The Importance of Higher Education in the EU Countries in Achieving the Objectives of the Circular Economy in the Energy Sector

Tomasz Rokicki, Aleksandra Perkowska, Bogdan Klepacki, Hubert Szczepaniuk, Edyta Karolina Szczepaniuk, Stanisław Bereziński and Paulina Ziółkowska
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Tomasz Rokicki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Perkowska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Bogdan Klepacki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Hubert Szczepaniuk: Management Institute, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Edyta Karolina Szczepaniuk: Military University of Aviation, Dywizjonu 303 no. 35 ST., 08-521 Dęblin, Poland
Stanisław Bereziński: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Paulina Ziółkowska: Plac Kazimierza Pułaskiego no. 7/14 ST., 10-514 Olsztyn, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: The main purpose of the article was to identify and present the current situation and changes in higher education in the field of electricity and energy studies in the European Union countries. The specific objectives include determining the degree of concentration of education in the fields of electricity and energy in the EU countries, showing the directions of their changes, types of dominant education in this field, establishing the correlation between education in the fields of electricity and energy and the parameters assessing the achievement of circular economy assumptions in the energy sector. All Member States of the European Union were deliberately selected for research. The research period covered the years 2013–2018. The source of the materials is a literature review on the subject and Eurostat data. For the analysis and presentation of materials, methods such as descriptive, tabular, graphical, dynamics indicators with a constant basis, Gini concentration coefficient, concentration analysis using the Lorenz curve, coefficient of variation, Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient were used. A high concentration of education in the fields of electricity and energy was found in several EU countries, the largest in countries with the highest energy consumption, i.e., in France and Poland. Changes in the level of concentration practically did not take place, only in the case of master’s studies, there was an increase in concentration. However, the EU countries did not differ significantly in terms of the structure of the number of students studying electricity and energy.

Keywords: higher education; energy; circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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