Vasundhara Saravade

Vasundhara joined the University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment and the Smart Prosperity Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2024. Her main focus is researching the barriers and drivers of the low-carbon transition in the Canadian context, including the role of the green bond market and other financial tools and policy instruments. Vasundhara has a Ph.D. in Sustainability Management from University of Waterloo's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).

Prior to joining SPI, Vasundhara has consulted with various think-tanks and policy organizations, including International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Investors for Paris Compliance, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Corporate Knights Inc., and the UN Office for REDD+ Coordination in Indonesia (UNORCID) among others.

In 2020, she founded a University of Waterloo women's mentorship initiative called Waterloo Women Leading Academia (WWLA) and has served on the founding editorial board of Smart Prosperity: The Podcast.