Matteo Antonelli is a Ph.D. student in philosophy of science at the University of Urbino (Research Methods in Science and Technology program). He obtained his M.A. at the University of Bologna, working with Prof. Francesco Bianchini, with a thesis on the study of consciousness, from both a scientific and philosophical point of view. His research interests concern the philosophy of mind and the cognitive neuroscience, with a particular focus on consciousness, self and perception. Besides these topics, he is also interested in questions related to the philosophy of biology, the artificial intelligence and the history of philosophy.

Matteo Bedetti is a Ph.D. student in philosophy of science at the University of Urbino. He obtained his M.A. at the University of Urbino, with a thesis on the epistemology of evolutionary psychology, working with Prof. Vincenzo Fano. His research project concerns the methods of historical sciences, in particular, how paleontology and paleoanthropology deal with epistemically unfavorable situations. He is also interested in questions concerning the philosophy of evolutionary biology and the evolution of animal cognition.

Niccolò Covoni is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Physics at the University of Urbino (Research Methods in Science and Technology program) and a Ph.D student in Philosophy at The University of Svizzera Italiana (USI). Before his current position, he obtained his Bachelor at the University of Pisa, with a thesis on the foundation of Quantum Logic, working with Prof.Luca Bellotti. He obtained his Master in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Florence, with a thesis on Quantum Information, working with Prof. Silvano Zipoli Caiani and Prof. Giuseppe Sergioli (University of Cagliari). His main interests lie in the Philosophy of Physics, Metaphysics and Logic and his Ph.D. project concerns a combination of these topics, in particular, how to formalise a possible ontology of the quantum information.

Andrea Esposito is a Ph.D. student at the University of Urbino. His main scientific interests lie in formal logic, automated theorem proving, and theoretical computer science with a particular focus on higher-order logic programming languages and automated reasoning. His Ph.D. project concerns the application of automated theorem proving techniques in the field of noninterference and reversible computing. Besides these topics, he is also interested in formal methods in general, philosophy and history of logic, proof theory, and lambda calculus. 

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Urbino (Research Methods in Science and Technology program), and my supervisor is Prof. Mario Alai. I obtained my M.A. from the University of Bologna, where I worked with Prof. Eva Picardi and Prof. Giorgio Volpe on theories of truth and especially alethic pluralism, alternative positions to deflationism, and connections to the realist-antirealist debate. Now, my research interests are connected to scientific realism, scientific understanding, and the epistemology of big data. I am working on the varieties of scientific understanding, in order to develop an account of scientific understanding compatible with realist tenets, concerning the contexts of the research methodologies involved in data-centric sciences. Since the notion of representation draws my philosophical attention, also within the public discourse, I am working on the disinformation patterns recurring in the discussion regarding Covid-19 themes. Scientific communication and sciences' role in policymaking processes are topics that I, also as a local administrator, do not overlook.

My name is Vincenzo Nespeca and I was born in 1998 in the province of Ascoli Piceno. I received my bachelor's degree in physics at the University of Perugia and my master's degree in theoretical physics at the University of Bologna, with a thesis in philosophy of physics. I am currently a PhD student in philosophy of physics at the University of Urbino, where I work on methodology in the field of quantum gravity; in particular, my project consists in the methodological evaluation of the main quantum gravity research programmes (such as string theory and loop quantum gravity) and more generally in the search for new philosophically grounded strategies for a better organization of research and scientific community.