On 10 November 2026, our Fellow Rabah Noui gave a guest lecture at Halqa Arabiyya in Marburg, a colloquy series aimed at promoting the use of scientific Arabic language at Marburg University.

Rabah’s presentation examined the extent to which the emergence of renewable energy markets in Algeria contributes to reconfiguring economic power relations or fits within the continuity of existing institutional arrangements. Drawing on economic sociology approaches and preliminary results from a documentary analysis, his presentation highlighted the role of public institutions in organizing access to markets, the differentiated opportunities offered to economic actors, and the still-central place of the state in coordinating economic activities.

Discussions with participants focused primarily on the question to which Algeria’s energy transition can already be analyzed through the concept of “green extractivism” and whether national renewable energy development policies converge with Algeria’s strategy for combating climate change.

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