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Stefano Simonetta

Full Professor and Pro-Rector • PhD • University of Milan

Stefano Simonetta is Full Professor of the History of Medieval Philosophy and Pro-Rector at the University of Milan, where in 2015 he conceived and launched the Prison Project (Progetto Carcere).

Full Professor of the History of Medieval Philosophy at the “Piero Martinetti” Department of Philosophy of the University of Milan, where he has taught since 2004, he has been Deputy Director of the Department and a member of the University's Board of Governors for four terms.

He is currently Pro-Rector for the Right to Study and Student Services, as well as the University's coordinator for the Prison Project and its Prison Hub, for years the largest in Italy by the number of imprisoned and external students involved and by the volume of activity in the eight prisons where the Hub works.

Background

Lead for the University of Milan in the Erasmus+ project «Bridge the gap»University education in European prisons · Italian Erasmus+ National Agency INDIRE · since 2026
President of the Observatory for the Right to Study in PrisonUniversity of Milan · since 2024
Pro-Rector for the Right to Study and Student ServicesUniversity of Milan · since 2024
Full Professor of the History of Medieval Philosophy“Piero Martinetti” Department of Philosophy · since 2024
University coordinator for higher education in prisonAgreement with the Lombardy Regional Prison Administration · since 2015