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International Summer School SusES-future
Sustainable Energy SystemsInterdependencies between Technical
Design and Social Acceptance
September 23rd 28th, 2013, Dresden, Germany
Interdependencies between technical design and social acceptance
are relevant to most discussions
about the shaping of our future energy system. Up to the end of
the last century, in most cases new
technologies were introduced to the market (not only in the
energy sector), regardless of whether they
were desired or socially tolerated. For several years, social
acceptance of new technologies and
infrastructure projects plays a crucial role beside their
technical feasibility. Examples on national levels
are nuclear power production or genetic engineering, while on
local level the NIMBY (Not in my
backyard) dilemma is a well-known phenomenon. The
interdisciplinary summer school of the Boysen-
TUD-graduate program responds to the situation that social
acceptance plays an important role in
shaping future energy systems in addition to technical
feasibility. Technical, environmental, social and
economic consequences can only be estimated on a high scientific
level through the cooperation of
different disciplines.
The TUD International Summer School on Sustainable Energy
Systems aims to bring excellent
students and young researchers in the broad-based fields of
engineering, economic and social
sciences together in order to discuss current and future
research questions relating to the shaping of
our future energy systems. The summer school will provide
comprehensive insights from diverse
disciplines including various methods aiming at addressing these
interdisciplinary research questions.
The focus lies on scientific interaction and an exchange of
ideas. Especially relevant research
questions with regard to energy systems should be discussed in
the intersection of the differentdisciplines. Thus, participants
from all disciplines, e.g. mechanical and electrical
engineering,
economics, communication and political sciences, with an
interest in the shaping of our future energy
systems are welcome to participate.
Programme
The summer school consists of three parts:
Lectures from well-known experts by TU Dresden and international
partners from various
disciplines, in particular engineering, economics, communication
and political sciences,
Participants workshops on interdisciplinary issues and
presentations of group results along
example case studies, and
Field trip to a regional institute of power engineering and
applied research institutes in the
area.
Educational objectives
The summer school will promote an interdisciplinary view on the
challenges of the shaping of our
future energy system and will introduce the methodological
approaches from the different disciplines.
The broad spectrum of educational objectives contains:
Participants will get familiar with innovative technical designs
on sustainable energy systems.
Participants will get an overview about energy policies in
various European countries and
understand their influence on the shaping of the energy
system.
Participants will get an overview of dimensions in and
distributions of peoples attitudes and
behaviors on energy-related subjects and to which extent media
can affect public opinion.
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Thereby, the following learning transfers should be
achieved:
Participants have formed their scientific approach while
participating in the interdisciplinary
discourse about the shaping of our future energy system.
Participants have gained interdisciplinary skills in the topical
thematic field of sustainable
energy systems.
Participants are capable of matching disciplinary methods
towards a method-mix addressed to
their fields of research interests and case studies.
Applicants
Young and senior researchers are eligible, who are interested in
the thematic field of sustainable
energy systems. Young researchers (PhD students, post-Docs)
should preferably be in the second
year of their studies or post-doc, have conducted research and
have already written a research paper.Participants from the
disciplines mechanical and electrical engineering, economics,
communication
and political science with strong interest in sustainable energy
systems and the interdependence
between technical design and social acceptance are especially
encouraged to apply. The work effort
of the summer school corresponds to two ECTS points and a
certificate will be provided for successful
participation.
If you or your colleagues are interested in participating
SusES-future, please submit a short CV
including your own fields of scientific interest, a motivation
letter (1/4 A4 page), a publication list and
one main paper relevant to the summer school thematic field by
August 12th
, 2013 toboysen-grk@tu-
dresden.de. You will be informed about acceptance until 21st
of August 2013.
Costs and Financial support
The participation in the courses is free of charge. A limited
number of grants covering a lump-sum for
travelling and accommodation are available. Please indicate in
your application whether you wish to
apply for a grant and why it is needed.
Location
The summer school will be hosted at the Technische Universitt
Dresden. The TU Dresden is one of
the nine most prestigious, oldest, and largest universities
(TU9) focusing on engineering and
technology in Germany and has been awarded the excellence status
within the German Excellence
Initiative. The city of Dresden has been called "Elbflorenz"
(Florence of the Elbe), due to a very
pleasant location and a mild climate on the Elbe. It offers a
Baroque-style architecture and numerous
world-renowned museums as well as art collections.
Organisation and Contact
Prof. Dr. Dominik Mst, Chair of Energy Economics, Technische
Universitt Dresden
Dipl.-Ing. Kirsten von der Heiden, Sc. Coordinator,
Boysen-TUD-research training group,
Email:[email protected], Tel.: +49 351 463-43133
Internet:http://tu-dresden.de/forschung/forschungskompetenz/graduiertenkollegs/boysen/aktuelles/bgkiss
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