Simone Tagliapietra

Simone Tagliapietra is a Part-time Professor at the Florence School of Transnational Governance within the European University Institute. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and an Adjunct Professor of EU Climate and Energy Policy at The Johns Hopkins University - School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Europe in Bologna. His research focuses on EU climate, energy, and industrial policy, alongside the political economy of global decarbonisation.

• PhD in Institutions and Policies (2010), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
• Former Assistant Professor (tenure-track), 2020-2024, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Research Interests center on climate change governance, energy and climate policy, energy regulation, renewable energy, energy innovation, and decarbonisation policy, with a focus on the European Green Deal. His work includes policy and scientific publications in leading journals like Nature and Science, and he is the author of Global Energy Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and co-author of The Macroeconomics of Decarbonisation (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

Recent Articles explore the Clean Industrial Deal, EU energy transition priorities, energy poverty, and gas security architecture, reflecting trends in European energy frameworks, decarbonisation strategies, and policy implementation.

Affiliations include:

• Member, Board of Directors, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Boston
• Member, Centro Interdisciplinare Linceo Giovani, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
• Senior Associate, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines, Golden

Media Engagement features columns and policy work widely published in outlets like CNN, BBC, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Economist, and others.