The ideal candidate for this research will have a background on one or more of these fields: political theory, qualitative political science, sociology. Previous publications on the topics will be considered a preferential title. Previous education on the fields of ecology, environmental ethics, environmental political theory, environmental sociology, public policy analysis will be considered a preferential title, too. He/she should be able to adopt an interdisciplinary perspective and to move from theoretical premises to policies.

The supervisor will be professor G. Pellegrino, i.E., the reference person above. However, the phd candidate will work with many other scholars at Luiss, whose research activities are closely related to the research topic – in particular with Pietro De Giovanni (https://impresaemanagement.Luiss.It/docenti/cv/353898), whose work concerns mainly circular economy and economic sustainability, with Christian Iaione (https://giurisprudenza.Luiss.It/docenti/cv/340609), whose work deals with urban studies, sustainability, climate change and the commons, with Raffaele Bifulco (https://giurisprudenza.Luiss.It/docenti/cv/150300) and Jorge Vinuales (https://giurisprudenza.Luiss.It/docenti/cv/354328). Moreover, the phd candidate will gain from involvement in Luiss network (especially in the International Universities Climate Alliance) and in Luiss’ teaching activities (especially in programs such as Strategic management, with its major in Green economy and sustainability (https://www.Luiss.It/ammissione/offerta-formativa/laurea-magistrale/strategic-management), and Law, Digital Innovation and Sustainability (https://www.Luiss.It/ammissione/offerta-formativa/laurea-magistrale/law-digital-innovation-sustainability)