Hilary Schaffer

Hilary Schaffer’s research interests include the environmental and social impacts associated with energy development and public participation in environmental decision-making.

Prior to joining the IPER Ph.D. program, she worked for three years as a senior project engineer in the environment and regulatory group at the ExxonMobil Development Company. In this role, she supervised the research, writing and publication of the socioeconomic sections of environmental impact assessments submitted to the Russian government for the Sakhalin-1 Project and directed the associated public consultation program. In addition, she managed regulatory compliance issues related to the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Northern Italy and devised waste management and hydrogen sulfide plans for the Four Corners production field on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, Utah.