Making Resource Policy Work
The Political Challenges of Material Sustainability
Academic Responsibility
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-phil. Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Böschen
Chair of Technology and Society
HumTec, RWTH Aachen
Contact Person
Nicolas Heyn
Schedule
Start
19.04.2022
Time
Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Place
Lecture hall H05 | C.A.R.L.
Claßenstraße 11
52072 Aachen
Contents
On the one hand, dealing with raw materials is a matter of commonplace, but on the other hand, the sustainable extraction and use of raw materials poses a challenge that is difficult to solve. Contemporary societies have become widely ramified and highly dependent on raw materials. The secure supply of raw materials as well as secure access to raw materials are therefore not without reason regarded as a global challenge. In the course of this lecture series, central concepts for understanding this complex of problems are prepared in an interdisciplinary manner and discussed on the basis of central challenges of raw materials policy. In addition, selected actors and their strategies or policies in the context of a sustainable supply of raw materials will give a lecture and share their perspective.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students are able to…
- describe the importance of sustainable raw material extraction and explain the role of domestic mining against the background of a secure supply of raw materials.
- describe different types of raw material extraction and distinguish them from each other based on their respective requirements and framework conditions.
- to develop the social embedding of raw material extraction as a relevant issue in a subject-specific way.
- to discuss the background and elements of a raw materials strategy and to put the raw materials strategy of the Federal Government into context.
- to know and describe the interdependencies of different factors (economic, ecological, social) and to be able to apply them to concrete examples.
- be able to explain the complex issues of resource dependency of transformation processes using the example of the energy transition.
- be able to give constructive feedback.
Program
19.04.2022
Introductory lecture
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
10.05.2022
Basics
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
24.05.2022
Perspective: Companies
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
Dr. Peter Buchholz (DERA)
14.06.2022
Perspective: State
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
Dr. Gudrun Franken (BGR)
28.06.2022
Perspective: Civil society
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
Constantin Bittner (Misereor)
05.07.2022
Panel discussion (Online) with the three lecturers
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
All three external lecturers
12.07.2022
Closing event
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
17. Juni 2020
Energiegewinnung im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Technik aus Sicht eines Energieversorgers
Dr. Markus Kosma
RWE Power AG
Procedure/Working method
Depending on the course of studies, module and examination, credit points can be achieved through participation.
Certificate
Certificate of Participation (0 CP, not graded)
Protocol with critical analysis (2 CP, not graded)
Term paper (10-15 pages, 3 CP)
Term paper (15-20 pages, 4 CP)
