Convenor name: Harald Heubaum
Module dates: Semester 1
Intended learning outcomes:
- Understand the main issues in the fields of (global) energy policy, geopolitics and geoeconomics and how they are interconnected;
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of how energy systems shape global political and economic structures and influence the distribution of power between and within countries;
- Ability to apply academic concepts and theories to case studies drawn from the Global North and South;
- Ability to critically analyse academic and policy documents in the fields of (global) energy policy, geopolitics and geoeconomics;
- Demonstrate the research skills necessary to interpret and assess the ways in which public and private actors respond to the intertwined energy and climate challenge;
- Ability to participate in contemporary debates on global energy policy and geopolitical debates, including those on the energy transition.
Assessment 1: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 25%
Assessment 1: Due date: 12 November 2025
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2 (AS2)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 75%
Assessment 2: Due date: 5 January 2026
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Yurie Watanabe
Librarian email: yw25@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus
