Result of the Marcel Boiteux Award 2024
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2024 Award for the best works on energy economics
The Association of Energy Economists (AEE) distinguishes Catherine Locatelli and Sadek Boussena for their work on energy economics
The Association of Energy Economists awarded on November 25, 2024 in the House of Latin America a prize rewarding a remarkable book for its contribution to the economy of Energy.
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The Marcel Boiteux energy economics Award is awarded to Catherine Locatelli And Sadek Boussena for the work “ Gas and the war in Ukraine: Where the international market is going " .
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The annual Awards were presented during the annual conference of the Association of Energy Economists.
The Association of Energy Economists awarded, Tuesday November 25, 2024, a prize rewarding a collective work directed by French authors who offer remarkable contributions to energy analysis. economy of the energy sector:
- the Marcel Boiteux prize for energy economics is awarded to Catherine Locatelli and Sadek Boussena for the work “ Gas and the war in Ukraine: Where is the international market going? "
Christophe Bonnery , President of the AEE, declared: “The Marcel Boiteux Prize of the AEE, created in 2011, was awarded by Mr. Marcel Boiteux until then Age of 100 years. It has been a little over a year since the French community of energy economists lost its Honorary President and France a great man. In agreement with his loved ones, the AEE perpetuates his memory and will continue to honor every year those who produce remarkable work in energy economics. ". The annual Awards were then presented at the end of the conference of the Association of Energy Economists.
Christophe Bonnery declared: “The French community of energy economists produced several publications this year which were noted by the members of our jury .
I would like to remind you that the AEE is neither a think tank nor a professional union. Like the institution to which it is affiliated, the IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics), which brings together national associations and members from 110 countries and which I... had the honor of serving as President, it brings together academics, researchers, experts, doctoral students who propose solutions against climate change and work to promote access to energy that drives economic growth. I am particularly vigilant to ensure that the positions taken by the AEE and the IAEE are balanced and based on economic rationality. Our mission as energy economists is to contribute to the energy transition by providing constructive, critical, academic and independent opinions.
Our association, the AEE, demonstrates great vitality. Since 2015, it has been second in the world in terms of numbers in the field of economic science applied to energy, just behind the United States, after having passed the United Kingdom in 2015 and Germany in 2014. The international community knows and recognizes this dynamism of France, which is regularly cited as an example within the IAEE Council.
A word about the IAEE and its activities. The IAEE is first and foremost the edition of two reference scientific journals including “Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy” and the prestigious “Energy Journal” including the editorial committee has just been renewed.
The IAEE also has conferences for members. On average, the AEE organizes around twenty conferences per year. After the hiatus of 2020 and 2021 during which, due to the pandemic, we opted for webinars, our conferences essentially returned to face-to-face mode. These events are intended to facilitate the circulation of ideas to contribute usefully to the public debate. In 2025, we will strengthen the times of conviviality after these conferences to prolong the dialogues.
As for the next international conferences, after Tokyo, Riyadh and Istanbul, they will be held in 2025 in Paris, in 2026 in New Orleans, in 2027 in Hong Kong, in 2028 in Abu-Dhabi.
The organization of the Paris 2025 international conference is entrusted to Professor Cédric Clastres (Universit© Grenoble Alpes), General Conference Chairman. It should welcome 600 to 800 participants with top-ranking speakers who will meet at the Palais des Congrès. We will welcome sponsor applications now.
Another of the fundamental missions of the AEE consists of distinguishing work in energy economics corresponding to the spirit of Marcel Boiteux and transmitting his flame and his excellence in energy economics Energy. Civil society wants to understand the rationality of energy policies. This can be done through conferences but also through the distinction of these remarkable works. To meet our mission of stimulating and disseminating economic science applied to energy, the AEE awards several distinctions annually. In addition to the Marcel Boiteux Prize for the best work in energy economics, the association recognizes each year the most promising research papers signed by young researchers enrolled in doctorates. Created in 2023, a third type of award will also honor remarkable work: that carried out as part of Master's theses. I would like to thank the members of these three juries who had the difficult task of evaluating the productions of the past year on our favorite themes.
It is now time to award the AEE Prizes, starting with the Marcel Boiteux Prize 2024. Last year, this Prize was awarded to Emmanuel Hache and Benjamin Louvet for the book âMetals, the new Black Goldâ. For 2024, I will without further delay give the floor to the representative of the Jury.”
This year, the Marcel Boiteux Prize which rewards the Best Work in Energy Economics is awarded to the book “ Gas and the war in Ukraine: Where is the international market going? » by Catherine Locatelli and Sadek Boussena.
When announcing the prize, Professor Olivier Massol (CentraleSupélec), President of the 2024 jury of the Marcel Boiteux Prize, declared: “If gas issues have long remained in the shadows, the general public has suddenly become aware of their geostrategic importance following the invasion of Ukraine. Beyond Russia's instrumentalization of the gas issue, this crisis has revealed a glaring lack of analysis and understanding of the fundamentals that guide the functioning of these markets . To be convinced of this, it is enough to remember the media platitudes served by short-lived self-proclaimed experts who discovered the complexities of gas. Their learned tone poorly masked the shortcomings of their thoughts. Faced with such unthinking, a seminal work was needed that explains and puts into perspective the mechanisms that govern this industry. It is precisely this objective that Catherine Locatelli and Sadek Boussena, two experts from Grenoble who combine great academic and professional expertise on the subject, set out to achieve.
In this well-documented monograph, the authors first provide us with a complete overview of the gas scene. The discussion puts into perspective the profound changes that have affected the organization of this industry and international gas trade in recent decades. Everything goes: the effects of liberalization reforms; the rise of LNG trade and the imperfect spatial integration of international gas markets; the uncertainties affecting the future of gas demand in a transition context; the fundamentals that affect supply. This overview then allows us to better understand the current situation. To do this, the authors proceed methodically by offering us several thematic insights (example: on the place of gas in the transition at the global level, the role of long-term contracts and their capacity to manage risks) which are supplemented by a meticulous presentation of the major players (USA, China, Russia...), their strategic positioning and the structuring uncertainties they face. This base finally allows the authors to draw the contours of the coming world by sketching possible scenarios for the evolution of this industry.
By choosing to reward this work, the jury wanted to honor an in-depth work, always remarkably well-founded, which discusses in a didactic manner but with rigor the profound mutations of this energy so unknown. Congratulations to the authors! HAS"
Christophe Bonnery adds: “The imperative need to reduce our emissions is well known to economists. Our community of economists must work to propose acceptable transformations to decarbonize the energy sector, stimulate sobriety and fuel growth. Situations of precariousness in France and around the world are often the cause of violent consumer reactions to the effort required to respect the environment, an effort always generating extra cost. It is up to us, as economists, to better explain that environmental costs can fuel tax incentives if they are fairly distributed.
Ignoring it is a mistake. Recalling the imperative need to fight climate change and at the same time capturing and making known economic realities are the missions to which our community of economists must fulfill lay.”
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