Christa Shen
Christa Shen
Qualifications
Bachelor of Environmental Biology, Columbia University
Christa Shen is a Research Assistant on Lee White’s project, “Maximizing consumer ability to manage electricity demand.”
She is currently undertaking a Master of Economics at ANU and holds a Bachelor’s in Environmental Biology from Columbia University in the City of New York. Her current research interests are in exploring the design and use of market-based incentives as a solution to environmental issues.
Her past work includes research on leaf senescence in temperate ecosystems, photosynthetic efficiency in the Arctic tundra, and the ecological importance of birds in tropical island ecosystems. While working as an environmental consultant, Christa decided to pivot into the field of economics in order to target inefficiencies in environmental policy.
Research Interests:
- Environmental economics
- Energy policy
- Sustainable development
Supervisor:
ANU-ActewAGL project seeks to better understand electricity use
A unique research project at The Australian National University to explore home insulation and electricity use has been named the 2020 winner of the Icon Water and ActewAGL Perpetual Endowment Fund
Current
Maximizing consumer ability to manage electricity demand
Working with ActewAGL, the research team will evaluate the extent to which poorly insulated homes limit people’s ability to control bills when on demand management rates such as time-of-use.
