Simone Tagliapietra is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe
Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium


Professor Tagliapietra's research activity focuses on climate and energy issues. He works on the EU climate and energy policy, on the political economy of EU decarburization, on green industrial policy, on just transition and on global climate governance. With a record of numerous scientific publications, he is also the author of Global Energy Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and L'energia del mondo (Il Mulino, 2020). His columns and policy work are frequently published and cited in leading international media such as the Financial Times, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Die Zeit, El Pais, Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore, and others. He holds a PhD in Institutions and Policies from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where he was Assistant Professor from 2020-2023.