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Giorgio has been a Full Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Department of Law of the University Roma Tre. He obtained his law degree and PhD at the University of Palermo, and his LMM at the European Academy of Legal Theory in Bruxelles.

He has extensive international experience (e.g., he has been Professeur invité at the École de droit, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne (2013, 2014), and Eupadra Visiting Professor at the IALS London (2016)). He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Columbia University (New York, 2007), Oxford University (2009), and the European University Institute (Fiesole, Fernand Braudel Fellow, 2013).

Giorgio has also a longstanding experience in post-graduate teaching, in successfully mentoring PhD candidates, and in organizing international conferences and seminars (the last of which has taken place at the last IVR World Congress, Lucerne 2019).

His areas of expertise, on which he has published extensively, include legal interpretation and legal reasoning; fundamental rights; privacy and free speech; constitutional interpretation and sources of law.

Patrizio is an Assistant Professor in sociology of law at the Department of Law of University Roma Tre. He is also Law Department’s delegate for relations with the civil society (“the third mission”). He holds one PhD in Human Rights (University of Padua) and another in European Law (Roma Tre University). He teaches Legal Philosophy and Sociology of Law Department of Law. In different capacities, most notably as the President of the NGO Antigone, Patrizio has for the last thirty years been active in the fields of human rights, criminal justice and deprivation of liberty. On these issues he has directed research projects, organized international conferences, and written extensively. In addition to his academic activities, he also regularly writes for different national newspapers and conducts a radio show (Jailhouse Rock) on prison-related topics. Patrizio’s work focuses particularly on the relationship between the power to punish and fundamental rights, with a special focus on freedom of religion, conscience and expression of prisoners.

He will advise the Chair-holder on all aspects of the project, but in particular in reference to dissemination activities.

Mario is a Full Professor of moral philosophy at the University Roma Tre and a regular Visiting Professor at Tufts University (Mass., USA). He has been a visiting professor at various universities (Universita Svizzera Italiana, Saint Mary’s College, MIT, Harvard etc.). Since 2022 he has been the President of the Italian Association for Moral Philosophy and is a member of several other international professional associations. He sits on the boards of several international journals (e.g. Philosophical Inquiries, Review of Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophical Investigations) and is Associate editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. He his also the literary executor of Hilary Putnam. His principal fields of research are virtue theory, philosophy of mind, neuro-ethics, metaphysics and others. On these topics he has published extensively (5 books inItalian, one forthcoming with Harvard University Press, more than 150 scientific articles in different languages) and has received various awards for his work.

Mario will advise the Chair-holder on all aspects of the project’s activities with particular emphasis on research and the dissemination activities.

Sofia is an Assistant Professor in moral philosophy. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in philosophy (University of Milano) and a PhD in philosophy (2015; University of Pavia). Previously she held postdoctoral positions at different universities (UCL, SAS at University of London, Ludwig-Maximilians University). She has written extensively on moral philosophy, philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive neuroscience from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Sofia will advise the Chair-holder on scientific research, in particular on the aspects related to the use of artificial intelligence on social media.

Matija is a research fellow in philosophy of law at the Department of Law, University Roma Tre. He holds a Law degree (University of Ljubljana), a Master degree in legal philosophy (University of Genoa) and a PhD in human rights and legal philosophy (University of Palermo & University of Girona). Matija is also the co-editor of Revus – Journal for Constitutional Theory and Philosophy of Law. He has published in different peer-reviewed journals, and in different languages, on topics related to fundamental rights, general theory of law and decision-making in the public administration.

He will assist the Chair-holder in his research activities as well as be the Chair’s point person for all logistic and organizational issues.

Valeria is a practicing lawyer with academic specialization in the field of free speech. She holds a basic law degree (2016, University Roma Tre), an LMM in international human rights law

(2017, University of Essex), and a PhD in human rights (2022, University of Palermo & University of Nanterre). In her doctoral dissertation, Valeria dealt with the legitimacy of the limits to free speech, especially concerning denialism. Since January 2022 she has been collaborating with Saccucci & Partners, working mainly in the field of international law, in particular, in human rights litigation before the European Court of Human Rights. Her main area of interest is freedom of speech and its limits. She has also studied the balancing of fundamental rights as applied by national constitutional courts and international tribunals. Occasionally, Valeria writes for one of the largest Italian newspapers, La Repubblica, which has allowed her to develop a more critical approach on how freedom of speech concretely works in the media environment.

She will advise the Chair on legislative and judicial developments in the field of extreme and abusive speech in national and international law, as well as on dissemination activities, particularly with reference to the legal community.