Imad Antoine Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Law & Governance at Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS).
He has been working on global issues from a legal perspective for the last decade. He is currently involved in several projects in places such as Europe, South Africa, MENA region, Central Asia, and China.
In the past, he was a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization (CIGRU) & Institute of Water Security and Science (IWSS), West Virginia University, United States; a visiting researcher at the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Washington, DC, United States, a Junior Fellow in the Global Research Network Think Tank, United Kingdom and an Early Stage Researcher at the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He was also a resident research fellow at the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research â CUNCR, Brussels, Belgium and an Energy policy expert at the Lebanese Oil & Gas Initiative â LOGI, Beirut, Lebanon. He worked as an EU Commission Marie Curie Fellow at Tsinghua University School of Law, THCERELâCenter for Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law, at the CRAESâChinese Research Academy on Environmental Sciences in Beijing (China) and at the Business School, Research Center for Climate Change and Trade and at Beijing Normal University.
He worked as a researcher in several European and Italian institutes and universities such as the University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) and UniversitĂ degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Novara. He was a trainee lawyer at Al Jad Law Firm reviewing international conventions related to energy.
He holds a Phd in Law from the Institute of Law, Politics and Development (DIRPOLIS), SantâAnna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy; a Master in European Interdisciplinary Studies, from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, and a Bachelor in Law from the Lebanese University âFiliere Francophone de Droitâ, Beirut, Lebanon.
Expertise
Social Sciences
- Legislation
- Water
- Analysis
- Law
- Perspective
- Artificial Intelligence
- Communities
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Regulation
Organisations
Ibrahim's research focuses on the interplay between environmental law and disruptive technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Blockchain...). He is an expert in water law, energy law and agriculture that he combines together in the context of Water-Energy-Food nexus. Overall, his research covers the following areas:
Natural Resources Law (Water, Energy, food and agriculture); International Public Law; Climate Change and Environmental Law; Technology Law (including Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Blockchain), Environmental Protection and Sustainability; International Space Law; International Trade (including Non-Trade Concerns) and Intellectual Property Rights; International Human Rights law; International Organizations; Financial Technology & European Union Law; Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development; International Business Law
Publications
2024
2023
2022
Research profiles
Affiliated study programs
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 201200039 - Smart rules & regimes
- 201900112 - Sustainability & Law
- 202001451 - Research Proposal
- 202001452 - Master Thesis Energy Management
- 202001453 - Master Thesis Environmental Management
- 202001454 - Master Thesis Water Management
- 202100152 - Sustainability & Justice
- 202200063 - Smart Interventions and Policy
- 202300146 - Law and Governance of Robotics & AI
- 202300307 - IT Project in Context
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 201200039 - Smart rules & regimes
- 201900112 - Sustainability & Law
- 202000559 - HOLI
- 202001451 - Research Proposal
- 202001452 - Master Thesis Energy Management
- 202001453 - Master Thesis Environmental Management
- 202001454 - Master Thesis Water Management
- 202100152 - Sustainability & Justice
- 202200063 - Smart Interventions and Policy
- 202300146 - Law and Governance of Robotics & AI
- 202300307 - IT Project in Context
Current projects
EU HORIZON 2020 – SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR ACHIEVING NOVEL CARBON NEUTRAL ENERGY COMMUNITIES
(SUSTENANCE)
The overall purpose of the SUSTENANCE (Sustainable Energy System for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities) project is to create novel sustainable and carbon neutral energy communities.
EU Horizon 2020 - SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
SERENE
The aim of the SERENE (Sustainable and Integrated Energy Systems in Local Communities) project is to develop and demonstrate sustainable, integrated, cost-effective and customer centric solutions for local communities.
EU Horizon - Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence)
SSH Centre
The project engages directly with stakeholders across research, policy, and business (including citizens) to strengthen social innovation, SSH-STEM collaboration, transdisciplinary policy advice, inclusive engagement, and SSH communities across Europe, accelerating the EUâs transition to carbon neutrality.
NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL ENERGY STORAGE
The goal is to research a system that controls energy flows in real-time to ensure that the local grid infrastructure is not overloaded and energy is kept locally within the community, i.e. as much as locally produced energy is used locally within the pilot site.
Exploratory research into small modular nuclear energy in the province of Overijssel (2024-2025)
The province of Overijssel wants to investigate possibilities for nuclear energy in the province, in particular small-scale nuclear energy. This particularly addresses small nuclear reactors with a standard design, so-called SMRs (Small Modular Reactors). Its development is in its early stages worldwide. The Provincial Council of Overijssel identified two tracks it seeks to explore. The first concerns research into what the application of SMRs means for establishment and the knowledge infrastructure (training and research) about new generation SMR reactors in Overijssel. The second track focuses on the economic opportunities for companies based in Overijssel in the construction and operation of new generation SMRs.
CSTM will explore what the concepts of SMR means, what important policy aspects of it are, what experiences with the concept exist, and what policy space the province and municipalities have to decide on its concrete application, taking into account the specific context in Overijssel and the stakeholders in this province.
 There are three components within the research project, namely: i) Form and applicability of small-scale nuclear energy; 2) Policy space and policy aspects; and 3) Follow-up process towards possible policy development and implementation.
Organisations
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