Biography

Sugandha is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford, a Distinguished CESifo Affiliate, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of New Economic Thinking at Oxford. Sugandha Srivastav's work lies at the nexus of the economics of innovation and environmental economics. Her research explores how to bring early-stage technologies to market and the role of R&D support, advanced market commitments and other de-risking instruments. Key research themes include how to decarbonise highly regulated power markets and the design of climate & energy policy in developing countries. Sugandha also lectures for the MSc. in Sustainability, Enterprise and Environment at the Smith School. Sugandha holds a DPhil in Environmental Economics from Oxford and an MSc. in Economics from LSE. Prior to the DPhil, Sugandha worked for several years as an environmental economist at Vivid Economics and ICRIER.

Recent Publications

Aug 2024
Blog
Jul 2024
Journal
Jun 2024
Journal
May 2024
INET Working Paper
No. 2023-17 - The Economics of Coal Phaseouts
Sugandha Srivastav ,  Michael Zaehringer
Feb 2024
Journal
Development and transition pathways for fossil fuel-producing low and lower-middle income countries in a carbon-constrained world
in Nature Energy
Vivien Foster ,  Philipp A. Trotter ,  Sven Werner ,  Melin Niedermayer ,  Yacob Mulugetta ,  Ploy Achakulwisut ,  Aoife Brophy ,  Navroz K. Dubash ,  Sam Fankhauser ,  Adam Hawkes ,  Stephanie Hirmer ,  Stuart Jenkins ,  Sam Loni ,  Alexis McGivern ,  Khamphone Nanthavong ,  Benedict Probst ,  Steve Pye ,  Vladimir Russo ,  Gregor Semieniuk ,  Carlos Shenga ,  Vignesh Sridharan ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Youba Sokona ,  Lucas Somavilla Croxatto ,  Pu Yang
Nov 2023
Journal
Sensitive intervention points: a strategic approach to climate action
in Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Penny Mealy ,  Matthew C. Ives ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Peter Barbrook-Johnson
Sept 2023
Journal
Net zero portfolio targets for development finance institutions: Challenges and solutions
in Global Policy
Sam Fankhauser ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Ingrid Sundvor ,  Stephanie Hirmer ,  Gireesh Shrimali
May 2023
Journal
Principles of decarbonization politics
in Nature Climate Change
Linus Mattauch ,  Sugandha Srivastav
May 2023
INET Working Paper
Nov 2022
Journal
Political strategies to overcome climate policy obstructionism
in Perspectives on Politics
Sugandha Srivastav ,  Ryan Rafaty
Dec 2021
Report
Predictors of Success in a Greening World
Pia Andres ,  Joris Bucker ,  Matthew Ives ,  Penny Mealy ,  Kevin Tang ,  Michael Urban ,  Matthew McCarten ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Cameron Hepburn
Mar 2021
INET Working Paper
Dec 2020
Report
Climate change and Emerging Markets after Covid-19
François Cohen ,  Matthew Ives ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Moritz Schwarz ,  Paolo De Souza ,  Yangsiyu Lu ,  Penny Mealy ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Luke Jackson
Feb 2020
Journal
Revoking coal mining permits: an economic and legal analysis
in Climate Policy
Ryan Rafaty ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Björn Hoops

Recent Events

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21 Oct 21
@15:00
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05 Nov 20
@11:00
Sugandha Srivastav
27 Oct 20
@17:00

Can Carbon Markets Work? - Online Book Launch & Discussion

This event is co-hosted with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the Blavatnik School of Government

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