Fabrizio Sciacca
Full Professor of [GSPS-01/A]
Fabrizio Sciacca
Professor of Political Philosophy
Departmental Research Lead
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania
Affiliate Member, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society
School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Email: fsciaccaunict@gmail.com
RESEARCH PROFILE
I am a political and legal philosopher working at the intersection of normative political theory, legal philosophy, and moral philosophy.
My research focuses on justice, rights, normativity, and power, with particular attention to democratic theory, global justice, and the normative implications of technological governance. A significant part of my work engages with Kantian and post-Kantian traditions, as well as with contemporary analytic approaches to political normativity.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
2012–2023 Director of the PhD Programme in Political Science, University of Catania
2025–present Departmental Research Lead, University of Catania
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2004–present Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Catania
2024–present Affiliate Member, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society, Queen Mary University of London
EDUCATION
PhD in Legal Philosophy (with highest honours), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
BA in Law (with highest honours), University of Catania
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Normative Political Theory, Justice and Rights, Political Authority and Power, Democracy and Global Governance, Normativity in Law and Institutions
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2025 – Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Valencia
2024 – Visiting Professor, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
2000 – Visiting Scholar, University of Kiel
1996–1997 – Visiting Scholar, University of Tübingen
1994–1995 – Visiting Scholar, University of Saarland
1989 – Visiting Fellow, University of Mannheim
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS
2024–2026 Principal Investigator, Technopower and the Metamorphosis of Democracy (TECMED)
2022–2025 Co-Principal Investigator, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network
Climate Urgency (C-Urge)
2009–2012 Key Staff Member, AHRC-funded Research Network "Institutionalising Values: Beyond Human Rights?" (University of Stirling)
2008–2010 Lead Researcher, PRIN Project "Paradigms of Constitutionalism in Modern and Contemporary European Thought"
PUBLICATIONS
Author of approximately one hundred scholarly publications, including monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, edited volumes, and critical editions.
Full publication list available on request.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, SIFP; IVR; GAP; SIFA; ESAP; Kant-Gesellschaft
LANGUAGES
Italian (native)
English and German (fluent)
French and Nordic languages (working proficiency)
Professor of Political Philosophy
Departmental Research Lead
Department of Political and Social Sciences
University of Catania
Affiliate Member, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society
School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Email: fsciaccaunict@gmail.com
RESEARCH PROFILE
I am a political and legal philosopher working at the intersection of normative political theory, legal philosophy, and moral philosophy.
My research focuses on justice, rights, normativity, and power, with particular attention to democratic theory, global justice, and the normative implications of technological governance. A significant part of my work engages with Kantian and post-Kantian traditions, as well as with contemporary analytic approaches to political normativity.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
2012–2023 Director of the PhD Programme in Political Science, University of Catania
2025–present Departmental Research Lead, University of Catania
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2004–present Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Catania
2024–present Affiliate Member, Centre for Law, Democracy and Society, Queen Mary University of London
EDUCATION
PhD in Legal Philosophy (with highest honours), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
BA in Law (with highest honours), University of Catania
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Normative Political Theory, Justice and Rights, Political Authority and Power, Democracy and Global Governance, Normativity in Law and Institutions
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2025 – Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Valencia
2024 – Visiting Professor, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
2000 – Visiting Scholar, University of Kiel
1996–1997 – Visiting Scholar, University of Tübingen
1994–1995 – Visiting Scholar, University of Saarland
1989 – Visiting Fellow, University of Mannheim
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS
2024–2026 Principal Investigator, Technopower and the Metamorphosis of Democracy (TECMED)
2022–2025 Co-Principal Investigator, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network
Climate Urgency (C-Urge)
2009–2012 Key Staff Member, AHRC-funded Research Network "Institutionalising Values: Beyond Human Rights?" (University of Stirling)
2008–2010 Lead Researcher, PRIN Project "Paradigms of Constitutionalism in Modern and Contemporary European Thought"
PUBLICATIONS
Author of approximately one hundred scholarly publications, including monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles, edited volumes, and critical editions.
Full publication list available on request.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, SIFP; IVR; GAP; SIFA; ESAP; Kant-Gesellschaft
LANGUAGES
Italian (native)
English and German (fluent)
French and Nordic languages (working proficiency)
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