Working Papers
Sanford, M., Pianta, S, Schmid, N., and Musto, G. (2024) Policlim: A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of 45 Countries from 1990-2022. Conditionally Accepted at the British Journal of Political Science
Pianta, S., & Rettl, P. (2024) Global Harms, Local Profits: How the Uneven Costs of Natural Disasters Affect Support for Green Political Platforms, Revise & Resubmit at the American Journal of Political Science
Smith, E. K., Mlakar, Z., Levis, A., Sanford, M., Stapper, L., Bouman, T., Emmerling, J., Perlaviciute, G., Tavoni, M., Berger, L., van den Bergh, J., Bernauer, T., Casamassima, A., Epper, T., Eddai, N., Savin, I., Scasnzy, M., Turmunkh, U., Zverinova, I., & Pianta, S. Six Faces of Climate Policy Support in the EU. Under review
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
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
Feasible and Fair Climate Targets: Aligning Differentiated Ambition with the Paris Agreement Goals with Elina Brutschin, Christoph Bertram, Leonardo B. Baptista, Valentina Bosetti, et al.
Regionally Differentiated Dietary Narratives: New Approaches to Advance Climate Mitigation Scenarios with Elina Brutschin and Valentina Bosetti