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STV-8003: Russian resource management, petroleum and environmental politics Work Load
5 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical | Level of course/Year of study
PhD-level | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
The primary aim of this course will be to give PhD students who are writing their theses on environmental issues, resource management or oil and gas in Russia a better understanding of Russian politics. The subsidiary aims of the course are to: -Bring together PhD students from different institutes in Tromsø for fruitful interaction and discussion, and thus to consolidate the Tromsø milieu -Bring together PhD students from Tromsø and from other Norwegian and foreign institutions in order to enrich the Tromsø milieu -Include one leading Norwegian and one leading international lecturer -Promote the University of Tromsø internationally as a key institution for research and research training on Russian politics | Contents
The course will deal specifically with Russian politics and cover both northern Russian issues and national Russian issues. It will be divided into three main blocs:
The Russian petroleum sector -Overview of key actors and institutions in the Russian petroleum sector -Privatisation and the emergence of the oligarchs -Re-nationalisation (interpretations of the Yukos case, relation to intl. nationalisation trend) -Environmental regulations as a tool for the Kremlin to wield its power?
(cases: Sakhalin, Kovykta, Kharyaga) -The Kremlin-Gazprom-Rosneft nexus in Russian politics -Energy balance (input/output factors, gas pricing, energy efficiency, field depletion and new field development supply crunch) -Yamal versus Stockman
Russian environmental politics -Permutations in governmental structures -Main principles of Russian environmental politics -The renewable energy sector in Russia -The role of civil society
Russian resource management -The forestry sector -Fisheries -Minerals -Main focus on management structure and the contents of politics | Form of teaching
The teaching will take place over two days and will include 10 hours of lectures in addition to any presentations of papers by PhD students. | Exam and assessment
Each PhD student will be required to submit a paper of at least 10 pages (Times New Roman 12 p., 1,5 line distance). The students will be able to choose whether they wish to write about natural resource management, environmental politics or petroleum politics. Students will be encouraged but not required to submit first drafts of their papers before the course. Those papers that are submitted before the course will be discussed in plenary or group sessions, providing the students with extra feedback. Students will be encouraged to submit papers that are either part of their PhD dissertations or on closely related topics, in order to promote progress in dissertation writing. | Contact person/lecturer
Hege Folkedal | Recommended reading/syllabus
Please contact the faculty. | Homepage
http://uit.no/svfak/phd/116
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2008&department=ALLE&module=STV-8003-1 |
Teaching spring 2008
For informasjon om program og pensum: http://uit.no/svfak/phd/116
Første gang: Se timeplan
Responsible teacher:F.aman. II Geir Børre Hønneland | | Forelesing | Room: C-1007 at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Teaching period:24.01.2008 to25.01.2008
Duration:1 Semester | | Eksamen | Deadline to submit papers: 1. March 2008
Duration:1 Semester |
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The Course is organised in cooperation by
-Department of Political Science (UiT),
-Fridtjof Nansen Institute, and
-Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
Academic coordinator
- Adjunct Professor Geir Hønneland. Department of Political Science / University of Tromsø, Fridtjof Nansen Institute.
- Indra Øverland. Director of Energy Programme, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Førsteamanuensis II, Department of Political Science / University of Tromsø.
Work load
5 credits (ECTS)
Course venue
Room: C-1007 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø.
Registration deadline 10 January 2008
Use this application form, and write the ‘STV-8003’ in section 3 (“Course”):
Please remember any attachments regarding section 4 in the application form.
Send the application form (and attachments) to:
University of Tromsø
Faculty of Social Sciences
Att.: Hege Folkedal
NO-9037 Tromsø
Questions about the course can be adressed to: hegef@sv.uit.no
PhD Course Programme
The course will be organised back to back with the Arctic Frontiers conference.
Language of Instruction: English.
Syllabus, recommending reading
Each student will have to read 300 pages for the course. 200 of these pages will be obligatory for all students. Each student will have to choose 100 out of the remaining 200 pages according to their preferences (environmental politics, resource management or petroleum politics).
Exam:
The final paper must be sent in two copies, to the following address:
University of Tromsø
Faculty of Social Sciences
Att.: Hege Folkedal
NO-9037 Tromsø
Course work requirements
Participation / attendance (80% compulsory attendance). Assessment – course work requirements: “approved”/ ”not approved”.
Prerequisites
Master’s degree
Evaluation
All participating students and lecturers will be requested to fill in a short evaluation form after the course.
Re-sit examination
Questions about re-sit examination can be directed to the research staff at Faculty of Social Sciences.
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