Ph.D. students
Dirpolis Institute
Luca Valentino
Bio
I am a PhD candidate in the joint PhD programme in Sustainable Development and Climate Change at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and IUSS Pavia.
My main research interests are in environmental and political philosophy. Currently, my work focuses on the concept of 'ecological civilization', which I explore through both Western and Chinese perspectives.
Publications
Valentino L., Vulnerabilità, in G. Fava, F. Melina, M. Savoldelli (a cura di), Acque contese. Un glossario per le Grave di Ciano, pp. 295-304, Ventura Edizioni, Senigallia 2025.
Valentino L., Lo sfruttamento della libertà come fondamento del neoliberalismo: Una riflessione attraverso la filosofia politica di Byung-Chul Han, in «S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it», 30, 2023, pp. 338-364.
Valentino L., Recensione a Adriano Pessina - L'essere altrove. L'esperienza umana nell'epoca dell'intelligenza artificiale [Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2023], in «S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it», 29, 2023, pp. 337-341.
Courses
Mastrosimone, L., & Valentino, L. (2025). War and the Anthropocene: Towards a Geoanthropology of War. Presented at Geoanthropology: Metabolism, Legal Imagination and Geopraxis, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Valentino, L. (2025). On the Societal Impacts of Abiotic Nature: Nature and Society in the eco-Marxist Ontology of Andreas Malm and Alf Hornborg. Presented at Marx in the Anthropocene: Capital, Nature, Ecology, Environment, IUAV University of Venice.
Valentino, L. (2024). Making Sense of Nonhuman Impacts on Society: Against the New Materialist Approach. Presented at Engaging the Contemporary 2024: Intersections – Human/Nonhuman Relations, University of Turin.
Valentino, L. (2024). The Exploitation of Freedom as the Foundation of Neoliberal Power: An Analysis of Byung-Chul Han’s Political Philosophy. Presented at the 12th Annual St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory: Power, Legitimacy, and Contestation, University of St Andrews.