Chiara Cordelli

Chiara Cordelli
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza," BA Philosophy (2003) & MA Philosophy (2005), University College London, MA Human Rights (2006) & PhD Political Theory (2007-2011)
Occupation(s)Political philosopher, political scientist
EmployerUniversity of Chicago (since 2015)
Known forThe Privatized State (2020)
Websitehttps://chicago.academia.edu/ChiaraCordelli

Chiara Cordelli is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Her work focuses on the application of Kantian theory to the issues of philanthropy, privatization, and state legitimacy. Her first book, The Privatized State (2020), won the inaugural European Consortium for Political Research Political Theory Prize for best first English-language book of Political Theory.