Davide Gardini

PhD student

Research interests

The project for a Lex Ecclesiae Fundamentalis: history, debates, and outcomes during the pontificates of Paul VI and John Paul II (1971–1983).

Education, academic and professional experience

In November 2024 he began the National PhD Programme in Religious Studies at the Sapienza University, Rome. 

From February to October 2024, he held a post-graduate fellowship at FSCIRE. 

In October 2023, he earned a Mester’s degree with distiction in Historical and Oriental Studies (curriculum: Historical Studies) at the University of Bologna. completing a thesis in the History of Christianity entitled Sotto la guida della liturgia. La primazialità liturgica come chiave di lettura della svolta preconciliare nell’animo e nell’episcopato di Giacomo Lercaro (supervisor: Prof. Davide Dainese; co-supervisor: Dr. Massimiliano Proietti). 

He received his bachelor degree in History  from the University of Bologna in March 2020, with a thesis in the History of Christianity titled L’ecumenismo della Nouvelle Théologie. Una riconciliazione tra Oriente e Occidente (supervisor: Prof. Umberto Mazzone; co-supervisor: Prof. Davide Dainese).