Olivier Bahn
Member, GERAD
Director, HEC Montréal
Other titles and affiliations
Biography
Olivier Bahn holds an M.Sc. in Information Technology from the CNAM (France) and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). After completing his doctoral studies, he joined the Paul Scherrer Institute, a Swiss research center affiliated to the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, to head up several research projects analyzing Swiss and European climate and energy policies. Since 2003, he has been a professor (Full Professor, since 2015) in the Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montréal, which he chaired between June 2016 and May 2019. There he teaches, at the postgraduate level, management science courses. In addition to directing the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD, since June 2019), he is also co-director of the e3c Hub (environment, energy and circular economy) at HEC Montréal (since June 2016). He is an Associate Editor of the journals Energies, Energy Strategy Reviews, and Environmental Modeling and Assessment. His research currently focuses on energy economics (decarbonization issues) and climate policy modeling. His research is published in numerous scientific journals, including: Applied Energy, Automatica, Climatic Change, Energy Conversion and Management, Energy Policy, Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Science and Technology, International Journal of Hydrogen, Journal of Cleaner Production, Mathematical Programming, The Energy Journal, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. He is also a consultant to several companies, governments and organizations.
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Research Applications
Publications
This multi-model analysis examines the prospects of hydrogen in the Canadian and German energy systems, and particularly of hydrogen exports from Canada to...
BibTeX referenceNews
In an article published in The Conversation on September 16, 2026, Prakash Gawas, Camille Pinçon, Antoine Legrain, Okan Arslan and Olivier Bahn explain why algorithmic performance alone is not enough to improve urban mobility. They argue that data can become a genuine driver of sustainable transportation only when it is shareable, representative, and actionable.
The article draws in part on discussions held during the Symposium "Digital intelligence for sustainable mobility at HEC Montréal on March 17, 2026. Co-organized by GERAD, CIRRELT and CORS, the event brought together researchers in transportation and operations research, as well as Quebec actors in mobility.
GERAD is pleased to highlight the recent publication of an article in The Conversation on the ambivalent role of digital intelligence in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The article highlights a major paradox: while digital technologies—including artificial intelligence, modeling, and big data—offer powerful tools for optimizing energy systems, they also rely on infrastructure that itself generates emissions and environmental impacts.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the co-supervised doctoral scholarship competition, who will receive a $13,000 scholarship.
Events
Saibal Ray – Full Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Mélina Mailhot – Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University
Prizes and awards
E2G (Energy and Environment Team GERAD)
Excellence Award
Scientific Collaboration CategoryEditorial Boards & Comittees
Associate Editor
- Energies, 2020-...
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2009-...
- Energy Strategy Reviews, 2011-...
Guest Editor
- INFOR, Inaugural Special Issue for the CORS SIG in Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (EES), 2024-2025
- Energies, Special Issue "Decision Making in Energy Systems", 2020-2022
- Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Special Issue "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development", 2020-2021
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