Circular Economy: Resources, Sustainability, and Security

What it is about

You learn how principles of Circular Economy are applied to challenges in dealing with Critical Raw Materials (CRM). The module combines ecological, economic and security-related perspectives, highlights dependencies and conflicts, and enables you to critically evaluate strategies to strengthen resource resilience. By the end you can analyze CRM criticality and independently develop project ideas for resource governance.

What you will be able to do

• Interdisciplinary insight into definitions and application of the Circular Economy
• Understanding ecological, economic and security-related motives and benefits of the Circular Economy
• Assessment of dependencies for various Critical Raw Materials
• Distinction of different definitions of criticality
• Analysis of ecological, economic and security-based constraints on CRMs
• Methodical know-how through own project preparation and peer review

What the module consists of

• SeminarCentral form of instruction: discussions, literature work and project-oriented work

Teaching method

• Seminaristische DiskussionenFoster intellectual exchange and deepen understanding of the weekly literature
• Interaktive VorlesungselementeIntroduce topics and establish common foundations for the discussions
• Projektarbeit und Peer ReviewEnable practical application, development of own research questions and mutual feedback