Francesco Findeisen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Hertie School's Centre for Sustainability and an Associate Researcher at Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics. His research focuses on how climate governance can be designed in multi-level systems to accelerate the net-zero transition and the political consequences of policy accumulation in subnational territories. Francesco holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Sciences Po. He studied sociology and political science at Humboldt University Berlin, New York University, and the London School of Economics.