He received his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy (2020) and his Master’s degree in Philosophy and Forms of Knowledge (2022) from the University of Pisa. He was a student at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Faculty of Humanities) from 2017 to 2022, where he obtained the Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy in 2023. Since 2022, he has been a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore. He has been a visiting student at University College Dublin (Ireland) and at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).
His PhD project investigates the thought of Sheldon Wolin, focusing on two key issues: the uneasy relationship between liberalism and democracy and the role that political theory should play in society. On the one hand, he analyses the complex relationship between these two traditions, showing how liberal thought has historically sought to channel popular participation into stable institutions, often prioritizing the administrative management of power over direct citizen action. On the other hand, he examines the specific function of political theory: for Wolin, it should not be an abstract body of knowledge reserved for specialists, but a fundamental civic activity. Its task is to “safeguard” democratic memory and to provide the education necessary for citizens to care for public affairs.
His research interests broadly concern the history of modern and contemporary political thought, democratic theory, and liberal political philosophy.