• Assistant Professor (RTDa) at Department of Political and Social Sciences –  University of Catania (Italy) – 2024 Ongoing– Research project: Democracy and Citizenship: Kantian and Post-Kantian Perspectives.
• Assistant Researcher in Political Philosophy – 6-year fixed-term contract – Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society – University of Minho, Portugal – Funded by The Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT (Grant nº 2023.06427.CEECIND).
• 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 and Social Sciences –  University of Catania (Italy) – 2020-2024 – 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 (31/10/2025 to 21/11/2025). The Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima, Peru), Philosophy Department. Horizon MSCA Staff Exchanges “JUSTLA – Justice in the 21st Century: A Perspective from Latin America” (Grant n° 101183054),
• Visiting researcher (22/11/2025 to 22//28/2025.) Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP (São Paulo, Brazil). Horizon MSCA Staff Exchanges “JUSTLA – Justice in the 21st Century: A Perspective from Latin America” (Grant n° 101183054),
• Visiting researcher (23/12/2025 to 07/02/2026). Federal University of Santa Catarina (Florianopolis, Brazil). Horizon MSCA Staff Exchanges “JUSTLA – Justice in the 21st Century: A Perspective from Latin America” (Grant n° 101183054),
• Visiting researcher (09/05/2025 to 19/05/2025). Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Philosophy Department. Horizon MSCA Staff Exchanges “JUSTLA – Justice in the 21st Century: A Perspective from Latin America” (Grant n° 101183054),
• 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.