Shardul Tiwari

Dr. Shardul Tiwari (MSc, PhD) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on energy justice, policy, and transition innovation. Dr. Tiwari joined the University of Toronto after receiving his PhD in Environment and Energy Policy at Michigan Technological University. For his PhD dissertation, Dr. Tiwari used social-economic and legal lenses to examine the development of Pumped Underground Storage Hydro (PUSH) in abandoned underground mines in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. His dissertation was part of the more extensive study funded by the SLOAN Foundation. Dr. Tiwari's works also studied the techno-spatial potential for developing energy storage in various brownfield sites (abandoned mines) in the U.S.

At the University of Toronto, Dr. Tiwari is working with Dr. Kate Neville on the "CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy" research project funded through a New Frontier in Research Fund (NFRF) grant. Dr. Tiwari's work in the project involves working with community members to understand their energy challenges and objectives and exploring how carbon conversion technologies might integrate into their envisioned future. Dr. Tiwari is exploring utilizing energy justice to evaluate policies for developing carbon conversion and storage technologies. This involves a comprehensive analysis of the policy context, consideration of various interests, and the development of an in-depth understanding of Canada's existing energy governance landscape.
Dr. Tiwari has over eight years of experience in formulating and implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency policies. He has worked with the Tata Trusts, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Sterlite Technologies Limited, and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). Dr. Tiwari worked with the GIZ as an energy policy expert in the Nepal Energy Efficiency Programme (NEEP) sup, porting the development of energy efficiency and biomass energy strategy for the country. He has also worked on energy efficiency and demand-side management projects for vertically integrated utilities.

Education

•    PhD, Environmental and Energy Policy, Michigan Technological University, USA
•    MSc, Power Engineering, Brandenburg Technological University, Germany
•    B.Tech (Honours), Mechanical Engineering, Uttarakhand Technical University, India

Awards

•    Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Michigan Technological University, 2022
•    Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University (MTU), 2022
•    Outstanding Instructor Award, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University (MTU), 2021
•    Deutschland Stipendium, Scholarship of Academic performance, Brandenburg Technical University, 2015
•    Keweenaw Energy Transition Lab Fellow, 2021, 2022

Publications (Selected)

 
•    Tiwari, S., Schelly, C., & Sidortsov, R. (2023). Legacies Matter: Exploring Social Acceptance of Pumped Storage Hydro in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Case Studies in the Environment, 7(1).

•    Kuang, B., Schelly, C., Ou, G., Sahraei-Ardakani, M., Tiwari, S., & Chen, J. (2023). Data-driven analysis of influential factors on residential energy end-use in the US. Journal of Building Engineering, 106947

•    Lee, D., Schelly, C., Gagnon, V. S., Smith, S., & Tiwari, S. (2023). Preferences and perceived barriers to pursuing energy sovereignty and renewable energy: A tribal nations perspective. Energy Research & Social Science, 97, 102967. 

•    Tiwari, S., Schelly, C., Ou, G., Sahraei-Ardakani, M., Chen, J., & Jafarishiadeh, F. (2022). Conceptualizing resilience: An energy services approach. Energy Research & Social Science, 94, 102878. 

•    Tiwari, S. (2022). Texas electricity service crisis through an energy justice lens. The Electricity Journal, 35(9), 107204. 

•    Pearce, J. M., Tiwari, S., Pascaris, A. S., & Schelly, C. (2022). Canadian professors’ views on establishing open source endowed professorships. Cogent Education, 9(1), 2122255. 

•    Tiwari, S., Schelly, C., & Sidortsov, R. (2021). Developing a legal framework for energy storage technologies in the US: The case of pumped underground storage hydro. The Electricity Journal, 34(10), 107048. 

•    Whipple, S., Tiwari, S., Osborne, T. C., Bowser, G., Green, S. A., Templer, P. H., & Ho, S. S. (2021). Engaging the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 5(1).