Maria Serena Olsaretti

Maria Serena Olsaretti is an ICREA Research Professor at the Department of Law of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra since 2010. She serves as Principal Investigator (PI) for the Family Justice project. Her research focuses on distributive justice, encompassing topics like libertarianism, desert, well-being, and egalitarianism, with a specialization in justice-related issues within family contexts. She critically examines the societal implications of responsibility-based egalitarian theories, particularly regarding the costs of raising children.

Her work explores tensions between individual autonomy and societal obligations toward parenting, as seen in publications such as “Children as Public Goods?” and “Equality, Autonomy and the Price of Parenting.”

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided materials. She has not listed advisees, though her role as PI suggests potential team leadership in research projects.