British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Energy Economics - Environmental Economics - Innovation Economics
University of Oxford
Welcome to my website! I am an applied microeconomist working on innovation, energy and the environment. I hold a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of Oxford (Nov 2022) and my postdoctoral work is supported by the British Academy Fellowship. In 2023, I received the CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award (Energy & Environment) for my research on long-term contracts to bring early-stage clean technologies to market. I was also invited to be a referee for UChicago's market shaping accelerator led by Michael Kramer, where I refereed first stage proposals for advanced market commitments to bring clean technologies to market.
Prior to academia, I worked as a practising environmental and energy economist for several years, advising on carbon pricing, renewable energy policy, green industrial policy and natural resource management (see here).
Ongoing research
Bringing Breakthrough Technologies to Market: Solar Power and Feed-in Tariffs (JMP)
Unintended Consequences of Tech Neutrality: Evidence from Environmental and Innovation Policy Interactions (with Jacquelyn Pless)
Charging Ahead: Regulatory Incentives and Battery Innovation in the United Kingdom
The Economic Costs of Lopsided Power Contracts: Evidence from Pakistan (with Tim Dobermann and Faraz Hayat)
Sugandha Srivastav | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Oxford
sugandha.srivastav[at]smithschool.ox.ac.uk