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Critical Raw Material supply chains - the Key to a Twin Transition?

Dürr, Alexander LU and Dreiska, Eliza LU (2023) STVK12 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The thesis investigates how the problem of Critical Raw Material supply chains is represented within the European Critical Raw Materials Act of 2023. Bacchi’s ‘What's Problem Represented To Be’ approach has been adapted and utilised to explore what aspects of these supply chains are problematised. By highlighting how the problem of supply chains is represented, this research aims to uncover what political, social and environmental implications are not mentioned and by extension, silenced within this European Critical Raw Materials Act. The application of the Sociotechnical Imaginaries framework highlights the factors included in the desired future of a twin transition fuelled by CRMs disseminated through the European Critical Raw Materials... (More)
The thesis investigates how the problem of Critical Raw Material supply chains is represented within the European Critical Raw Materials Act of 2023. Bacchi’s ‘What's Problem Represented To Be’ approach has been adapted and utilised to explore what aspects of these supply chains are problematised. By highlighting how the problem of supply chains is represented, this research aims to uncover what political, social and environmental implications are not mentioned and by extension, silenced within this European Critical Raw Materials Act. The application of the Sociotechnical Imaginaries framework highlights the factors included in the desired future of a twin transition fuelled by CRMs disseminated through the European Critical Raw Materials Act and thereby promoted by the European Commission and the European Union. However, this analysis also shows that the plan that is set in place by the European Critical Raw Materials Act to reach a twin transition pertains weaknesses and shortcomings for addressing import dependency, supply chain vulnerability as well as social and environmental implications. (Less)
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author
Dürr, Alexander LU and Dreiska, Eliza LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A critical analysis of the European Critical Raw Materials Act of 2023
course
STVK12 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Critical Raw Material Supply Chain Vulnerability, Import Dependency & Geopolitics, Twin Transition, Critical Materials Extraction Impact, European Critical Raw Materials Act.
language
English
id
9116449
date added to LUP
2023-09-07 17:04:30
date last changed
2023-09-07 17:04:30
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  abstract     = {{The thesis investigates how the problem of Critical Raw Material supply chains is represented within the European Critical Raw Materials Act of 2023. Bacchi’s ‘What's Problem Represented To Be’ approach has been adapted and utilised to explore what aspects of these supply chains are problematised. By highlighting how the problem of supply chains is represented, this research aims to uncover what political, social and environmental implications are not mentioned and by extension, silenced within this European Critical Raw Materials Act. The application of the Sociotechnical Imaginaries framework highlights the factors included in the desired future of a twin transition fuelled by CRMs disseminated through the European Critical Raw Materials Act and thereby promoted by the European Commission and the European Union. However, this analysis also shows that the plan that is set in place by the European Critical Raw Materials Act to reach a twin transition pertains weaknesses and shortcomings for addressing import dependency, supply chain vulnerability as well as social and environmental implications.}},
  author       = {{Dürr, Alexander and Dreiska, Eliza}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Critical Raw Material supply chains - the Key to a Twin Transition?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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