Rahat Sabyrbekov

Rahat Sabyrbekov

Visiting Scholar

Postdoctoral Fellow, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Academy

Rahat Sabyrbekov is an environmental economist who specializes in decarbonization, climate change and energy transition. Rahat is a Postdoctoral Fellow at OSCE Academy and Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center at Harvard University. He obtained his Ph.D. from School of Economics and Business at Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He received his Master’s degree from University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom. He teaches Economics of Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources course at the OSCE Academy. His recent publications include "Putting the Foot Down: Accelerating EV Uptake in Kyrgyzstan" (2023), "Know Your Opponent: Which Countries might Fight the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism?" (2022), and "Fossil Fuels in Central Asia: Trends and Energy Transition Risks" (2022).