Dario Nardella

He was born in Torre del Greco, in the province of Naples, to parents originally from San Marco in Lamis (in the province of Foggia).^[9] His father, Umberto, was a professor of Hindi and Urdu language and literature at the University of Naples "L'Orientale" until 2007 and the author of numerous monographs on the cultures and languages of Southeast Asia.^[10] He spent his childhood in the Campania town and, at the age of 14, moved to Florence, where in 1994 he earned his high school diploma in science from the G.B. Morgagni Scientific High School and in 1998 received his diploma in violin from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. He pursued a professional career in music until 2004.^[11][12]

In 2001, he earned a law degree from the University of Florence with a grade of 110 cum laude, and later obtained a Ph.D. in public law and environmental law from the same university.^[13][14] He also served as an adjunct professor of cultural heritage law at the same university.

In 2005, he founded the “Eunomia” Foundation together with Prof. Enzo Cheli, Prof. Leonardo Morlino, and other friends and university colleagues; he currently serves as its director.