The summer school will last five full working days, based on an intensive residential program. Each day will have its own topic and will consist of several lectures on that topic. Lecturers will compare the management of selected energy security related questions from the US perspective with that of European Union states. Complementary lectures by specialists and state representatives from the Czech Republic will follow. One of the five days will be devoted to a field trip to the Temelin Nuclear Power Station.
Period
29-07-2012 - 04-08-2012 (1 weeks)
Target group
The summer school is open to undergraduate and graduate students of International Relations, Political Science, and European studies, as well as students from technical and economic fields.
Course aim
The aim of this summer school is a comparison of selected energy security related questions from perspectives of the U.S. as well as of European Union states. The summer school will focus on topics related to the electric utility sector, such as the future of nuclear energy; the problem of the use of conventional resources in the transportation sector; the support of renewables; the coal industry and its environmental aspects; the future of smart grids and decentralization of electricity utility sector; etc. This summer school will analyze the differences and compliances of two different ways of dealing with specific energy security related issues.
Credits
4.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
CZK 7500: The fee covers: Educational program and materials, Special events (field trip to the Temelin Nuclear Power Station including transportation, visit to the chateau Telc, social events), Accommodation, Full board. Participants will have to cover travel arrangements to and from Telc, medical insurance, any visa fees, or any other expenses on their own.
Course leader
Tomas Vlcek (Summer School Manager), List of Lecturers available at http://www.summer-school.cz/
Scholarships
5 scholarships available reducing the fee to CZK 5000.
Masaryk University Faculty of Social Studies
Address: Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Jostova 10, Brno, Czech Republic
Postal code: 60200
City: Brno
Country: Czech Republic
Website: http://www.summer-school.cz/
E-mail: summerschool.energy@fss.muni.cz
Phone: +420 549 49 1111
Atlantic and Continental Approaches to Energy Security
