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 Centre for Sustainability of the Hertie School in Berlin and at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

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. 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. Within the project, I coordinated the work focusing on the political dynamics of climate policy-making.

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