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Senior Fellow

Pietro S. Nivola

Pietro S. Nivola

Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
Co-Director, Red and Blue Nation
The Douglas Dillon Chair

Pietro Nivola is a senior fellow and served as VP and director of Governance Studies from 2004-2008. He has written widely on energy policy, regulation, federalism and American politics. His current project is a study of partisan polarization.



Expertise

Energy policy; Federalism; Regulatory policy; Urban policy; American government and politics

  • Language Fluency:
  • Italian

Background

Past Positions
VP and Director of Governance Studies (2004-2008), Research Associate, Guest Scholar, and Visiting Fellow, Brookings; Lecturer and Visiting Professor, Harvard University; Associate Professor, University of Vermont

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976; M.C.P., Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1969; A.B., Harvard College, 1966

"For all the relatively moderate-sounding tenor of the campaigns so far, the substantive contrast between the candidates is deep and stark—arguably sharper than between contenders in the last two presidential elections."


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioPartisanship in PerspectiveFall 2010National Affairs
Save to My PortfolioWhat Do We Really Think About the Budget Deficit?June 21, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioRebalancing American FederalismMarch-April 2010 The American Interest
Save to My PortfolioIn Defense of Partisan PoliticsApril 08, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioCenter-Left America?April 2009Issues in Governance Studies
Save to My PortfolioNew Approaches to Addressing Long-Term Fiscal ResponsibilityFebruary 19, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioA Budget We Can Believe InJanuary 27, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioRethinking “Energy Independence” December 29, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioIs 2008 a Post-Partisan Year?June 10, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioVote Like Thy NeighborMay 11, 2008The New York Times Magazine
Save to My PortfolioTaking Back our Fiscal FutureApril 2008The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation
Save to My PortfolioRediscovering FederalismJuly 01, 2007Issues in Governance Studies
Save to My PortfolioThe Great Divide: Polarization in American Politics November-December 2006The American Interest
Save to My PortfolioWhy Federalism MattersOctober 2005Brookings Policy Brief Series
Save to My PortfolioThe Political Economy of Nuclear Energy in the United StatesSeptember 2004Brookings Policy Brief Series

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Contact Information

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202.797.6105
Brookings Office of Communications

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