Adele Rugini

Adele Rugini studied at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL) in Paris, where she graduated in Social and Political Philosophy, and later earned – in co-tutelle between the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the University of Rome “La Sapienza” – her PhD in Philosophy (title of the thesis: L’utopia di Adriano Olivetti. Politica ed estetica).

She is currently teaching assistant and postdoctoral researcher at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (USI) within the project City of Signs. Understanding Logos, funded by the NOMIS Foundation, and jeune chercheuse associée at the Centre des Savoirs sur le Politique – Recherches et Analyses (EHESS).

Her research focuses on social aesthetics and the political imagination of the twentieth century, at the intersection of political philosophy, design, and urbanism. It also includes an inquiry into the symbolism of forms, signs, and devices that shape and sustain collectives and communities. 

She is the author of Immaginare un mondo comune. Esercizi di pensiero con Adriano Olivetti (Edizioni di Comunità, 2024).