Susanna Garside

I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute. In Autumn 2023, I was a visiting scholar at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

I research the politics of climate change, with a my dissertation work focussed on causes of changes in public opinion and political behaviour related to climate change. I am a founding member of the EUI Environmental and Climate Politics Working Group and am actively engaged with the Environmental Politics and Governance Network.

I hold a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges.

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. Harnessing Support for Costly Climate Policies: The Impact of Educational Climate Workshops.

Garside, Susanna. Seeking Knowledge after Climate Disasters.

Teaching

MA Course: The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation, University of Lucerne, Autumn 2024.