Valentino PELLEGRINO

I graduated in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in 2018, with a thesis on the natural law theory of Thomas Aquinas and John Finnis. In 2020, I completed a Master's degree in Philosophy at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, with a thesis on Thomistic metaphysics, and in 2026 I obtained a PhD in Philosophy from the same university, with a dissertation on the political thought of Eric Voegelin and Friedrich von Hayek. I have also studied theology at the Studio Teologico Laurentianum in Venice, affiliated with the Pontifical University Antonianum, and in the academic year 2024-25 I spent a semester at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, attending courses in the Master's program in Economics of the Austrian School.

During the academic year 2021-22, I was a research fellow at the Centro Universitario Cattolico (Italian Episcopal Conference), working on a research project on the virtue of justice in Thomas Aquinas and Domingo Báñez. From 2023 to 2025, I worked on the PRIN 2022 PNRR project "ROSMINI – Analysis and Resources of Rosmini's Thought in a Digital Environment," focused on the digitization of Antonio Rosmini's philosophical works.

I have taught History of Philosophy, Ethics, and Philosophical Anthropology at the Patriarchal Seminary of Venice and the ISSR of Novara. I currently teach philosophy and theology at the Salesian University Institute of Venice (IUSVE), affiliated with the Salesian Pontifical University.