Paolo Silvestri

PAOLO SILVESTRI has a Degree in Economics and Commerce, a PhD in Philosophy of Law (University of Padova). From 2004 to 2012 was Assistant professor in Philosophy of Law (University of Turin), and is Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy since 2013.

He currently is: Research fellow in Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis” (University of Turin); Contract professor of Political Economy and Philosophy, Justice, Economy at the University of Turin, Economic Analysis of Law at the Bocconi University; Coordinator of the Cornell-in-Turin Study Abroad Programme, where he also teaches modules in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

His research interests are in History and Philosophy of Economics; Legal and Political Philosophy.

He held visiting positions at Cornell University as “Luigi Einaudi” Chair Holder and Visiting Scholar at the Mario Einaudi Center and Cornell Law School. He was also External Senior Fellow at Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, and Visiting Fellow at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science.

He is member of the Editorial Boards of several journals and editorial series, and member of the scientific committee of the National Edition of the Works of Luigi Einaudi.

Among his honours and prizes he has been awarded the “WorldWide Style2” Fellowship 2015 (University of Turin) for the research project Enquiry into the human foundations of a new fiscal democracy, and the STOREPgrant Award 2016 for the research project Theories of tax justice: between exchange and gift.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy of Law and Research Methods Università degli Studi di Padova (2000 — 2004)
• Diploma in International Business Leeds Beckett University (1998 — 1999)
• Economia e Commercio Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti

Companies

• Contract Professor of E-Commerce and Tax Justice, M.A. in Law and Innovation, Department of Law Luiss Guido Carli University (2020)
• Contract Professor of Humanomics: Philosophy and Economics (Seminar) Università degli Studi di Torino (2020)
• Contract Professor of Humanomics: Ethics and Economics (Seminar) Università degli Studi di Torino (2020)
• Contract Professor of Justice and Economy (Seminar) Università degli Studi di Torino (2020)
• Visiting and Contract Professor of State and Institutions: Liberalism, Democracy and Economy Université Lumière Lyon 2 (2019)
• Research Affiliate, Interdepartmental Center for Research in Communication (CIRCe) Università degli Studi di Torino (2018)
• Contract professor of Economics of Education and Human Capital Università degli Studi di Torino (2018)
• Research affiliate, Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis” Università degli Studi di Torino (2017)
• Ricercatore Università degli Studi di Torino (2004)