PAOLO SILVESTRI has a Degree in Economics and Commerce, a PhD in Philosophy of Law (University of Padova) and is Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy since 2013.
He currently is: Research affiliate both at the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Turin; Visiting professor at University Lyon2 (France), Contract professor of: Philosophy, Justice, Economy, and Economics of Education and Human Capital (University of Turin); Economic Analysis of Law (Bocconi University, Milan); State, Institutions, Economy (Lumiere University, Lyon2).
His research int…
PAOLO SILVESTRI has a Degree in Economics and Commerce, a PhD in Philosophy of Law (University of Padova) and is Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy since 2013.
He currently is: Research affiliate both at the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Turin; Visiting professor at University Lyon2 (France), Contract professor of: Philosophy, Justice, Economy, and Economics of Education and Human Capital (University of Turin); Economic Analysis of Law (Bocconi University, Milan); State, Institutions, Economy (Lumiere University, Lyon2).
His research interests lies at the intersection of Economic Philosophy, Legal and Political Philosophy, with a specific focus on: tax justice; freedom and liberalism; reciprocity and gift-giving in taxation; Institutional Economics and gift; percentage philanthropy institutions; value Judgements and normativity in Economics and in Law&Economics; Italian tradition in public finance; Theories of élites and legitimacy in Italian and European Political Thought.
He held Visiting positions at: Cornell University as “Luigi Einaudi” Chair Holder (2011), Mario Einaudi Center (2014), Cornell Law School (2015); Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg (2015); Department of Government, LSE (2015); Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg as Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union and Guest Professor (2017-18); Triangle UMR 5206 – CNRS/ENS de Lyon, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (2020).
From 2012 to 2018 he was also Coordinator of the Cornell-in-Turin Study Abroad Programme (Cornell University), where he also taught modules in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Among his honours and prizes: the STOREPgrant Award 2016 for the research project "Theories of tax justice: between exchange and gift"; the Marie Curie Fellowship for the research project "Anthropology of Taxation. Enquiry into the Human Foundations of Fiscal Democracy".
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".
