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67882-01 - Seminar: Positive Energy Districts: A New Way to Realize a just Energy Transition? (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2023 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende |
Adam Xavier Gabriel Hearn (adam.hearn@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Darja Mihailova (darja.mihailova@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | Urban innovative areas such as Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are thought to facilitate decarbonization by means of technological innovations in order to produce more energy than they consume. At the same time, these are people centered in terms realizing a high quality of life and social inclusiveness. The very idea of such districts fits into the shift from “energy transition” to “just energy transition”. However, realizing as well as analyzing such districts or neighborhoods that satisfy the underlying holistic equation of PED = decarbonization + innovation + equity considerations is more than challenging.This seminar is designed to provide different scientific approaches and tools to examine districts which are implemented or planned to be implemented in the near future. We start with an overview of PEDs, tracing their development as a concept. We will critically examine different PED and PED like projects in order to understand how these areas may bring both benefits and burdens to citizens by considering among others topics like energy vulnerability, innovation research, quality of life, actor coalitions, new sustainable business models etc. Additional guest speakers will give insights from economic and engineering perspectives. |
| Lernziele | The aims of this seminar are to get the students acquainted with this innovative concept, to provide the students an interdisciplinary knapsack of how such socio-technical innovations in urban settings may be analyzed, and to learn in what respect scientific results may serve to help shape future policy making. From a practical point of view, upon completion of this course, students will have a good understanding of how innovative urban areas are planned, implemented and evaluated. They will have a core understanding of some of the most important barriers and opportunities that are faced in PED creation. Although some of these are case specific, learning about these will help to enable students to identify similar issues in other contexts. |
| Literatur | 1. https://jpi-urbaneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PED-Booklet-Update-Feb-2020_2.pdf 2. https://jpi-urbaneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/White-Paper-PED-Framework-Definition-2020323-final.pdf 3. https://smart-beejs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/D6.4_BMs-and-Value-Propositions_final.pdf 4. Hearn, A.X., Sohre, A. and Burger, P., 2021. Innovative but unjust? Analysing the opportunities and justice issues within positive energy districts in Europe. Energy Research & Social Science, 78, p.102127. |
| Bemerkungen | Please note entry requirements and mandatory course application procedure (additional to registration on MOnA). MSD 2017 For all students this seminar is optional. They may accredit the credit points for the published module (students of foucs area in social science only) or transfer them to the "Focal Areas in Sustainability Research" module (learning agreement). This seminar is offered by the MSD. A. Hearns and D. Mihailova are staff members of the Sustainability Research Group, Dep. of Social Sciences, /Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. This course is supported by "Impuls". Impuls supports lecturers and students in implementing projects related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of their courses. The funding from Impuls is intended to train students to become change agents for sustainability and to inspire and enable them to use these competences for sustainable(re) development in their later professional and private lives. More information on the impuls program is available on the website: www.unibas.ch/impuls.” |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Special course application required (for details see "course application" or "Anmeldung"). Limited number of participants (25): Students of the MSD and those of the JIDSD have a first priority. Students of the listed programs (see list of modules) have a second priority. If you don't study the MSD or one of the listed programs you must do a master's degree within the Department of Social Sciences/Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and may attend the seminar in case of vacancies (= priority level three). Participation requirement for MSD Students: The seminar is published in the Core Competences in Social Sciences module. Students who have chosen the focus area in natural sciences or in economics must have completed the Complementary Knowledge in Social Sciences module (at least 8 out of 12 CP). All students may transfer the CP to the Focal Areas in Sustainability Research module (learning agreement). Additional entry requirements for participants who do not study the MSD (incl. preparation semester) or JIDSD: They must have passed succesfully one of the following lectures (= credit points already acquired) during a former semester: - 11513: Sustainability: A new Societal Paradigm? - 41829: Perspectives of Social Sciences on Sustainability. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please note entry requirements (for details see section "admission requirements". Mandatory application for ALL! Link open from 17.01.23/noon-05.02.23/midnight: https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_544052.html Login and application only possible with open link. Link only guides to the ADAM website. Login button on top row right hand side of ADAM website. First emails with confirmation of participation will be sent out at the end of the first deadline. In case of vacancies the online application link remains open until 06.03.23/noon. Course enrollment on MOnA should be completed by the beginning of the teaching period (withdrawal possible until Monday of teaching week five). |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Dienstag | 08.15-10.00 | Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001 |
Einzeltermine
| Module |
Modul: Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Masterstudium: Sustainable Development) Modul: Resources and Sustainability (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Compulsory attendance in presence, required readings, oral presentation, essay. Details according to information of lecturers. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anm.: Belegen Lehrveranstaltung; Abm.: stornieren |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Nachhaltigkeitsforschung |