 academic hours (5CFU). The Course is ideally divided into distinct, though complementary, thematic blocks. The first block provides students with an introduction to the subject of geopolitics and the most significant theoretical concepts for interpreting international political phenomena and their application to management, trade and competition for energy resources. The second block explores different political and strategic frameworks within which the security dynamics of the liberal order and its antagonists take shape as well as their impacts on resource management and energy transition.
Each lecture will consist of a frontal part, accompanied by slides, created by the lecturer specifically for this course, and an interactive part (discussion with the class). The lectures are specially designed for this course and will be continuously updated to follow the evolving and changing dynamics of international politics and geopolitical developments with a special focus on the energy and resource sphere.
The final exam will include two parts: 1. Simulation (Model United Nations), following the COP (Conference of Parties) format, where students will act as States' representatives and decision makers involved in defining the energy transition strategy in a specific region. Students' contribution in simulation will be rated from (0 to 5) to be added to the final result of the written test. 2. The written test (0-27) is aimed at individual assessment of understanding of the topics and tools explored in the lectures through the open-ended questions.
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Forma Didattica |
Ore Didattica Assistita (hh:mm) |
% Didattica Assistita |
DIDATTICA TRASMISSIVA/FRONTALE
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36:00
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72.0 %
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DIDATTICA INTERATTIVA/PARTECIPATIVA
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6:00
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12.0 %
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DIDATTICA VALUTATIVA
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0:00
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0.0 %
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DIDATTICA LABORATORIALE
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0:00
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0.0 %
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DIDATTICA PROGETTUALE
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8:00
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16.0 %
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Totale ore didattica assistita (hh:mm)
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50:00 |
Totale ore di studio autonomo (hh:mm)
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75:00 |
Informazioni in lingua inglese a supporto dell'internazionalizzazione |
Insegnamento erogato in lingua

Inglese
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Disponibilità di materiale didattico/slides in lingua inglese
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Disponibilità di libri di testo/bibliografia in lingua inglese
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Possibilità di sostenere l'esame in lingua inglese
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