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 shape environmental policy and its outcomes at transnational, national and subnational scales. Prior, Dr. Sharma held positions at the University of Victoria, the University of Toronto and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She received her Ph.D. from Queen’s University, Canada. At present, she is the co-director for Climate Change and Security with the federally-funded Réseau d’analyse stratégique (RAS). She was the 2022 Chair of the WISER Network.