Larissa Shasko, is currently a Master's of Public Policy Candidate, Centre for Science and Innovation Policy (CSIP) and Robertson Scholar, at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS), University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her Thesis research areas include public engagement, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and climate change.  With over 13 years of experience as a climate change researcher and activist, Larissa is interested in understanding the political barriers to taking policy action on climate change, and researching conflict and polarization of energy policy. Her main research areas include climate change, energy policy, public engagement, energy justice, renewable energy, small modular nuclear reactors, and binary constructions of knowledge.