About

I am a Professor of Political Theory at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Before taking up the Chair in Political Theory at Geneva in 2019, I was an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Pavia, Italy. Since 2005, I have held fellowships and visiting positions at various institutions worldwide, including: the Center for Human Values of the Princeton University; Nuffield College and the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford; University of Jordan; Hitotsubashi University of Tokyo; University of Darmstadt; Ural Federal University; University of St Andrews; Centre de Recherche en Étique de l’Université de Montréal; University of Hamburg; University of Kent; KU Leuven; and University of Brighton. In 2018, I was Fulbright Research Scholar at the Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics of Harvard University. My research interests include theories of justice and value conflict, democracy, political corruption, and the treatment of minorities in a democracy. My articles have appeared in such journal as the Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, European Journal of Philosophy, Social Theory and Practice, and the Journal of Social Philosophy. I am the author of the book Interactive Justice (Routledge 2016) and co-author of Is Whistleblowing a Duty? (Polity 2018). My book with Maria Paola Ferretti on Political Corruption. The Internal Enemy of Public Institutions is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. I am an Associate Editor of the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

Research Interests

Citizenship, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Democracy, Government, Institutions, Political Participation, Political Theory, Social Justice, Voting, Corruption, Ethics, Liberalism, Normative Theory, Solidarity, Transitional justice

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Theory
• International Political Theory
• Political Concepts
• (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity
• Methods of Normative Political Theory