Shivani Shukla

Shivani Shukla is a Research Fellow in the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment, where she leads development of climate action plans and policies, particularly at the subnational level, on methane and natural resources. 

Prior to joining CLEE, Shivani conducted 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 was a Research Assistant and Communications Intern at the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at UChicago, a Teaching Assistant for four graduate- and undergraduate-level courses. Shivani generated an interdisciplinary framework for conducting nature-based research as her thesis outcome. Shivani is a two-time EDF Climate Corps Fellow, currently based in New York City. She has held various editorial and environmental leadership positions, most recently as Executive Editor of the Chicago Policy Review and VP of Harris Sustainability Initiative.

MPP, University of Chicago (2022)

M.Sc. Applied Economics, University College Dublin (2018)

B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Barkatullah University (2016)