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Module Number:
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| Module Title: | Multidimensional Approaches for Technology Assessment |
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Multidimensionale Ansätze für Technikfolgenabschätzung
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| Department: |
Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
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| Responsible Staff Member: | -
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil. Lee, Roh Pin
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: |
Every summer semester
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| Credits: |
6
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| Learning Outcome: | Students know about a range of technology assessment approaches, methodologies and tools to facilitate the evaluation of decarbonization & sustainability transformation options along socio-technological-economical-ecological-political (STEEP) dimensions.
On completion of the module, students are able to:
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of the multidimensional aspects and systemic interactions in the transformation of energy- and carbon-intensive industries;
- Gain familiarity with a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in conducting technology assessment;
- Design and conduct studies to analyze the opportunities and challenges which will be associated with the transformation of energy- and carbon-intensive industries along multiple dimensions;
- Identify, assess and evaluate appropriate sources of information and critically reflect on the methodologies commonly implemented for technology assessment and their usefulness/weaknesses.
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| Contents: | Course coverage:
- Relevance and development of technology assessment;
- Common methodological approaches and their usefulness/weakness;
- Data and approaches for assessment (e.g., primary vs. secondary; qualitative vs. quantitative);
- Methodologies for socio-political evaluations, techno-economic evaluations and ecological evaluations;
- Application on a case study to assess multidimensional opportunities and challenges associated with the transformation of a specific sector and derive implications along the STEEP dimensions based on assessment results.
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| Recommended Prerequisites: | None |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
| Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Lecture
/ 1 Hours per Week per Semester
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Exercise
/ 1 Hours per Week per Semester
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Study project
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 120 Hours
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | - Lee, R.P., Meyer, B., Huang, Q.L, Voss, R. 2020. Sustainable waste management for zero waste cities in China: potential, challenges and opportunities. Clean Energy, 4(3): 169 – 201.
- Lee, R.P. 2019. Alternative carbon feedstock for the chemical industry? – Assessing the challenges posed by the human dimension in the carbon transition, Journal of Cleaner Production, 219: 786-796.
- Lee, R. P., Tschoepe, M., Voss, R. 2021. Perception of chemical recycling and its role in the transition towards a circular carbon economy: A case study in Germany. Waste Management, 125: 280-292.
- Voss, R., Lee, R.P., Seidl, L., Keller, F., Fröhling, M. 2021. Global warming potential and economic performance of gasification-based chemical recycling and incineration pathways for residual municipal solid waste treatment in Germany. Waste Management, 134: 206 – 219.
- Keller, F., Lee, R.P., Meyer, B. 2020. Life cycle assessment of global warming potential, resource depletion and acidification potential of fossil, renewable and secondary feedstock for olefin production in Germany. Journal of Cleaner Production, 250: 119484.
- Lee, R.P., Scheibe, A. 2020. The politics of a carbon transition: An analysis of political indicators for a transformation in the German chemical industry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 244: 118629.
Further materials are provided via Moodle (including lecture slides and additional materials including videos, readings etc.) |
| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | - Individual Assignment: short report, 2000 words (30%)
- Group Project: case analysis to be presented as a group presentation (as part of a debate), 30min (40%)
- Written Test: E-assessment, 60min (30%)
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| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
| Part of the Study Programme: | -
Master (research-oriented) /
Environmental and Resource Management /
PO 2011
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Master (research-oriented) /
Environmental and Resource Management /
PO 2021
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Master (research-oriented) - Double Degree /
Environmental and Resource Management /
PO 2021
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Master (research-oriented) /
Transformation Studies /
PO 2024
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| Remarks: | None |
| Module Components: | - Lectures & Exercises
- Projects
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| Components to be offered in the Current Semester: | |
