Silvia Pianta

I am a Junior Scientist (tenure-track) at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment and a fellow at the GREEN Research Center at Bocconi University. I  received my Ph.D. in Public Policy from Bocconi University in February 2021. In 2021-2022, I was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. In the past, I held visiting positions at the Hertie School in Berlin and at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. In 2023-2025, I was the deputy coordinator of the Horizon Europe Project CAPABLE, a collaborative project of 11 institutions focusing on climate policy in Europe. 

I do research in environmental policy and politics, focusing on public opinion, political behavior, and the political economy of the environment. In particular, I study the positions of voters and parties on climate change, the relationship between environmental change and political behavior, and the dynamics of environmental policymaking. My work has been published or accepted at the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, and Nature Climate Change, among other journals.

Here links to my Google Scholar  & Orcid accounts.