Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran is a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public & International Affairs, specializing in energy transition policies, fossil fuel-dependent communities, and environmental economics. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT (2001), M.Sc. from Oxford (1999), and dual B.A. degrees from Harvard (1994) and Oxford (1996). Her research bridges political, economic, and legal barriers to renewable energy adoption, with notable works including America’s Energy Gamble (2022) and The Shale Dilemma (2018).

• Research Focus: Energy policy, climate justice, shale development, and economic diversification of fossil fuel-reliant regions.
• Recent Work: Analyzes IRA implementation challenges, Appalachia’s energy transition, and equity in renewable energy deployment.

Her awards include the University of Pittsburgh Sustainability Faculty Award (2020) and a Visiting Professorship at TU Munich (2019). She teaches courses on global energy, environmental politics, and development economics.

Key publications explore shale gas economics, superfund site remediation impacts, and the environmental consequences of NAFTA. Ongoing projects emphasize community perspectives in solar energy adoption and federal-state policy synergy for climate goals.