I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna in the Department for Life Quality Studies (QUVI). My work involves using philosophical tools like conceptual analysis to solve real-world problems in medical research and practice. My training was in analytic philosophy of language and mind.
Right now, I'm focused on understanding well-being and quality of life, exploring philosophical issues in diagnostic imaging, and looking at digital health technologies from a philosophical perspective. I'm also interested in the philosophy of psychiatry, the ethics of health communication, and in how values shape scientific concepts.
In the past, I published mostly in philosophy of psychology, especially on theories of concepts and on linguistic relativity.
I'm part of Project DARE-Digital lifelong prevention, on digital health technologies (MUR and EU, 2022-26) and of PREMIO COLLAB Project, on diagnostic methods for monitoring response in patients with metastatic breast cancer (EU Horizon Cancer Mission 2024-29). I also have a small role in the EPIC-Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare team (Wellcome Trust 2023-29).
I got my start with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Bologna in 1997, and later got a PhD in Philosophy of Language and Mind from UNIPO (Italy) in 2003. I also spent some time studying in London at Birkbeck College and in Aberdeen at the Northern Institute of Philosophy.
Before becoming an Associate Professor, I taught at the universities of Milano-Bicocca (2006-20), Modena, Parma, and Bologna. Outside of academia, I worked as a communication consultant in healthcare.