Nicole Kormann da Silva
Former Policy Analyst
Personal Profile
Focus
As a Policy Analyst at ZOE, Nicole supported different projects on a just social-ecological transformation, especially on the topics of inequality, rethinking policy design, and governance. In her Master's thesis, she explored social protection policies in Brazil and how more universal and egalitarian social systems can address the structural problems underlying the climate crisis.
Background
Nicole gained academic experience in urban studies as a research assistant at the NGO Impact Circles. Back in Brazil, she was a student assistant at the Regional Development Bank of the Extreme South, where she supported research on strategic productive sectors. Nicole holds a Bachelors in Economics from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and a Masters from the Economic Policies in the Age of Globalization (EPOG) programme at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and Paris 13.
Exploring how investments in social services can improve people's wellbeing in the long run
Establishing a science-policy interface to improve indicators and models on sustainable and inclusive wellbeing
Accelerating systemic change towards a wellbeing-, inclusion- and sustainability-centered new economic paradigm
Promoting long-term thinking with the Network of Institutions and Leaders for Future Generations
Changing the ‘how’ of policymaking through long-term methods and solutions
Input to the five-year mandate of the Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, and their cornerstone Strategy
Impact Assessments recommendations to ensure these account for long-term, cross-cutting effects and adapt in crises
Summary and review of the linkages between indicators, models, sustainability goals, and policies
Detailed proposals for a new Executive Vice President to embed long-term thinking
Rethinking the EU policy cycle to ensure it combines future-fitness with present reaction speed
This timeline plots the history of caring for future generations, since ancient times to the present day.
Re-directing public policy away from economic growth towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing
Our priorities for a new Commissioner to embed long-term thinking
Lessons from REPowerEU for crisis management policymaking processes
A framework for policy processes equipped to manage tensions and trade-offs