Lorenzo Faggiano
Research Fellow
Lorenzo holds an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London. His main research interests include political psychology and political economics, borrowing insights from social psychology to explain political behaviour. His most recent work focuses on the impact of inequality on group identity, and its consequences for redistribution preferences.
He has previously worked for the European Parliament as an intern and was a research assistant at Università Bocconi. Outside of academia, he enjoys playing chess, guitar, learning Chinese Mandarin and sailing, although managing to fail at all of them.
Languages: Italian, English, French
On the Way to Fit-for-55: The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The European Commission will present a mammoth policy package to reach its emissions reduction targets. The proposal of a carbon border adjustment mechanism has been given particular attention given its ambition and complexity.
On Cooperation and Competition: Implications for social progress and international relations
Investigating the primal nature of the relationship which binds us into society can disclose important information about the institutions we build and those we aim at building.