Interdisziplinäre Lehre: Meeting Global Challenges
Making Resource Policy Work
The Political Challenges of Material Sustainability
Academic Responsibility
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Stefan Böschen
Research and teaching field “Society and Technology”
Human Technology Center (HumTec), RWTH Aachen
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elisabeth Clausen
Research and teaching field Advanced Mining Technologies
RWTH Aachen
Contact Person
Kim Kolbet
Schedulue
Start
02.05.2023
Time
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Place
C.A.R.L. | H06
Claßenstr. 11
52072 Aachen
Contents
On the one hand, dealing with raw materials is a matter of course and 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 multilayeredly 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 the module, 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 and policies in the context of a sustainable supply of raw materials will have their say in the course.
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.
Program
02.05.2023
Introduction
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
09.05.2023
Raw material demand and supply in the context of the energy transition
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
16.05.2023
Excursus energy transition
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
23.05.2023
Dimensions of a secure supply of raw materials
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
13.06.2023
Prospects for sustainable raw material extraction / due diligence in the supply chain of mineral raw materials
Dr. Gudrun Franken, BGR
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen, RWTH Aachen
20.06.2023
Strategies for a secure supply of raw materials
Dr. Peter Buchholz, DERA
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen, RWTH Aachen
27.06.2023
Summary
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Clausen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Böschen
RWTH Aachen
Procedure/Working method
Depending on the course of studies, module and examination, credit points can be achieved through participation. If you would like to take an exam, please make sure beforehand how you can get credit for it in your degree program. Of course, you can also take exams without receiving curricular credit for them. Visit our FAQs for more information.
In the following you will find all exams offered in this course. If you register the examination in RWTHonline, you will also find the assignment to the designations displayed in RWTHonline here:
Certificate/Examination | RWTHonline |
|---|---|
Certificate of Participation (0 CP, not graded) | - |
Protocol with critical analysis (2 CP, not graded) | Project "Leonardo": Protocol with Analysis |
Term paper (10 - 15 pages, 3 CP, graded or not graded) | Project "Leonardo": Presentation |
Term Paper 15-20 pages (4 CP) | Project "Leonardo": Study Paper |
