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Created: 1/23/2015 Updated: 6/17/2026 Visits: 566 Dr. Jessika Bohlmann Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics University of Pretoria Department of Economics, Office 2-14, Tukkiewerf Building, Hatfield Pretoria, Gauteng 0002 South Africa jessika.bohlmann@up.ac.za +27829078338 (ph) Biography Curriculum Vitae - Jessika Bohlmann Dr. Jessika Bohlmann is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Deputy Director of the DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Just Energy Transition. She is also currently Managing Editor and Special Issues Editor of Elsevier’s Energy Policy journal. Previously, she was appointed as Research Specialist in the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Economic and Management Science at UP, and has completed contract work for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). Dr. Bohlmann is also serving on the Council of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) and the South African Association for Energy Economics (SAAEE). Her academic and contract work has mainly focused on energy transitions, environmental policy, and youth unemployment, using both computable general equilibrium and econometric modelling methods. Dr. Bohlmann holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University and a PhD from the University of Pretoria. She has also completed an Advanced Certificate in Emerging Markets and Risk Analysis from Fordham University, Certificates in Single-Country Regional and Dynamic CGE Modelling from the Centre of Policy Studies, and a Certificate in Dynamic GTAP Modelling from Purdue University. 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. She has also completed an Advanced Certificate in Emerging Markets and Risk Analysis from Fordham University, Certificates in Regional and Dynamic General Equilibrium Modelling from the Centre of Policy Studies in Melbourne, Australia, and the Dynamic GTAP course at Purdue University in the United States.

Roles/Contributions - 18th Annual Conference Participant - 2021 Abstract Reviewer - 2022 Abstract Reviewer - 2025 Dynamic Short Course Graduate - 2025 Dynamic Short Course Participant - 2026 Abstract Reviewer - 29th Annual Conference Participant - GTAP Virtual Seminar Series, Vol 5, No 2 (2024) Partici - GTAP Virtual Seminar Series, Vol 6, No 2 (2025) Partici - GTAP Virtual Seminar Series, Vol 7, No 1 (2026) Partici

Interest Areas - Africa (Southern) - Climate change policy - Dynamic modeling - Economic development - European Union - Renewable energy - Trade and the environment

GTAP-Related Resources

- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism vs. Carbon Tax: General Equilibrium Insights from South Africa    by Bohlmann, Jessika, Heinrich Bohlmann, Margaret Chitiga, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Bongeka Lushaba and David Suarez-Cuesta    Publication: Presented during the 29th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Kyoto, Japan)    Resource Type: 2026 Conference Paper    Keywords: Environmental policies, Economic growth, Partial and general equilibrium models, Africa (Southern), ...