Dr Shivani Taneja is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Kent and her current research focuses on renewable technologies, environmentally friendly transportation, and changing attitudes towards working from home due to Covid-19. Previously, Shivani worked as a MSc Dissertation Supervisor at the UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, providing academic guidance to students on topics in energy and environmental economics. Furthermore, she worked as a Research Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham, as a Teaching Associate at Queen Mary University of London, as a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, and as a Research Associate at the University of Manchester. Shivani holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Essex and her thesis focused on topics in labour economics.
Shivani's projects on working from home can be seen on the WFH Research website. She is also involved in analysing remote working and the geographical distribution of local service spending. Furthermore, Shivani is examining the effects of demographic factors and commuting patterns on employees’ willingness versus employers’ planning for their staff to work from home. In relation to media coverage, her research is covered in the Economist, Atlantico (in French), hr-brew, and the Guardian.
Shivani's projects in energy economics currently focus on examining the diffusion of solar photovoltaic panels and water heating panels in the UK. In addition, she is also analysing the impacts of information and communication technologies on energy use. Apart from this, Shivani is also working on the demand for differentiated products in the UK automobile industry using a manually collected dataset.
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