Assignments

Assignments

The following assignments will contribute to a better understanding of the topics discussed in the lectures, and will help to a more comprehensive learning portfolio for the course. In addition, the individual contributions of each participant will help to the collective learning of the rest of us. The assignments will be gradually presented along the course.

Policy incentives in bioenergy markets

This first assignment aims to build a cooperative database of policy incentives on markets related to bioenergy.

  • Instructions: Instructions and details
  • Deadline & further information: Internal instructions
  • Evaluation: required to pass the course. 
  • Feedback: individual feedback to be given by the course instructor and other course participants
  • Workload recommended: 10-14h

Database maintenance

This second assignment aims to improve and maintain the database of assignment 1, by peer-review the submitted reports. It is therefore important that all participants of the course have already submitted the first assignment before starting this one. The pedagogic objective is that the participants of the course get familiar with at least two biomass production systems: the one they have created in the previous assignement (which is their choice) and another one created by some peers. By these means, all participants will expand their knowledge about this type of energy crops, in addition to those reviewed in the lectures.

  • Instructions: Internal instructions
  • Deadline & further information: Internal instructions
  • Evaluation: required to pass the course. 
  • Feedback: individual feedback to be given by the course instructor and other course participants
  • Workload recommended: 10-14h

Bioenergy governance

This assignment will present a study case of a conflict related to bioenergy markets. The definition of conflict, conflict scalation, stakeholders, and conflict management is defined along the lectures.

  • Instructions: instructions and details
  • Deadline & further information: Internal instructions
  • Evaluation: required to pass the course. 
  • Feedback: individual feedback to be given by the course instructor and other course participants
  • Workload recommended: 15-20h

Voluntary learning portfolio

Every student is encouraged to keep detailed track of the lectures and to produce their own material to better understand the topics of the lectures.

  • Instructions: instructions.
  • Deadline: Second Exam Date
  • Evaluation: required to pass the course. 
  • Feedback: individual feedback to be given by the course instructor and other course participants
  • Workload recommended: 15-20h
  • Submission: Link here

Remarks

Check recommendations on plagiarism and proper referencing when preparing the assignments.

All assignments will be public.