I am a teacher of history and social studies, an entrepreneur and a post-doctoral researcher, specializing in the research of ancient and modern intellectual and cultural history. My thesis The Honnête Homme and the Art of Pleasing was approved at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Helsinki in 2009.

I am a member of The Oxford Research Center in the Humanities at the University of Oxford and been a member of the jury of the Premio Strega – literary prize  organized by the Bellonci Foundation and the Italian Cultural Institute. I am also a media entrepreneur.

I enjoy IT, chess, writing and sup-boarding. You can also find me in the swimming pool, in the old quarters of Paris or Rome, or on the shores of the Mediterranean.