The aim of Anjali’s work is to inform just and equitable policies for a low-carbon world. Her current research examines whether and how electric vehicles can worsen health inequities across different geographies and social groups. Anjali’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals which include Energy Policy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, and Energy for Sustainable Development.
In the classroom, she invites her students to evaluate and design strategies for clean energy transition in a just manner. She encourages students to particularly analyse the challenges faced by developing countries in pursuing low-carbon development.
Topic A: Direct and indirect labour impacts of clean energy transition (for PhD)
Area: Water, Sanitation, Energy and Climate Change
In order to reduce the harmful impacts of climate change, transition to low-carbon technologies is necessary. For India, this would involve transitioning away from coal which is likely to have adverse economic impacts. Though many studies find that adopting renewable energy (RE) technologies like solar and wind will result in a net increase in direct jobs, our understanding of the economy-wide job impacts of the coal-to-RE transition remains limited. Moreover, only a few studies have assessed the changes in geographical distribution of jobs, impacts across different social groups, and their wages. The net job impacts depend on multiple factors such as the current reliance on coal, clean energy policies, and the potential evolution of energy supply chains. This project aims to assess the direct and indirect labour impacts of coal transitions. This can inform energy transitions policies by identifying the magnitude, geographic distribution, and nature of job impacts of the coal-to-RE transition.
Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. USA. 2020-2021.
PhD in Public Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland – College Park. USA. 2016-2020.
MSc in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. India. 2013-2015.
Peer-reviewed articles
Sharma, Anjali; Shiwang, Jinyu; Lee, Anna; Peng, Wei. 2023. Equity Implications of Electric Vehicles: A Systematic Review on the Spatial Distribution of Emissions, Air Pollution and Health Impacts. (Under Review).
Sharma, Anjali; Surana, Kavita; George, Mel. 2022. Do Clean Energy Duties Generate Employment Benefits? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
Sharma, Anjali; Banerjee, Rangan. 2021. Framework to Analyze the Spatial Distribution of the Labor Impacts of Clean Energy Transitions. Energy Policy.
Gould, Carlos; Hou, Xiaoxue; Richmond, Jennifer; Sharma, Anjali; Urpelainen, Johannes. 2020. Jointly Modeling the Adoption and Use of Clean Cooking Fuels in Rural India. Environmental Research Communications.
Sharma, Anjali; Agrawal, Shalu; Urpelainen, Johannes. 2020. The Adoption and Use of Solar Mini-Grids in Grid-Electrified Indian Villages. Energy for Sustainable Development.
Binsted, Matthew; Iyer, Gokul; Edmonds, James; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Arguello, Ricardo; Cadena, Angela; Delgado, Ricardo; Feijoo, Felipe; Lucena, Andre; McJeon, Haewon; Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando; Sharma, Anjali. 2019. Stranded Asset Implications of the Paris Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean. Environmental Research Letters.
Reports
Sharma, Anjali. 2016. Exploring Linkages Between Electrification and Non-Farm Income Generating Activities fellowship report prepared as the Girish Sant Young Researcher Fellow for 2015.
Other Writing
Blog post. September 2020. Solid Cooking Fuels Remain Prevalent Despite Increased LPG Adoption in Rural India. Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy.
Opinion piece. July 2020. Energy Access – Moving beyond the Grid vs Mini-Grid Binary. ET Energyworld.
Opinion piece. October 2019. Why Young Indians Should Put Equity at the Forefront of
Climate Activism. Citizen Matters.
Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. India.
