1978
1978, first publication

1979
1979, B. A. in philosophy, University of Turin, supervisor prof. Gianni Vattimo
1979-1988, editor and subsequently chief co-editor of the review Alfabeta, (with N. Balestrini, O. Calabrese, M. Corti, U. Eco, F. Leonetti, A. Porta, P.A. Rovatti, G. Sassi, M. Spinella, P. Volponi)

1980
1980-1984, seminars in Aesthetics at the University of Turin

1981
1981-, editor of the journal aut aut (chief editor P.A. Rovatti)

1982
1982-1984, Contracted Lecturer, University of Macerata

1984
1984, “Diplôme d'études approfondies”, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, director Prof. Jacques Derrida
1984-1988, Contracted Lecturer of Aesthetics, University of Trieste

1985
1985, Visiting scholar in various Universities in the U.S.A. (Yale, UCLA, NYU, Boulder) financed by the United States Information Agency

1986
1986-, contributor of the newspaper Il Manifesto

1987
1987-1995, editor of Annuario filosofico italiano (chief-editor G. Vattimo), and subsequently of Annuario filosofico europeo (chief editors J. Derrida e G. Vattimo)
1987, fall, Visiting Professor at the University of Rosario, Argentina

1988
1988-1995, Associate Professor of Aesthetics, University of Trieste
1988, Visiting scholar at the “Philosophisches Seminar” of the University of Heidelberg, financed by D.A.A.D., supervisor prof. R. Wiehl
1988-1989, contributor of the newspaper Il secolo XIX
1988-, cooperation with the "Istituto Italiano per gli Studi filosofici", Naples

1989
1989, Research fellow at the “Collège International de Philosophie” in Paris
1989-, contributor of the cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore

1990
1990, Prize "Claretta" for french-italian cultural cooperation
1990, Maytag Professor for Comparative Literature, Colorado College

1993
1993-1995, Scholarship holder at Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Heidelberg

1995
1995-1999, Full Professor of Aesthetics, University of Turin

1996
1996-1999, chief co-editor of the journal Rivista di Estetica (with P. Bozzi, J. Derrida, U.Eco, F. Moiso, R. Salizzoni, G. Vattimo, P. Zellini)

1997
1997-2001, Director of the Department of Philosophy, University of Turin

1998
1998-2003, Program Director, “Collège International de Philosophie”, Paris

1999
1999-, Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Turin
1999, fall, Visiting Professor, Unam, Mexico City

2000
2000-, contributor of the newspaper La Stampa
2000-, chief editor of the journal Rivista di Estetica
2000, spring, Visiting Professor, University of Montpellier

2001
2001-, Director of CTAO (Center for Theoretical and Applied Ontology), University of Turin

2002
2002-2004, general coordinator for Italy of the international research program Intellectual property: property of objects, property of ideas, financed by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, http://www.labont.it/research.asp?lan=en&prj=2.

2003
2003, fall, Visiting Professor, Istituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Nuevo Léon, Mexico

2004
2004, research prize of the “Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung”, at Ifomis, Leipzig, (director: Prof. Barry Smith)
2004-2006, general coordinator for Italy of the international research program Ontological canon. An integrative approach to knowledge organization, financed by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, http://www.labont.it/research.asp?lan=en&prj=1.

2006
2006, winner of the philosophical prize "Castiglioncello"