2018 BOOK: THE SHALE DILEMMA:
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON FRACKING & SHALE DEVELOPMENT
2015 MANAGING RISKS IN SHALE DEV: INT'L CONFERENCE
2014 ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY CONFERENCE
Curriculum Vitae
Greetings! I am an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. I am the contributing editor of The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2018).
Research: My research focuses on the empirical evaluation of environmental policies:
Edited Book: The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development
Method: I apply GIS and Econometrics tools to unique national-level databases that my co-authors and I have constructed on the US chemical industry, Superfund sites and shale gas drilling industry.
Teaching: I teach graduate courses in Global Energy Policy, Global Environmental Policy, Global Health Policy, Development Economics, Current Issues in Sustainability Macroeconomics and the Global Economy.
Education Programs: GSPIA faculty and I launched GSPIA's new major in Energy and the Environment in 2014, focused on the intersection of Environment, Energy, Health and Development.
Work experience: I have worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (consultant), the World Bank (project assistant) and Human Rights Watch Americas (intern).
Education:
PhD Economics, MIT
M.Sc. Environmental Science & Management, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
BA Jurisprudence, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
BA Economics and Environmental Science & Policy, Harvard, summa cum laude
IB United World College Adriatic, Italy
Personal: I am a dual citizen of the US and Italy.
Office: 3605 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh PA 15260.
Email: shanti(at sign)gspia(period)pitt(period)edu
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON FRACKING & SHALE DEVELOPMENT
2015 MANAGING RISKS IN SHALE DEV: INT'L CONFERENCE
2014 ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY CONFERENCE
Curriculum Vitae
Greetings! I am an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. I am the contributing editor of The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2018).
Research: My research focuses on the empirical evaluation of environmental policies:
- Reducing risks in the chemical manufacturing sector, i.e., the effects of self-regulation, voluntary and disclosure programs on pollution-intensity, industrial accidents and worker chemical exposure.
- Remediation of hazardous waste sites, its benefits and gentrification effects.
- Environment and health impacts of development policies (e.g., piped water provision on infant mortality rates in Brazil and the impact of NAFTA on the pollution-intensity of US-Mexican trade).
- Impact of inspections on violations of environmental regulations in the shale gas sector.
Edited Book: The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development
Method: I apply GIS and Econometrics tools to unique national-level databases that my co-authors and I have constructed on the US chemical industry, Superfund sites and shale gas drilling industry.
Teaching: I teach graduate courses in Global Energy Policy, Global Environmental Policy, Global Health Policy, Development Economics, Current Issues in Sustainability Macroeconomics and the Global Economy.
Education Programs: GSPIA faculty and I launched GSPIA's new major in Energy and the Environment in 2014, focused on the intersection of Environment, Energy, Health and Development.
Work experience: I have worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (consultant), the World Bank (project assistant) and Human Rights Watch Americas (intern).
Education:
PhD Economics, MIT
M.Sc. Environmental Science & Management, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
BA Jurisprudence, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
BA Economics and Environmental Science & Policy, Harvard, summa cum laude
IB United World College Adriatic, Italy
Personal: I am a dual citizen of the US and Italy.
Office: 3605 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh PA 15260.
Email: shanti(at sign)gspia(period)pitt(period)edu
