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.

Francesca Battistoni is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo - Research Methods in Science and Technology program –under the supervision of Prof. Vincenzo Fano. She obtained her M.A. at the University AlmaMater of Bologna, with a thesis on the concept of Time and Causality for Aristotle, in a comparison with contemporary physics, working with Prof. Walter Cavini and Carlotta Capuccino. Previously she obtained a M.A. at the same University in Communication Science, with a thesis on Semiotic of the text working with Prof. Maria Pia Pozzato. 

Her main interests lie in the Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, History of Science, Philosophy of Language and Ancient Philosophy and her Ph.D. research project concerns the re-evaluation of the Aristotelian concept of time in a comparison with the contemporary physics theory such as General Relativity and Quantum Gravity

Malamati Bourtzou is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). She then completed a Master of Science in Didactics in Physics and Educational Technology at AUTh's Department of Physics, followed by a Master of Education in Special Education jointly awarded by the University of Nicosia and the University of Patras.

During her Master’s studies, she conducted her thesis research on “Teachers’ Beliefs About Visits to Science and Technology Museums.” This research was co-supervised by Dr. Maria Karnezou and Dr. Charikleia-Panagiota Vaiopoulou. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of Physics, the History and Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, and Science Education. 

Giorgia Brignoli is a Ph.D. student in philosophy of science at the University of Urbino (Research Methods in Science and Technology program). She obtained her Bachelor at the University of Milan. She then gradueted at University of Bergamo with a master thesis on Metaphysics of emerging properties working with Prof. Valia Allori. Her interests concern analytic methaphysics and philosophy of science, with a specific focus on metaphysics of physics. Indeed, her research project regards metaphysics of effective laws, starting from the quantum mechanic field. 

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.

Giovanni Gaia is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Ancient Literature and another in Philosophy of Information, both at the University of Urbino. Before becoming a Ph.D. student he taught literature and history in secondary school. His main interests concern the history of mathematics and the history of astronomy. He is currently working on astronomy and gnomonics at the mathematical school of Urbino, with a particular focus on the Novae Gnomonices libri quinque by Bernardino Baldi. 

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. 

Ciro Elio Saltarelli is a PhD student in History of Science (Research Method in Science and Technology) at the University of Urbino. He obtained his Bachelor's degree with a thesis on the history of music supervised by Prof. Glauco Maria Cantarella, followed by a Master's degree on the history of philosophy, working with Prof. Domenico Felice at the University of Bologna.

Since 2015, he has taught philosophy and history in high schools with a particular orientation on educational experiments.

His main interests lie in the History and Philosophy of Science and the teaching of the related disciplines.

His PhD project concerns the evolution of the history of seismology in the last century, focusing on the interdisciplinary and epistemological aspects of historical seismology.

Alessandro Santoni is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Research Methods in Science and Technology program), under the supervision of Prof. Vincenzo Fano. He obtained his M.A. at the University of Urbino, with a thesis at the intersection of philosophy and ecoacoustics. His main interests lie in the philosophy of sound and listening, with a particular focus on ecoacoustics and the scientific study of soundscapes. His Ph.D. project approaches sound from the perspective of the philosophy of measurement and scientific models, investigating how sound is constituted as an object of scientific inquiry through measurement and modelling. 

Simone Salzano is a PhD student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino and a PhD student in Philosophy at LMU Munich, working under the joint supervision of Prof. Vincenzo Fano (Urbino) and Prof. Stephan Hartmann (LMU). 

Before beginning his doctoral studies, he completed an MA in Philosophy at the University of Lugano (USI, Switzerland), where he wrote a thesis on the philosophy of quantum mechanics under the supervision of Prof. Tim Maudlin. As part of his master’s program, he spent the Fall 2023 semester at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), hosted by the Faculty of Science and supported by the Swiss-European Mobility Program (SEMP). His research interests encompass the history and philosophy of physics, metaphysics, and the general philosophy of science. Currently, he is investigating how Effective Field Theories can inform and reshape longstanding debates in the philosophy of science, particularly those concerning scientific realism, emergence, reduction, and fundamentality. 

Francesca Serio is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy of Science at the University of Urbino (Research Methods in Science and Technology program). She began her academic career with a Bachelor's thesis in Cognitive Science, supervised by Professor Selene Arfini at University of Pavia. She completed her studies at the University of Milan with a master thesis which explores a new modal logic for perception working with Professor Giuseppe Primiero. Her research interests concern the intersection of cognitive science, logic, computer science, and philosophy, with a specific focus on perception and automation.