Luigi Caranti

Luigi Caranti, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Catania, Italy, is a leading scholar in Kantian ethics and its applications to contemporary political theory. In 2023–2024, he is engaged in a DAAD guest lectureship in collaboration with Prof. Rainer Forst through ConTrust, spanning the winter semester 2023/24 and summer semester 2024.

With a Ph.D. from Boston University, Caranti has held visiting roles at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Philipps-Universität Marburg. His research focuses on Kant’s political philosophy, emphasizing human rights, democratic peace theory, and distributive justice, supported by EU-funded projects such as three Marie Curie Individual Grants and a Marie Curie RISE fellowship coordinating over forty Kant scholars across Europe and South America.

• Marie Curie Individual Grants
• Marie Curie RISE fellowship
• DAAD Guest Lectureship

Caranti's publications, including The Kantian Federation (2022), Kant and the Problem of Politics (2022), and Kant’s Political Legacy (2017), reflect his engagement with Kantian frameworks in global justice, democratic institutions, and peacebuilding. His forthcoming work, The Kantian Subject (2024), expands these themes through interpretative essays.