Manuele Citi
Associate Professor
Primary research areas
Environmental Politics
Public Policy
Regulation in the European Union
How can citizens, policy makers and firms align for the green transition?
Citizens’ attitudes toward the green transition
I investigate the drivers of public support for, and opposition to, ambitious decarbonization policies. I focus specifically on how public perceptions of inter-generational, procedural, and distributive justice shape the social acceptance and political feasibility of costly climate mitigation efforts.
Sustainability Governance
I like to study the nexus of regulation and corporate sustainability. My aim is to examine how regulations, particularly the European Union’s regulations deriving from the Green Deal, affect doing business in Europe and beyond, and how they drive patterns of harmonization and resistance across states and companies.
Behavioral public policy
Mitigating climate change fundamentally depends on significant shifts in human behavior, from individual consumption patterns, to sustainable investing, to large-scale industrial practices. I take a behavioral public policy perspective because it moves beyond traditional regulatory and economic instruments to understand and address the cognitive and social drivers that influence these behaviors.