Mary Sanford

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) in Milan, Italy. My research interests lie at the intersection of social science, data science, and the political economy of climate change. I use qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse complex issues related to the advancement of climate activism and policy. At the EIEE, I work on the EU Horizon CAPABLE project, investigating public acceptability of climate policy, the role of political actors, and assessments of approaches to citizen engagement. I am also interested in developing conversations around the carbon footprint of academic research, specifically big data science methods.

I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Oxford in 2023, funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council on an Advanced Quantitative Methods studentship. In 2021-2022, I worked for the Science, Technology, and Innovation Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). I earned my MSc also from Oxford (2018) and my Bachelors from the University of Pennsylvania (2017).

In my free time, I enjoy hiking, rowing, and (fuelling my addiction to) podcasts.

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