Omri
Carmon

Omri Carmon is an urban planner and PhD student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is under the supervision of Dr. Naama Teschner and Prof. Meidad Kissinger from Ben-Gurion University and Prof. Yael Parag and Dr. Shiri Tzemach-Shamir from Reichman University.

Omri focuses on the increasing adoption of the decarbonized, decentralized, and digitalized technologies transforming the energy sector.

He is developing a socio-techno-economic perspective for researching such technological transitions within future energy systems to emphasize new energy security, equity, and environmental concerns (i.e., “the energy trilemma”). To this end, Omri has developed an integrative evaluation framework that presents optimal power system transformation pathways to help energy leaders and planners promote effective policy design and planning.

Omri grew up in Mevaseret Zion and Savyon. He now lives with his spouse and two children in Tel Aviv. He received a BA in management and geography and environmental development from Ben-Gurion University and an MA in environmental and resource management and policy with a concentration on urban and regional planning from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to his research, Omri is involved in various energy and climate initiatives, having previously served as the deputy chief resilience officer for the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, and is a teaching assistant in the School of Sustainability at Reichman University. In addition to spending his free time with his family, he also loves different sports activities, such as running and cycling.