Education and Work Experience

  • National scientific qualification as Associate Professor in Political Philosophy (14/A1);  from 05/06/2023 to 05/06/2034.
  • Postdoctoral researcher in Political Philosophy (funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie “Kant in South America – KANTINSA”  Grant No. 777786) – Department of Political Science –  University of Catania (Italy) – 2020 Ongoing – Research project: ‘Kant and Contemporary Political Philosophy’ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Luigi Caranti).  
  • Postdoctoral researcher in Political Theory (The São Paulo Research Foundation- FAPESP Grant: 2018/04606-4) – Department of Political Science –  University of São Paulo (Brazil) – 2 years: 2018-2020 – Research project: ‘Economic Inequality and a Pluralistic Distributive Approach’ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alvaro de Vita).
  • PhD in Political Philosophy – Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) – 4 years: 2014-2018.  PhD dissertation in Political philosophy: ‘Economic Inequality and Proportionality: How Rich Should the 1% Be?’ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Pinzani).
  • Master’s Degree in Global Politics and Euro-Mediterranean Relations – Department of Political Science –  University of Catania (Italy) – 2 years: 2010-2012 – Master’s dissertation in Political philosophy: ‘The Institutional Interpretation of Human Rights: Critical Remarks’ (Supervisor: Prof. Luigi Caranti).
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Historical Political Science – Department of Political Science –  University of Catania (Italy) – 3 years: 2007-2010 – BA dissertation in Political philosophy: ‘Political Liberalism as a Tool for Global Justice’ (Supervisor: Prof. Luigi Caranti)

Visiting research

  • Visiting researcher  (11/01/2023 to 17/03/2023) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) “Kant in South America – KANTINSA”, Grant No. 777786, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), philosophy department. Title research: ‘Kant and Contemporary Political Philosophy’.
  • Visiting Researcher (15/09/2022 to 15/11/2022), Honorary Fair Inheritance post-doctoral fellowship, Chaire Hoover d’éthique économique et sociale; Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). Title research: ‘A Pluralistic Distributive Approach’ (supervisor Prof. Dr Axel Gosseries).
  • Visiting researcher  (27/02/2020 to 19/07/2020) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) “Kant in South America – KANTINSA”, Grant No. 777786, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), philosophy department. Title research: ‘Kant and Contemporary Political Philosophy’.
  • Erasmus Student Placement – Administrative affairs (database updates, report writing, etc.) and follow up of international projects – Center for Public Policy, Prague (Czech Republic), from 10/03/2010 to 10/06/2010.