Energy & Geopolitics Expert · Lecturer · Media Commentator · Communications

Romain
Blachier

Need an expert for your next TV panel on energy? A lecturer for your geopolitics program? A speaker who knows how to captivate an audience? You're in the right place.

Romain Blachier

Why work with me

Energy and geopolitical questions are best approached from several angles at once. That's what I have tried to do over the years, holding simultaneously roles that are usually exercised separately.

My perspective on these questions draws on three complementary sources. Operational experience first: eighteen years in renewable energy, at the heart of a major French electricity operator, and twelve years as an elected official in the Lyon Metropolitan area, with executive responsibilities covering culture, digital affairs and international relations — exercised with full accountability.

Writing next, which has become a daily discipline over time. I collaborate with French and international think tanks, and I publish regularly in the French and foreign press on energy, geopolitics and public affairs.

Teaching finally, which has structured my year for fifteen years. I lecture at Sciences Po Paris, Grenoble École de Management, Université Lyon 1, and at several other leading French institutions, on energy markets, geopolitics, public affairs and crisis communications — in French and English.

Added to this are field engagements far from Lyon — in Cambodia and Ukraine — because understanding a world requires having walked through it.

Whatever I say about a subject, I have negotiated it, arbitrated it, published it, or taught it — often all four.

Services

What I can bring you

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Courses & Training

Building a program in energy, geopolitics or public affairs? I've been teaching at Sciences Po Paris, Grenoble École de Management, IEP Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ILERI and HEIP since 2010. Turnkey courses or custom modules — I adapt to your needs.

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Media Expert & Commentary

Preparing a segment on Taiwan, the energy crisis or nuclear power? I'm available for your TV panels, radio shows and podcasts. Well-sourced analysis, direct tone, ability to communicate to a broad audience.

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Conferences & Events

Your audience wants to understand energy and geopolitical challenges? I deliver keynotes, panel discussions and seminars. A speaker who masters the subject, in French and English.

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Communications & Public Affairs

Need expert insight on your communications strategy, institutional relations or online visibility? SEO, AI search optimization (GEO), crisis communications — 18 years of hands-on practice.

Expertise

Areas of expertise

Energy markets Taiwan & Indo-Pacific Energy geopolitics Cultural policy Hydropower & renewables Nuclear energy Energy transition Energy sovereignty Public affairs Institutional relations Comparative political systems Crisis communications Religion & geopolitics Local governance Digital communications SEO & AI search optimization (GEO) AI & education Cultural economics Live music & festivals Cultural diplomacy
Track record

References

Teaching

  • Sciences Po Paris
  • Grenoble École de Management
  • IEP de Lyon
  • ILERI
  • HEIP

Experience

18 years
in the energy sector
Major French renewable energy company
12 years
elected official, Lyon Metropolitan area
Culture, digital, international

Culture & civic engagement

  • President, France-Formosa Association
  • Board member, Mediatone / Reperkusound
  • VP, FC Lyon – La Duchère
  • Author, Guillotière(s)

Let's connect

One email is all it takes. Tell me about your needs — a course to design, a TV panel to prepare, a conference to organize, a communications strategy to build — and I'll get back to you within 48 hours with a concrete proposal.