Jessika Bohlmann

Dr. Jessika Bohlmann is currently appointed as Research Specialist in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) where she does research and assists the Office of the Dean with various research related tasks and projects. She is further contracted as Managing Editor and Special Issues Editor of Elsevier’s Energy Policy journal, and as Research Consultant for the Modelling and Policy Impact Analysis group at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). Previously, she also completed contract work for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as an Energy Data Specialist, and served on the Council of the South African Association for Energy Economics (SAAEE).

Dr. Bohlmann’s academic and contract work has mainly focused on energy and environmental policy, and sectoral economic impact analysis using both computable general equilibrium and econometric modelling methods. Dr. Bohlmann holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pretoria, and a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University. Shehas also completed an Advanced Certificate in Emerging Markets and Risk Analysis from Fordham University, and Certificates in Regional and Dynamic General Equilibrium Modelling from the Centre of Policy Studies in Melbourne, Australia.

Fields of specialization

Labour markets and employment, Youth and children, Climate change

Projects

Title	Country	Themes
Support for Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Reform: How can MDBs better support green energy transition and financing in the Global South?”	South Africa	Climate change
The Impact of the War in Ukraine: Food Security and Compounding Development Challenges	Ukraine	Globalization and trade
Empirical review of Youth Employment Policies in South Africa	South Africa	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
For macro-level gender-responsive policy solutions that can promote women’s economic empowerment in Tanzania	Tanzania, United Republic of	Gender & women’s empowerment
For macro-level gender-responsive policy solutions that can promote women’s economic empowerment in Cameroon	Cameroon	Gender & women’s empowerment
For macro-level gender-responsive policy solutions that can promote women’s economic empowerment in Burkina	Burkina Faso	Gender & women’s empowerment

Details

Dr Jessika Bohlmann
Research Specialist
University of Pretoria
Dean's Office: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Contact information:

South Africa
jessika.bohlmann@pep-net.org