Elisabetta is post-doctoral fellow at LUISS, Rome and PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at Central European University (CEU) of Vienna. She was previosuly visiting PhD student at New York University (NYU) and at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. She is conducting research on the relation between attitudes and behavior on the issue of environmental protection. Her interests mainly concern political psychology, voting behavior, and public opinion. She completed the Excellence Program for Teaching in Higher Education at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at CEU and currently teaches research design and methods graduate courses at LUISS. Her research appeared in Parliamentary Affairs, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Italian Journal of Electoral Studies, Italian Political Science, among others.