Carreer Bio:

I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Pavia, working on Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of flesh, negativity, and the epistemological dimension of phenomenology. I previously held a Research Scholarship (Junior Research Fellow) at the University of Turin, contributing to a PRIN project on the nature of expertise. I am currently involved in the PRIN Making Space for the Other (University of Macerata and University of Naples "Federico II"), focusing on spatiality and lived environments.

I serve as a Teaching Tutor in theoretical philosophy for the academic years 2024–25 and 2025–26.

Research Info:

My research focuses on phenomenology and contemporary ontology, with a particular emphasis on Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s late philosophy. I work on the concepts of negativity, dialectics, and the ontology of flesh, developing their epistemological implications as a framework for rethinking classical notions of truth, objectivity, causality, and individuation. This theoretical matrix informs my analysis of concrete phenomena that typically escape traditional models.

Within this framework, I explore how embodied, situated forms of knowledge reshape debates in epistemology—particularly regarding belief, expertise, and the conditions under which knowledge becomes epistemically relevant.

I also investigate spatiality and the emerging field of geo-philosophy, studying how phenomenology can illuminate geographical, ecological, and environmental processes. My work on friches, terrains vagues, and residual environments exemplifies how Merleau-Ponty’s concepts—including institution, passivity, and the dynamical structure of flesh—offer alternative ways of interpreting spatial processes, urban transformations, and the role of indeterminacy in environments.

Across these domains, I frequently engage with authors such as Husserl, Heidegger, Ricoeur, Derrida, Richir, Whitehead, and contemporary theories of complexity. Methodologically, I combine close textual analysis with a hermeneutic and deconstructive orientation, with a speculative, process-oriented approach aimed at articulating a new understanding of spatiality, embodiment, and the conditions of experience.

Overall, my work seeks to bridge a rigorous ontological-epistemological framework with the analysis of specific phenomena—showing how phenomenology can function not only as a philosophical inquiry into being, but also as a tool for reinterpreting the structures and processes that shape the contemporary world.

Fields of Interest:

1. Phenomenology & Ontology

Keywords: embodiement, negativity

2. Epistemology & Knowledge Practices

Keywords: truth, expertise

3. Philosophy of Space & Geo-philosophy

Keywords: topology, dwelling