CODE 108140 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 MANAGEMENT FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION (MEET) 11427 (LM-77) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/12 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to provide the student with the knowledge of the relations between energy (supply, consumption, technology) and economy in the last two centuries. Special attention will be paid on the impact of economic activities on the environment. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course focuses on the impact of the energy factor in the economic system in a long-term perspective. In particular, we will look at the existing relationships between economic growth and energy consumption, the geoeconomic and geopolitical aspects of the energy market and energy supply, the change in energy paradigms in advanced economies, the challenges of the environmental issue. In this wider contest, specific attention will be paid to companies operating in the energy sector or obliged to take on the issue of energy as a crucial one. Students will therefore be urged to adopt both macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives. The final aim is to present various methods of analysis and to employ different research and investigation tools, thus highlighting the interdisciplinary character of the subject. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course will integrate the basic knowledge of economic history acquired in the bachelor program framing the following topics into an historical perspective: energy sources and their exploitation (geoeconomy and geopolitics of energy; technological paradygms) energy policies (economic policies, dependency and self sufficiency for energy consumption) energy and society (consumptions, living standards) the energy business (business history, history of companies and firms in the energy sector) environment and economic development AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, the student will know the different aspects of the recent history of energy as a basic issue of the economic system and will be able to understand properly the various existing relations in this multidisciplinary field. That will give the students fundamental tools to analyze the world they live in. PREREQUISITES Basic knowledge of economic history TEACHING METHODS The course will be taught via frontal lectures. SYLLABUS/CONTENT History, economic history, business history. Environment, economic development. Energy sources. Supply and demand of energy. Geoeconomy and geopolitics of energy. Technology Firms RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Reading materials and bibliography will be indicated during the lessons and via aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARCO DORIA Ricevimento: To meet the Professor students can address an e-mail to marco.doria@unige.it or agree with him a meeting at the end of a lesson. LUISA PICCINNO Ricevimento: Dipartimento di Economia - I floor - office n. 1020 Phone: (+39) 010209 - 5479 Email : piccinno@economia.unige.it Please contact me by e.mail in order to plan a meeting in my office or on Teams platform For any change see the web page of the course on Aulaweb LESSONS LESSONS START BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS September 2022 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam will be both written and oral and will contain questions on the the topics treated in the course and in the texts and reading materials. ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam will evaluate knowledge and understanding of the contents of the course with the goal of assessing the student’s ability to apply in economic analysis the tools and the methods learned. FURTHER INFORMATION Other information will be provided during the course. The same rules apply for non-attending students.
