Dàmir Belltheus Avdic is Head of the Climate and Innovation Department at IKEM and an expert in offshore wind energy and green fuels as well as socio-economic analyses.

Dàmir leads the international project BOWE2H and coordinates the Europe-Ukraine Energy Transition Hub (EUETH), for which he recently authored a series of studies on the reconstruction and transformation of the Ukrainian energy sector. He has also been involved in numerous studies dealing with the social and economic aspects of climate-protection measures, such as the introduction of ammonia as a fuel for shipping.

He studied History at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and holds a BSc in Economics & Business from the University of Amsterdam and a Master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. He speaks eight languages.