Thijs Van de Graaf is Professor of International Politics at Ghent University and specializes in international energy politics, particularly oil and gas markets, climate policy, hydrogen, and the geopolitical effects of the energy transition.
Thijs Van de Graaf is Professor of International Politics at Ghent University, where he obtained his doctorate in 2012. He is also affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, the Colorado School of Mines, and the United Nations University. In 2011, he was a visiting researcher at Princeton University.
Thijs Van de Graaf specializes in international energy politics, particularly oil and gas markets, climate policy, hydrogen, and the geopolitical effects of the energy transition. His latest book, titled Global Energy Politics, was published in 2020. He was also the lead author of two reports on the geopolitics of the energy transition for the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Thijs Van de Graaf is a sought-after speaker and is frequently interviewed by Belgian and international media, including the New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Euronews, Wall Street Journal, and The Gulf. His research has been cited in media such as the Guardian, The Independent, and the Washington Post.