I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna in the Department for Life Quality Studies (QUVI). I'm also affiliated with the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health (University of Durham and Pittsburgh).

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.