Fabrizio Sciacca
Full Professor of [GSPS-01/A]
PERSONAL DETAILS
Office address
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 49
I-95131 Catania, Italy
Telephone: +39 095 7461290 + 5
Email: fsciaccaunict@gmail.com
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2004–present
Professor of Political Philosophy
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania, Italy
2024–present
Affiliate Member
School of Law, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
BA in Law (with highest honours), University of Catania
PhD in Legal Philosophy (with highest honours), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Società Italiana di Filosofia Politica (SIFP)
Member, Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (IVR)
Member, Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP)
Member, Società Italiana di Filosofia Analitica (SIFA)
Member, Società Europea di Filosofia Analitica (ESAP)
Member, Kant-Gesellschaft
LANGUAGES
Italian: native
English and German: fluent
French and Nordic languages: good written and spoken command
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2025 – Visiting Professor, Facultat de Dret, University of Valencia, Spain
2024 – Visiting Professor, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
2000 – Visiting Scholar, Juristisches Seminar, University of Kiel, Germany
1996–1997 – Visiting Scholar, Philosophisches Seminar, University of Tübingen, Germany
1994–1995 – Visiting Scholar, Institut für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1989 – Visiting Fellow, Juristisches Seminar, University of Mannheim, Germany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Justice · Rights · Normativity · Power
Political and Legal Philosophy
Governance and Global Justice · Democracy
Healthcare and Social Justice
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES
2012–2023 – Academic Director, PhD Programme in Political Sciences (Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze politiche), University of Catania
2004–2009 – Academic Coordinator, Jean Monnet Action Project “Human Rights and European Identity”, University of Catania
Teaching at postgraduate level
Erasmus Coordinator for the Universities of Montpellier (France) and Minho (Portugal)
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2024–2026 – Principal Investigator, TECMED (Technopower and the Metamorphosis of Democracy), University of Catania
2022–2025 – Co-Principal Investigator (University of Catania Unit), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN), “Climate Urgency (C-Urge): An Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency”
2018–2021 – Member, Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE Project “Kant in South America”
2013–2017 – Coordinator, EU TEMPUS Programme “Strengthening Higher Education for Social Policy Making and Social Services Delivery” (SHESPSS)
2009–2012 – Key Staff Member, International Research Network “Institutionalising Values: Beyond Human Rights?”, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (University of Stirling)
2008–2010 – Lead Researcher, Catania Unit, PRIN Project “Paradigms of Constitutionalism in Modern and Contemporary European Thought”
2006–2007 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Security and Rights”
2004–2009 – Director, Jean Monnet European Module “Human Rights and European Identity”, funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture
2005–2006 – Coordinator, Catania Unit, PRIN Project “Liberty and Power: Vicissitudes of a Dialectical Problem in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought”
2005 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Injustice and Rights”
2003–2004 – Member, PRIN Project “Civil Government as Social Aspiration, Political Experience and Economic Purpose in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought”
2003 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Human Rights: Ethics and Politics”
2001–2002 – Member, PRIN Project “Social Structures and Powers of Government in the Modern and Contemporary Age”
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Frequent contributor to international and national conferences in political and legal philosophy, serving as paper presenter, panel organiser, and discussant
PUBLICATIONS
Author of around one hundred publications, including monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, edited volumes, and critical editions of philosophical works
Office address
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 49
I-95131 Catania, Italy
Telephone: +39 095 7461290 + 5
Email: fsciaccaunict@gmail.com
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2004–present
Professor of Political Philosophy
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania, Italy
2024–present
Affiliate Member
School of Law, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
BA in Law (with highest honours), University of Catania
PhD in Legal Philosophy (with highest honours), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Società Italiana di Filosofia Politica (SIFP)
Member, Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (IVR)
Member, Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP)
Member, Società Italiana di Filosofia Analitica (SIFA)
Member, Società Europea di Filosofia Analitica (ESAP)
Member, Kant-Gesellschaft
LANGUAGES
Italian: native
English and German: fluent
French and Nordic languages: good written and spoken command
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2025 – Visiting Professor, Facultat de Dret, University of Valencia, Spain
2024 – Visiting Professor, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
2000 – Visiting Scholar, Juristisches Seminar, University of Kiel, Germany
1996–1997 – Visiting Scholar, Philosophisches Seminar, University of Tübingen, Germany
1994–1995 – Visiting Scholar, Institut für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1989 – Visiting Fellow, Juristisches Seminar, University of Mannheim, Germany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Justice · Rights · Normativity · Power
Political and Legal Philosophy
Governance and Global Justice · Democracy
Healthcare and Social Justice
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES
2012–2023 – Academic Director, PhD Programme in Political Sciences (Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze politiche), University of Catania
2004–2009 – Academic Coordinator, Jean Monnet Action Project “Human Rights and European Identity”, University of Catania
Teaching at postgraduate level
Erasmus Coordinator for the Universities of Montpellier (France) and Minho (Portugal)
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2024–2026 – Principal Investigator, TECMED (Technopower and the Metamorphosis of Democracy), University of Catania
2022–2025 – Co-Principal Investigator (University of Catania Unit), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN), “Climate Urgency (C-Urge): An Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency”
2018–2021 – Member, Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE Project “Kant in South America”
2013–2017 – Coordinator, EU TEMPUS Programme “Strengthening Higher Education for Social Policy Making and Social Services Delivery” (SHESPSS)
2009–2012 – Key Staff Member, International Research Network “Institutionalising Values: Beyond Human Rights?”, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (University of Stirling)
2008–2010 – Lead Researcher, Catania Unit, PRIN Project “Paradigms of Constitutionalism in Modern and Contemporary European Thought”
2006–2007 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Security and Rights”
2004–2009 – Director, Jean Monnet European Module “Human Rights and European Identity”, funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture
2005–2006 – Coordinator, Catania Unit, PRIN Project “Liberty and Power: Vicissitudes of a Dialectical Problem in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought”
2005 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Injustice and Rights”
2003–2004 – Member, PRIN Project “Civil Government as Social Aspiration, Political Experience and Economic Purpose in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought”
2003 – Principal Investigator, University of Catania (PRA) Project “Human Rights: Ethics and Politics”
2001–2002 – Member, PRIN Project “Social Structures and Powers of Government in the Modern and Contemporary Age”
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Frequent contributor to international and national conferences in political and legal philosophy, serving as paper presenter, panel organiser, and discussant
PUBLICATIONS
Author of around one hundred publications, including monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, edited volumes, and critical editions of philosophical works
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