energy security

Prof. Aleh Cherp co-authors a paper on the concept of energy security with Dr. Jessica Jewell of IIASA, an EPRG alumna. The paper can be freely retrieved at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421514004960. It argues that energy security should be conceptualized as an instance of security in general and that it can be defined as low vulnerability of vital energy systems which support critical social functions and can be drawn sectorally or geographically.

An EPRG alumna Jessica Jewell (PhD EnvSci 2013, currently with IIASA, Austria) has written on the connection between energy security and climate change in The Conversation. Jessica argues that the most effective way to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions is targeting largest emitters such as Germany, Spain or the UK whereas the most important way to increase European energy security is to target small and vulnerable economies in Eastern Europe.

Joshua Poshaner, visiting fellow at CEU's Department of Public Policy and Central European Correspondant for Interfax interviewed EPRG member Prof Andreas Goldthau on European energy security.

The interview, published on the website of Interfax, can be found here.

Professor Aleh Cherp from CEU's Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy published an article on the balancing act between achivieng energy security and climate goals in The Economist. Read his article, investigating the question 'Can Europe achieve energy security without compromising climate goals?' here.

On November 25, 2013 Professor Aleh Cherp from CEU's Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies lectured to 130 senior military officials and diplomats from 34 countries at NATO Defense College in Rome on global energy security challenges of the 21st century. His lecture and subsequent seminars touched upon oil and gas resources, nuclear energy and de-carbonization scenarios.

Professor Aleh Cherp and Jessica Jewell from CEU's Department of Environmental Scienes and Policy publish three co-authored articles on energy secuirty and climate change mitigation policies.

Andreas Goldthau, faculty member and Head of CEU's Department of Public Policy, published the Wiley Handbook of Global Energy Policy. It is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. The Handbook

Central European University (CEU) welcomes applicants for a PhD position in the area of energy security and future energy systems. A successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Aleh Cherp to pursue the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy. 

The research agenda will be developed to match the candidate’s interests and capacities and to advance policy-relevant knowledge on present and future national and global energy security challenges including under sustainable energy transitions. It will built on the recently completed Global Energy Assessment, where Professor Cherp led the analysis of energy security. Of particular interests might be such topics as energy security assessments and policies, and the relationship between global energy scenarios and national energy realities. These issues may be studied with respect to entire energy systems or particular energy sectors.