Dr. Roberto Fumagalli

Senior Lecturer - Dept. Political Economy - King's College London

Research Associate - CPNSS (Philosophy) - London School of Economics

Visiting Scholar - Behavioral Ethics Lab - University of Pennsylvania

CONTACT

roberto.fumagalli [at] kcl.ac.uk R.Fumagalli [at] lse.ac.uk

BIOGRAPHY

I am an Italian from Milan. During my studies, I have been increasingly attracted to interdisciplinary education and training, with a special focus on research at the interface between philosophy, economics and other decision sciences. I received both my BA in Economics (2004) and my MSc in Economics (2006) at Bocconi University (Milan). I then moved to the London School of Economics, where I completed my MSc in Philosophy (2007) and my PhD in Philosophy (2011), with a doctoral dissertation on the philosophical foundations of neuroeconomics. After completing my PhD, I joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bayreuth, where I was appointed Junior Professor and took up responsibility for developing and teaching a wide range of BA and MA philosophy courses. In 2017, I joined the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London as Lecturer in Political Economy and Philosophy. Between 2018 and 2020, I served as Director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program (more than 300 students enrolled), significantly contributing to the program’s expansion and consolidating the program’s performance in various strategic dimensions (e.g. top undergraduate program in the department in the 2019 National Student Surveys). Between 2021 and 2023, I served as Director of the MA Public Policy Program (more than 100 students enrolled), extensively liaising with King’s central administration to make the Program more attractive to top-level international students (e.g. redesign of admission criteria and advertising). Between 2024 and 2025, I served as Senior Tutor for the whole of the Department of Political Economy, co-ordinating student support activities for more than 1,500 students. I am currently Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society.

EMPLOYMENT

2021-present Senior Lecturer - Department of Political Economy (King's College London)

2025-present Associate Director - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society (King’s College London)

2024-25 Senior Tutor (King's College London)

2021-24 Director of the Public Policy Program (King's College London)

2020-21 Lecturer (Tenured) - Department of Political Economy (King's College London)

2018-20 Director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program (King's College London)

2017-20 Lecturer (Tenure-track) - Department of Political Economy (King's College London)

2012-17 Junior Professor - Institute of Philosophy (University of Bayreuth)

2011-12 Lecturer (Fixed-term) - Institute of Philosophy (University of Bayreuth)

2008-10 Graduate Teaching Assistant - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (London School of Economics)

EDUCATION

2007-11 PhD Philosophy, London School of Economics - Thesis Title: Philosophical Foundations of Neuroeconomics.

Supervisors: J. McKenzie Alexander and Richard Bradley - Examiners: David Papineau and Uskali Mäki

2006-07 MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences, London School of Economics: Distinction

2004-06 MSc Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (Milan): 110/110 cum laude

2001-04 BA Economics, Bocconi University (Milan): 110/110 cum laude

AOS: Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Moral and Political Philosophy

AOC: Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences; Bioethics; Healthcare Ethics; Business Ethics; Philosophy and Public Policy; Metaphysics

LANGUAGES

Italian (native); English (fluent); Spanish (intermediate); German (basic).