Adriano Ballarini is full professor of Philosophy of Law at the Department of Jurisprudence of the University of Macerata. He currently devotes particular attention to the conditions for the realisation of contemporary constitutionalism and to the manifestations of everyday, social and institutional forms of totalitarian ideology.

Professor Ballarini is coordinator of the book series La nottola di Minerva (Giappichelli Publisher) and Limina (Aracne Publisher) with Carla Faralli (University of Bologna), Massimo La Torre (University of Catanzaro), Eugenio Ripepe (University of Pisa) and Francesco Riccobono (University of Naples "Federico II").

During the last semesters professor Ballarini focused on art. 3 of the Italian Constitution by setting his research on rule of law, guarantee of material singularity, everyday forms of totalitarian ideology and models of singularity. On these issues he published in September 2013 the essay "Hypotheses non fingo. Studi di diritto positivo" within the above mentioned Giappichelli's series La nottola di Minerva. For the same Publisher and series he also edited the volume of collected essays Costituzione, morale, diritto, in which he participates with the article: "L'ego e il singolo materiale esistente. Note di metodo della garanzia giuridica della singolarità". Since May 2013 he has been member of the Governing Board of the Italian Society of Philosophy of law and of the Scientific Committee of theRivista di filosofia del diritto - Journal of Legal Philosophy, official organ of the Society.