Imane Boukhatem

Imane Boukhatem is a PhD researcher at the University of Flensburg’s Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (ZENS) and a member of the Fossil Exit research group, focusing on just transition research. Her research explores how Global South countries navigate energy transition constraints, with a focus on natural gas and green hydrogen.
Imane holds a master’s degree in energy policy from the Pan African University Water and Energy Sciences. She has published in Sustainability Nexus Forum, Energy Reports, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, and contributed to the edited volume “Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region”.

• Boukhatem, I./ Blohm, M./ Oei, P.-Y. (2025): The Political Economy of Green Hydrogen in Algeria: Decarbonization, Development, and the Quest for a Low-Carbon Economy. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Algiers. http://collections.fes.de/publikationen/1927165
• Benasla, M./ Boukhatem, I./ Allaoui, T./ Berkani, A./ Korba, P./ Sevilla, F. R. S./ Belfedel, M. (2024): Algeria's Potential to Supply Europe with Dispatchable Solar Electricity via HVDC Links: Assessment and Proposal of Scenarios. Energy Reports 11, 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.039
• Boukhatem, I./ Oei, P.-Y. (2024): Fossil Gas Lock-in Risks: Analysis of Algeria's Electricity Sector and Implications for a Renewable Energy Transition. Sustainability Nexus Forum, ahead of print, 6. März 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-024-00532-2
• Boukhatem, I. (2022): The challenges of the energy transition in fossil-fuel-exporting countries: The case of Algeria. Longreads, 2. Juni 2022. https://longreads.tni.org/fr/the-case-of-algeria/