Climate Research Fellow, Center for Law, Energy and Environment
Shivani Shukla is a Research Fellow in the Climate Program at CLEE. Her work focuses on the development of climate and environmental policies, particularly on methane and natural resources. Prior to joining CLEE, Shivani aided interdisciplinary climate policy research across academia, private and public sectors in the U.S.A., Ireland and India. Shivani graduated from the MPP program at the University of Chicago and with a Masters in Applied Economics from University College Dublin. As a graduate student, she worked as a Research Assistant and Communications Intern at the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC), as Teaching Assistant for four graduate- and undergraduate-level courses, and created an interdisciplinary framework for conducting nature-based research. Shivani is a two-time EDF Climate Corps Fellow, currently based in New York. She has served in various editorial and environmental leadership positions, most recently as Executive Editor of the Chicago Policy Review and VP of Harris Sustainability Initiative.
On her clock, Shivani practices regenerative community gardening, and deep ecology, food, arts and culture, and creative writing, and enjoys bouldering, cooking and urban/outdoor expeditions.
MPP, University of Chicago (2022)
M.Sc. Applied Economics, University College Dublin (2018)
B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Barkatullah University (2016)