Manfred Hafner
Adjunct Professor
About
Manfred Hafner is Adjunct Professor, SAIS Europe; Adjunct Professor SciencesPo Paris School of International Affairs, as well as CEO of the Swiss based energy consultancy HEAS AG. Previously for many years he was Program Director of several research programs related to international energy and the energy transition at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei; Vice-President consulting at Enerdata; and Scientific Director at the Observatoire Mediterraneéen de l’Energie. In his over 30-year international professional career, he has extensively consulted on energy issues for governments of developed and developing countries, international organizations (EC, WB, IEA, IRENA, G7, G20, UNIDO…) and industry, and has coordinated several major interdisciplinary research projects for the European Commission.
Dr. Hafner holds master degrees in energy engineering from the Technische Universität München (Germany), in energy economics and business from the IFP-School of IFPEN (France) and the Université Paris2/Panthéon Assas (France), as well as in energy economics and policy from the University of Pennsylvania (USA). He also holds a PhD in Energy Studies from Mines-ParisTech (Ecole des Mines de Paris). His research topics include international energy and decarbonization from a technological, economic, and geopolitical perspective, and he has published several books and scientific journal articles on these subjects.
- The Geopolitics of Energy in Africa: Power Politics and Local Development Needs, with P. Copinschi and P.P. Raimondi, Springer (forthcoming)
- The Energy Sector and Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region at a Crossroad: Towards a Great Transformation?, with P.P. Raimondi and B. Bonometti, Springer (2023)
- Decarbonization Strategies of China, the EU and the US: A multidimensional comparison, with P.P. Raimondi, M. Noussan, L. Campbell, X. Lu and E. Zhu, Springer (forthcoming)
- The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics, with G. Luciani (editors), Palgrave Macmillan (2022)
- Financing Clean Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk mitigation strategies and innovative financing, with M. Michoud, Springer (2021)
- The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition, M. Hafner and S. Tagliapietra (editors), Springer (2020)
- The future of transport between digitalization and decarbonisation: Trends, Strategies and Effects on Energy Consumption, M. Hafner, M. Noussan and S. Tagliapietra, Springer (2020)
- Renewables for Energy Access and Sustainable Development in East Africa, M. Hafner, S. Tagliapietra, G. Falchetta, and G. Occhiali, Springer (2019)
- Handbook of Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, M. Hafner, J-P. Favennec, P. Copinschi, and S. Tagliapietra (editors), Edward Elgar Publishing/Clayes&Casteels (2018)
- Energy in Africa Challenges and Opportunities, M. Hafner, S. Tagliapietra, and L. De Strasser, Springer (2018)
- The European Gas Markets: Challenges and Opportunities, M. Hafner and S. Tagliapietra (editors), Palgrave Macmillan (2017)
- The Future of European Gas Markets: Balancing Act Between Decarbonisations and Security of Supply, M. Hafner and S. Tagliapietra (editors), Claeys & Casteels (2016)
- Towards a New Euro-Mediterranean Energy Roadmap: Setting the Key Milestones, M. Hafner and S. Tagliapietra, in Regulation and Investments in Energy Markets: Solutions for the Mediterranean, A. Rubino, M. T. Costa Campi, V. Lenzi, and I. Ozturk (editors), Academic Press (2016)
- The Globalization of Natural Gas Markets: New Challenges and Opportunities for Europe, M. Hafner and S. Tagliapietra (editors), Claeys & Casteels (2013)
- A New Architecture for EU Gas security of supply, M. Hafner, J-M Glachant, J. deJong, N. Ahner, and S. Tagliapietra, Edward Elgar Publishing/Claeys&Casteels (2012)
- EU Energy Innovation Policy Towards 2050, in European Energy Studies Volume II, Claeys & Casteels (2012)