Today, January 18, 2025, the Luiss community mourns the passing of Professor Infantino, one of the most influential interpreters of liberal thought and a key figure in the Italian and international academic and cultural landscape.

He graduated in 1972 with a degree in Economics from the University of Siena, and in 1975, he earned his diploma with full marks and honors from the Graduate School of Sociology at Luiss, under the direction of Franco Crespi. 

He secured his first teaching contract in 1983 at the Luiss Faculty of Political Science, then headed by a Technical Committee comprising Rosario Romeo, Franco Gaetano Scoca, and Paolo Ungari. From 1987 to 1981, he also taught at the Faculty of Economics, which was then headed by Dean Mario Di Lazzaro. In 2001, he was appointed a full professor in the same Faculty of Economics after earning his qualification in “Logic and Philosophy of Science.” At the end of his tenure as a full professor, he first served as an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and in July 2024, he was appointed an honorary professor of the Department.

He collaborated with Dario Antiseri to establish the Center for Social Science Methodology at Luiss. At the invitation of Raymond Boudon, he served on the doctoral committee in social sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris. He serves on the Scientific Committee of “Procesos de Mercado,” a journal in Spanish and English founded by Jesús Huerta de Soto.

His major scientific works have been translated into English and Spanish. He promoted and founded the “Biblioteca Austriaca” series at Rubbettino, which brings together the Italian editions of the major works of the economic school that originated in the Vienna School.

He conducted the bulk of his research at the University of Oxford, where he has been a Senior Member of Linacre College since 1983. It was there that he met John Hicks, the Nobel Prize laureate in Economics. He served twice as president of the Italian Linacre Society, which includes all Italians who have studied at Linacre. He established the Friedrich A. von Hayek Foundation – Italy.

His passion for research, tireless commitment, and humanity made him a guiding light for generations of students and colleagues. Luiss, our University, where he played a leading role for over forty years, remembers him with affection and gratitude. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, his students, and all those who cared for him.

Paolo Boccardelli, President of Luiss