Susanna Garside

I am a scholar of environmental and climate change politics working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. I received my PhD in political science from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy in June 2025.

My work focuses on public opinion and political behaviour related to climate change, the politics of environmental change, and the political economy of climate change mitigation and adaptation. I currently work on the Climate Vulnerability Project, led by Federica Genovese.

Publications

Garside, Susanna & Haoyu Zhai. 2022. If not now when? Climate disaster and the Green vote following the 2021 Germany Floods, Research & Politics, 9(4). (Data and Replication Files)

Garside, Susanna. 2020. Democracy and Digital Authoritarianism: An Assessment of the EU’s External Engagement in the Promotion and Protection of Internet Freedom. EU Diplomacy Papers 1/2020.

Work in Progress

Bradley, Max, Rens Chazottes, Susanna Garside & Nina Lopez-Uroz. Educational Climate Workshops Increase Support for Costly Climate Policies.

Garside, Susanna. Public Attention to Climate Change after Major Disasters.

Ahrenshop, Mats, Anthony Calacino, Susanna Garside, Federica Genovese & Hayley Pring. Green Housing and the Political Implications of Home Energy Efficiency: Evidence from London.

Teaching

Undergraduate Course Lecturer: Digital Learning Modules on Climate Adaptation and Inequality under the Sustainable Futures Initiative, University of Mannheim, Spring 2025.

MA Course: The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation, University of Lucerne, Autumn 2024. (Student Course Evaluations)