GD5111 Energy Inequalities and Climate Responsibilities

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Enrolment into the module is subject to approval by module coordinator

Planned timetable

To be confirmed

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr E E Skrzypek

Dr E E Skrzypek
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Emilka Skrzypek

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module will provide students with a nuanced, empirically grounded, and geographically attuned understandings of energy inequities and climate responsibilities. Its aim is to provide the students with knowledge, insights, and analytical skills to understand and address the most pressing energy challenges facing global as well as local communities. The module will guide students through the complex relationship between energy, infrastructure, geopolitics, justice, ethics and extractivism. Taken together, these topics will help us make sense of the expansive and conflicting world within which people live with energy; and address the big societal questions about how to create a better energy future for us all.

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 hours (lectures/seminars/group work)

Intended learning outcomes

  • draw on a deeper and broader understanding of key issues relating to energy inequalities and climate responsibilities
  • deploy the knowledge and analytical skills needed to creatively engage, confidently analyse, and critically grapple with energy challenges inside and outside the classroom
  • display critical awareness of the ethics and politics of energy around the world, in relation to questions of responsibility, inequality, identity, values, and representation
  • engage effectively with a range of sources and disciplinary perspectives to build and present well-evidenced and clearly articulated arguments
  • apply skills in systemic approaches to problem solving in the field of energy policy and finance