Susanna Garside

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

Publications

3. Bradley, Max, Rens Chazottes, Susanna Garside & Nina Lopez-Uroz. 2026. Educational policies can strengthen climate coalitions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123 (20). (Data and Replication Files)

2. 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)

1. 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

Pring, Hayley, Susanna Garside, Mats Ahrenshop & Federica Genovese. Mass Preferences for Housing-Based Climate Policy: Evidence from the UK.

Garside, Susanna, Mats Ahrenshop, Anthony Calacino & Federica Genovese. Party Climate Politics In The Presence of Fossil Fuels: Evidence from South Africa.

Garside, Susanna, Federica Genovese & Lara Hankeln. Climate Litigation in the Global South.

Abril Poncela, Paloma & Susanna Garside. Commodity Prices and Violence against Land and Environmental Defenders.

Teaching

Guest Lecturer: MPhil Course on European Politics and Society, University of Oxford, Autumn 2026.

Guest Lecturer: Undergraduate Course on Comparative Political Economy, University of Oxford, Spring 2027.

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)