Teaching Assistantship for GPP 541
GPP 541: Policy Dimensions of Energy Systems (3 credits)
Date of Posting: December 10, 2018
Period of Employment: Term 2 (January 1 – April 30, 2019)
Hours: 100 hours for the period of employment
Instructor: Dr. Stefan Storey
Lectures: Wednesday 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Location: Ponderosa Commons: Oak House, Room 1009
Current Salary: Graduate Teaching Assistant I (Doctoral) or equivalent – $32.53/hour; Graduate Teaching Assistant II (Masters) or equivalent – $31.30/hour
Course Description & Learning Objectives:
In GPP 541, we will examine how policy is formulated and how policy choices can impact our socio-economic context systems in terms of human health, economic and environmental factors. The course will explore how policy is structured, implemented and evaluated, particularly from the technical viewpoint of policy practitioners. The role of governance, at multiple layers, for policy advancement will be explored, with global topics in energy security, climate change mitigation and public health impacts. Students will explore how policy options involve trade-offs and create both beneficial and unintended consequences for society, industry and the global environment.
The course objective is to build a practitioner based understanding of the complex interactions between energy policy, human societies and the environment, critical skills for engineering leadership. The overarching learning objective of this course is to learn how energy policy levers and tools can be used to enhance and accelerate energy innovation to improve stakeholder outcomes. Upon completion of the course, it is expected that students will be able to:
(a) Demonstrate an understanding of a policy cycle with respect to energy development, decision-making and implementation;
(b) Examine existing and proposed energy policies from multiple stakeholder viewpoints;
(c) Develop knowledge of the barriers to clean energy policy from socio-economic, political, and environmental constraints;
(d) Identify the challenges of energy policy in terms of effects such as unintended consequences, misaligned incentives, free ridership and rebound effects;
(e) Contextualize energy policy decision-making with respect to multiple levels of government and regulatory bodies;
(f) Evaluate barriers specific to clean energy systems, and compare clean energy policy options for different regional contexts around the globe;
(g) Articulate goals and outcomes of energy policy in plain language to stakeholders, often with diverse values, needs and world-views.
Please submit a current CV and completed application form to: hilary.geise@ubc.ca
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The deadline for submission is December 24, 2018.
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