Lorenzo Marsili

Lorenzo Marsili is an activist, philosopher, and writer. The founder of several social enterprises, including the transnational NGO European Alternatives and the cultural institution Fondazione Studio Rizoma, his research and political work focus on imagining and promoting futures beyond the nation-state.

A regular public speaker and international media commentator, he was the founding editor of the independent journal Naked Punch Review in London and Beijing. He holds degrees in philosophy and sinology from the University of London, and his books include “Il Terzo Spazio” (Laterza, 2017), “Citizens of Nowhere” (Zed Books, 2018), “La tua patria è il mondo intero” (Laterza, 2019), and “Planetary Politics” (Polity Press, 2020). He also occasionally writes plays for the theatre and lives between Venice, Berlin, and Palermo.