Dr. Chiara Cordelli

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Biography

Chiara Cordelli is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She specializes in contemporary political philosophy, focusing particularly on theories of distributive justice, political legitimacy, and the normative defenses of the state. She has contributed to the field with her book 'Privatized State' published by Princeton University Press in 2020, which won the 2021 ECPR political theory prize. Cordelli is also a co-editor and contributor to the volume 'Philanthropy in Democratic Societies,' published by the University of Chicago Press in 2016. Her research interests include issues of distributive social justice, egalitarianism, and ethics in philanthropy. Cordelli holds a PhD from University College London, obtained in 2011, and has made significant contributions to the discourse on public and private distinctions within liberal theory.

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Department of Philosophy