Susanna Garside
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Oxford
susanna.garside@politics.ox.ac.uk
I am a scholar of environmental and climate change politics at the University of Oxford. I work as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations and am an Associate Member of Nuffield College. 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.
Under Review
Bradley, Max, Rens Chazottes, Susanna Garside & Nina Lopez-Uroz. Educational policies can strengthen climate coalitions. (Manuscript available upon request).
Work in Progress
Garside, Susanna. Public Attention to Climate Change after Major Disasters. (Draft available upon request).
Ahrenshop, Mats, Anthony Calacino, Susanna Garside, Federica Genovese & Hayley Pring. Energy Transition, Climate Risk and Public Support for Housing-Based Climate Action.
Ahrenshop, Mats, Anthony Calacino, Susanna Garside, Federica Genovese & Hayley Pring. Party Climate Discourse In The Presence of Fossil Fuels: Evidence from South Africa.
Garside, Susanna, Lara Hankeln & Federica Genovese. Climate Litigation in the Global South.
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)