Saura Masconale (J.D., Ph.D) is Associate Director of the University of Arizona’s Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, and Affiliated Faculty in the James E. Rogers College of Law. She is also the Local Coordinator for EMLE (*European Master in Law & Economics) Arizona.

Professor Masconale’s research sits at the intersection of law and economics and political economy, exploring how legal entitlements, economic forces, and political structures shape the organization of power and responsibility in market societies. Much of her work examines the modern corporation as a key institutional site where these dynamics unfold—investigating corporations’ dual role as economic and political actors and the implications this carries for democratic accountability and the moral legitimacy of market institutions. Her articles have appeared in the Northwestern Law Review, Texas Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Journal of Corporate Law, and Social Philosophy and Policy, among other outlets.

Before joining the University of Arizona, Professor Masconale taught at the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Notre Dame Law School, and practiced corporate law at Clifford Chance LLP, an international law firm headquartered in London. She holds a J.D. from Bologna University and a Ph.D. in Law & Economics from LUISS University (Italy). She speaks four languages: Italian, English, French and (some) Spanish.

Phone: (520) 626-7672