Castigliano is a member of the research department of the University of Paris IV and participated in the research group project of the Sorbonne University in Paris.
He currently teaches at Beijing International Studies University in China.
Castigliano's researches center on the relationship between art, literature and city spaces.
His approach is to integrate narrative with performing arts, describing the “Flâneur” as the key figure of a new aesthetic practice.
Castigliano has authored several works and has held numerous lectures at universities across Europe and China.