Working Papers
Pianta, S., & Rettl, P. (2024) Global Harms, Local Profits: How the Uneven Costs of Natural Disasters Affect Support for Green Political Platforms, Harvard Business School Working Paper. Revise & Resubmit
Sanford, M., Pianta, S, Schmid, N., and Musto, G. (2024) Measuring Climate Change Salience in EU Political Party Manifestos: A Computational Text Analysis Approach. Preprint. Revise & Resubmit
Publications
Pianta, S. & Brutschin, E. (2023) Increased ambition is needed after Glasgow. News & Views piece on Nature Climate Change.
Pianta, S. & Brutschin, E. (2022) Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts. Politics and Governance.
Hickmann, T., Bertram, C., Biermann, F., Brutschin, E. , Kriegler, E., Livingstone, J.E., Pianta, S., Riahi, K. , et al. (2022). Exploring Global Climate Policy Futures and Their Representation in Integrated Assessment Models. Politics and Governance.
Pianta, S., Rinscheid, A., & Weber, E.U. (2021) Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States: Perceptions, Preferences, and Lessons for Policy. Energy Policy.
Constantino, S.M., Pianta, S., Rinscheid, A., Frey, R., and Weber, E.U. (2021) The source is the message: The impact of institutional signals on climate change-related norm perceptions and behaviors. Climatic Change.
Rinscheid, A., Pianta, S., & Weber, E.U. (2021) What shapes public support for climate change mitigation policies? The role of descriptive social norms and elite cues. Behavioural Public Policy.
Sisco, M.R., Pianta, S., Weber, E.U., & Bosetti, V. (2021) Global climate strikes sharply raise attention to climate change: Analysis of climate search behavior in 46 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Brutschin, E., Pianta, S., Tavoni, M., Riahi, K., Bosetti, V., Marangoni, G., and van Ruijven, B. (2021) A multidimensional feasibility evaluation of low-carbon scenarios. Environmental Research Letters.
Pianta, S., Brutschin, E. van Ruijven, B. and Bosetti, V. (2021). Faster or slower decarbonization? Policymaker and stakeholder expectations on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science.
Pianta, S., & Sisco, M.R. (2020) A Hot Topic in Hot Times: How Media Coverage of Climate Change is Affected by Temperature Abnormalities. Environmental Research Letters.
Rinscheid, A., Pianta, S., & Weber, E.U. (2020) Fast track or Slo-Mo? Public support and temporal preferences for phasing out fossil fuel cars in the United States, Climate Policy.
Work in progress
Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Policy: Evidence from Italy with Matteo Muntoni
Public Acceptance of Climate Change Policies in Europe: Evidence From 13 Countries with E. Keith Smith, Žan Mlakar, Lea Stapper, Alessio Levis, Mary Sanford, Thijs Bauman, Goda Perlaviciute, Johannes Emmerling, et al.
A Systematic Literature Review of the Determinants of Climate Policy Support with Uyanga Turmunkh, Max Callaghan, Ivan Savin, Mary Sanford et al.
Norms, Culture, and Resistance to Change: Insights from a Six-Country Survey on Beef Consumption with Michela Boldrini, Valentina Bosetti, and Emma Ejelöv
Achieving Feasible and Fair Global Climate Targets: The Case for Early, Differentiated Ambitions with Elina Brutschin, Christoph Bertram, Leonardo B. Baptista, Valentina Bosetti, et al.