SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Hanen Keskes is a researcher and policy advisor with over ten years of experience in development issues specialised in the MENA region, particularly Tunisia. She holds a PhD in political science and international relations from the University of Nottingham, a master’s degree in defence, development and diplomacy from Durham University and a bachelor’s degree in political science and translation from the American University of Beirut. Her research interests include political theory, energy, security, counter-terrorism, democratisation, and policy and legal reform. She has contributed to a number of research projects exploring the intersection of women’s rights, economics and politics. As Senior Officer for the Middle East and North Africa at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, she analyses the possibilities and limits of a just energy transition in the region.
SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Hanen Keskes is a researcher and policy advisor with over ten years of experience in development issues specialised in the MENA region, particularly Tunisia. She holds a PhD in political science and international relations from the University of Nottingham, a master’s degree in defence, development and diplomacy from Durham University and a bachelor’s degree in political science and translation from the American University of Beirut. Her research interests include political theory, energy, security, counter-terrorism, democratisation, and policy and legal reform. She has contributed to a number of research projects exploring the intersection of women’s rights, economics and politics. As Senior Officer for the Middle East and North Africa at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, she analyses the possibilities and limits of a just energy transition in the region.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT
Hanen researches the energy transition and state-society relations in Tunisia. Currently, she analyses the possibilities and limits of the implementation of a participatory and efficient resource and energy regime in the country. She also works with policy recommendations for decentralised and community-oriented energy production strategies.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Murphy, E. C., Han, S., Keskes, H., and Porter, G. “Driven out: women’s employment, the transport sector and social reproduction in Grand Tunis”, Journal of Gender Studies, 33, 3, (2024): 341–356. VIEW PUBLICATION
Keskes, H., and Martin, A. P. “Orientalism and binary discursive representations of Tunisia’s democratisation: the need for a “continuity and change” paradigm”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 47, 4, (2020): 632–651. VIEW PUBLICATION
Keskes, H. and Haytayan, L. “Energy transition in the Middle East and North Africa: The road to COP 28”, Natural Resource Governance Institute Papers, (November, 2023). VIEW PUBLICATION
Haytayan, L., Keskes, H. and Manley, D. “It’s time to talk: Sonatrach and the energy transition in Algeria”, Natural Resource Governance Institute Blog Post, (11 February, 2021). VIEW PUBLICATION