Sugandha Srivastav

Sugandha Srivastav is a Lecturer in Environmental Economics and Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. She leads research on energy, innovation, and climate-compatible growth under the Climate Compatible Growth Programme and contributes to policy dialogues via roles at St Antony’s College (College Tutor), INET Oxford (Senior Research Fellow), and the Energy for Growth Hub (Fellow). Her work focuses on economic strategies for decarbonization in the Global South.

• DPhil, University of Oxford
• MSc, London School of Economics
• BSc (Hons), University of Warwick

Her research bridges clean innovation economics, energy transition policy, and the political economy of decarbonization, with a focus on developing economies. She explores how regulatory frameworks, market mechanisms, and legal strategies can accelerate the adoption of clean technologies while addressing economic and social equity.

Key publication trends include analyses of coal phaseouts, knowledge spillovers between clean and fossil technologies, and strategic climate interventions. She emphasizes technology neutrality, carbon lock-in, and green industrial strategies in her work.

• CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Prize (2023)
• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
• E-Axes 2023 Research Prize (Honourable Mention)

As an educator, she co-leads the Economics of Climate Policy and Green Innovation module in Oxford’s MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise, and the Environment. She also serves as a college tutor at St Antony’s.

Her advisory roles include the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee, the Dasgupta Review (biodiversity), and the University of Chicago’s Market Shaping Accelerator, which supports breakthrough green technologies. Media engagements include a TEDx talk on solar innovation history and commentary in The Guardian, Financial Times, and BBC.