Lorenzo Marsili is an activist philosopher and writer. The founder of several social enterprises including transnational NGO European Alternatives and cultural institution Fondazione Studio Rizoma, his research and political work focus on defining 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 has 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). Occasionally, he writes plays for the theatre. He lives between Venice, Berlin, and Palermo.