Sarah E. Sharma

Sarah E. Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research examines how power, politics and economics shapes environmental policy and its outcomes at transnational, national and subnational scales. Her work has been published in various academic and media outlets, including the Review of International Political Economy, International Affairs, New Political Economy, Urban Geography, Policy Options and The Conversation, amongst others. Before joining uOttawa, Dr. Sharma was an Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto; prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as an Economic Affairs Consultant at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. At present, she is the co-director for Climate Change and Security with the federally-funded research network Réseau d’analyse stratégique (RAS). Formerly, she was the 2022 Chair of the Women & Inclusivity in Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) Network.