FSS:MEBn5040 Energy Poverty - Informace o předmětu

MEBn5040 Energy Poverty

Rozsah

1/1/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: zk.

Vyučující

doc. Mgr. Hedvika Koďousková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dominik David (cvičící)

Garance

doc. Mgr. Hedvika Koďousková, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií

Rozvrh

Pá 20. 3. 10:00–11:40 M117, Pá 27. 3. 10:00–11:40 M117, Pá 10. 4. 10:00–11:40 M117, Pá 17. 4. 10:00–11:40 P21b

Předpoklady

! MEB440 Contemporary Trends I. && !NOW( MEB440 Contemporary Trends I. )

Omezení zápisu do předmětu

Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 11/20, pouze zareg.: 1/20

Mateřské obory/plány

předmět má 7 mateřských oborů, zobrazit

Anotace

Energy poverty and energy vulnerability have become central challenges of European energy and climate policy. Rising energy prices, the recent energy crisis and the low-carbon transition (including instruments such as ETS2 and the Social Climate Fund) increasingly affect households in unequal ways and raise fundamental questions about social justice, policy design and policy implementation.

This short course consists of four classes taught over four weeks, combining lectures by internal and external experts. It offers students a clear, step-by-step understanding of energy poverty and energy vulnerability, linking European policy debates with household-level experiences.

The course begins with a case-based introduction exploring why certain households and localities are more or less vulnerable to falling into energy poverty, how these vulnerabilities can be mapped and measured, and what this implies in the context of current developments. It then moves to the interaction between household vulnerability and climate policy, focusing on ETS2, carbon pricing and social compensation mechanisms, and presents recent research that models the expected impacts of proposed policies on households. Students subsequently gain a comparative European perspective, learning how energy poverty is defined, measured and experienced across different regions of Europe. The final class critically examines energy poverty policies and measures in practice. Through empirical examples, students explore access barriers, unequal outcomes and unintended consequences of policy design. They discuss whether the European “just transition” is socially just in reality and what can be done to prevent inequalities in access to socially and materially necessitated level of domestic energy services.

Výstupy z učení

By the end of the course, students will:

• understand why and how energy poverty emerges in contemporary Europe,
• be able to critically assess EU and national policy instruments addressing energy poor and vulnerable households,
• gain analytical tools useful for policy analysis, research, public administration, NGOs and advocacy,
• and develop the ability to link social justice concerns with energy and climate policy debates.

Klíčová témata

1) How Households Fall into Energy Poverty: The Case of Czechia; 2) Energy Vulnerability Meets Climate Policy: ETS2, Households and Social Compensations (Roman Matoušek - former advisor to the Minister and Head of the Innovation and Social Policy Design Unit at the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic, currently working on the STENEO project at the University of Ostrava); 3) Understanding Energy Poverty in Europe: From Definitions to Regional Realities; 4) Addressing Energy Poverty in Practice: Policy Design, Outcomes and Inequality (Dominik David -  Ph.D. candidate with broad experience in energy poverty research at the household, community, and municipal levels).

Studijní zdroje a literatura

• JIGLĂU, George, Anca SINEA, Ute DUBOIS a Philipp BIERMANN, ed. Perspectives on energy poverty in post-communist Europe. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Routledge explorations in energy studies. ISBN 978-0-367-43052-8.
• BOUZAROVSKI, Stefan. Energy poverty : (dis)assembling Europe's infrastructural divide. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xiv, 117. ISBN 9783319887494. URL info
• Energy poverty : global challenges and local solutions. Edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool - Jon Rozhon - Antoine Halff. First edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2014, xv, 459. ISBN 9780199682362. info

Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce

Readings broaden and deepen the range of knowledge students receive in lectures and seminars; lectures with internal lecturers aim to provide a general introduction to the topic; lectures with visiting speakers aim to present findings from practice or specific case studies; final projects strengthen students' analytical and critical thinking.

Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení

Attendance at classes, including prior preparation and formulation of questions for external lectures; pair or group work - practical project submitted and presented app. 14 days after the course. The presentation will take place on 5 May from 10:00 to 11:40 in room P24a. (This time slot has been made available due to a change in the schedule of another course.)

Vyučovací jazyk

Angličtina

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