Tom Moerenhout is a research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy and an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. His research expertise and practical engagements focus on international affairs, political economy, and international economic law.
He has published extensively on sustainable development and energy policy reforms in developing and emerging economies. In recent years, he has provided practical, in- country support to energy and development policy reforms in Lebanon, India, Morocco, and elsewhere. Tom holds two M.A. degrees and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Prior to joining Columbia University, he was a visiting fellow in the Department of Government at The London School of Economics and an Aramco-OIES fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. In 2015–2016 he was a Fulbright fellow at Columbia University.