Shivani is an Associate Professor, School of liberal arts, Bennett University. I was an Assistant Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Before that, I held positions at Ashoka University, Sonepat, and the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. I am a part of Center for research on Economics of Climate, Food, Energy and Environment in Economics and Planning Unit at ISI Delhi.

Her research delves into various aspects of waste management, segregation at source, incentives for increasing plastic collection by the informal sector, weeding out toxins in plastics recycling, harmful effects of living next to landfills. She has run experiments in Delhi, Haryana and Bangladesh to understand the nitty gritties related to segregation at source.

She has received grants in the past from IGC, India, IGC Bangladesh, SANDEE and EfD.