Sukanya’s research examines the sustainability of complex collaborative systems, with a particular interest in business-government interactions and their consequences for the energy transition. Her research interests include business sustainability, interorganizational networks, international business, and nonmarket strategy.

She leverages a range of methods, including regression and network analyses of archival data, computational text analysis, and semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, to examine cross-level and cross-sector mechanisms by which social structures shape collective outcomes. ​

Sukanya earned her PhD in Management and Organizations from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and her BA with Honors in International Relations from Brown University.