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 held a position 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.
Expertise
- International Political Economy
- Global Governance
- Global North-global South Relations
Selected Publications
2023 Babić, M. and Sharma, S. E. ‘Mobilizing Critical Global Political Economy for the Age of Climate Breakdown.’ New Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2023.2184468
2022 Sharma, S. E. ‘Governing Urban Flood Resilience in Amsterdam: Conflicting Urbanism and Climate Action,’ Review of International Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2022.2100449
2022 Martel, S., Mustapha, J., and Sharma, S. E. ‘The WPS Agenda in East and Southeast Asia: Understanding an Emerging Field of Discourse and Practice,’ International Affairs, 98(2), 727–746. (my contribution 33%)
2021 Sharma, S. E. ‘Down and Out in Dhaka: Understanding land financialization and displacement in austerity urbanism,’ Urban Geography, 42(5), 681-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.1949845
2020 Sharma, S., and Soederberg, S. ‘Redesigning the Business of Development: The case of the World Economic Forum and global risk management,’ Review of International Political Economy, 27(4), 828-854. (my contribution 50%)
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