Silvia received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Bocconi University in February 2021. In 2021-2022, she was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. From February to August 2018, she was a Visiting Student Research Collaborator at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, working at the Behavioral Science for Policy Lab. 

Currently, she works as a Junior Scientist at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment.

Her research focuses on environmental policy and politics. In her work, Silvia investigates the determinants of environmental attitudes and policy preferences, the impact of environmental change on political behavior, and the political economy of the environment more broadly.