Sarah Sharma, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

What if Costs Go Up as the Climate Breaks Down? Between the Everyday and Global Political Economies of 'Climateflation'
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$172,786
The Politics and Power of Financial Actors in Climate Infrastructures: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable and Just Climate Transitions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$29,360

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What if Costs Go Up as the Climate Breaks Down? Between the Everyday and Global Political Economies of 'Climateflation'

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Katz-Rosene, Ryan M.

$172,786

The Politics and Power of Financial Actors in Climate Infrastructures: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable and Just Climate Transitions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sarah

Keywords: global environmental governance; climate infrastructure; sustainability; just transitions; climate mitigation; climate adaptation; global finance; private authority; global South; energy

$29,360

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sharma, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Politics and Power of Financial Actors in Climate Infrastructures: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable and Just Climate Transitions" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]