Public Policy and Energy

The course starts with lectures and discussions that illustrate the fundamentals of energy, energy policy and public policy examining, for example, whether energy is an important determinant of domestic and international system, how the energy landscape has evolved from the past, etc. It then focuses on the role of public policy particularly in the field of energy looking into the interactions between the government, business and market. The course moves on to the workshop where students are asked to participate in the mock energy policy debate exercise which involves both public and provate stakeholders of a specific country (TBA). In the latter part of the course, specific and cros-cutting topics of energy and public policy will be discussed. Finally, students are to make presentations of their policy proposals. During the course students are encouraged to make short presentations on specific topics of energy, energy policy and public policy to stimulate the in-class discussion. (Example) 1.Introduction including Logistics and Goals 2.Key Concepts and Energy Policy 3.Key Concepts and Puclic Policy 4.Current Situation and Global Outlook of Energy 5.Public Policy and Energy of Japan 6.Workshop: Mock Debate/Negotiation of Energy Policy (TBC) 7.The Role of Innovation and Innovation Policy 8.Climate Change Policy 9.Energy Subsidy 10.Nuclear in Energy Mix and Public Policy 11. Special Lecture by Professor Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International ENergy Agency (IEA), on the global energy outlook and the role of IEA 12.-13. Final Presentations and Discussions

Lecture, discussion, presentations by the students，workshop

Class participatation, in-class presentation and discussion 40%, presentation and discussion in the workshop 20%, final presentation 40%.

TBA and some reading materials are to be announced and given in class.

World Energy Outlook (IEA). Daniel Yergin, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, (New York: Penguin Press), 2011. Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Free Press), 2008.

No prior study or knowledge of energy is required.