Ludovica Lorusso Curriculum vitae Personal Information Current Job: Temporary Research Fellow at the University of Sassari - Department of Political Science, Communication, Engineering and Information Technologies, Viale Mancini, 5 - 07100 Sassari, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Areas of Specialization and Interest Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Medicine, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Mind, Visual Perception, Cognitive Psychology. Scientific and Philosophical Education 2009. Summer School of Biometrics (University of Sassari). 2008. Summer School of Bioinformatics (University of Sassari). 2008. Ph.D. in Theoretical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Padova (Italy). Dissertation thesis on the epistemological and methodological issues of phylogenetic systematics. Defended, April 18th 2008. Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Boniolo. 2004. Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology, highest honour cum laude (110/110 cum laude), University of Milano (Italy). Dissertation thesis in human population genetics on the geographical correlation between mitochondrial DNA variation and languages. Supervisor: Prof. Antonio Torroni. 2003-2004. She worked (master stage) in the Laboratory of Human Population Genetics directed by Prof. Antonio Torroni, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia. 2000-2002. She studied Molecular Biology in Milano and attended courses and seminars on Evolution, Molecular Evolution and History of Biology. 1997-2000. She studied Chemistry at the University of Firenze (Italy). Teaching Experience Lectures in Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Biology at the University of Sassari (2009-2014). Lectures in Business Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Sassari (2011-2012). Lectures in Philosophy of Perception at the University of Sassari (2010-2014). Lectures in Philosophy of Science at the University of Padova (2005-2006). Visiting Positions Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of San Francisco. Collaboration with Professor Quayshawn Spencer; Spring Term 2014. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UPMC, CNRS (Paris); Collaboration with Dr. Nathalie George; Spring Term 2013. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London. Collaboration with Prof. Manos Tsakiris; Spring Term 2010. Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Collaboration with Professor Elliott Sober; Academic Year 2006-2007. 1 Visiting Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh; Spring Term 2006. Books Lorusso, L. “La questione della razza in filosofia della biologia” (“The question of race in philosophy of biology”), book, in press, Carocci Press. Lorusso, L. (Ed.) “Race and Genomics: Debates and Perspectives”, under submission with Routledge. Contributors: Guido Barbujani, Richard Lewontin, Anthony Edwards, Alberto Piazza, Lisa Gannett, Jonathan Kaplan, Guillermo Delgado-P., Carlos Barragan, Paula Moya, Michael Hunter, Adam Hockman, Ludovica Lorusso. Lorusso, L., 2008. “Representing the past”, Doctoral thesis, University of Padova (Italy). Chapters Lorusso, L. (invited publication), “The race variable in preventive medicine”, in Quayshawn Spencer (Ed.), The Race Debates, forthcoming for Oxford University Press. Lorusso L., 2014. “Complex causation in the race debate”. In Fabio Bacchini, Stefano Caputo, and Massimo Dell’Utri (Eds.), New Advances in Causation, Agency and Moral Responsibility, Cambridge Scholars. Lorusso L., 2010. “The concept of race and its justification in biology”. In Marcello D'Agostino, Giulio Giorello, Federico Laudisa, Telmo Pievani and Corrado Sinigaglia (Eds.), New Essays in Logic and Philosophy of Science, College Publications. Lorusso L. and Minelli A., 2008. “La ricostruzione filogenetica” (“Reconstructing Phylogeny”). In Giovanni Boniolo and Stefano Giaimo (Eds.), Filosofia della Biologia (Philosophy of Biology), Bruno Mondadori. Articles Lorusso, L. and Bacchini, F. “Razza: nuovi concetti e ontologie nell’era post-genomica”, paper in preparation. Lorusso, L. and Grosso, E. “Visual and conceptual mechanisms in judgments of similarity and kinship”, paper in preparation. Lorusso, L. “What concept of human race in biology?”, under revision for History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Lorusso, L. and Bacchini, F., 2015. “A reconsideration of the role of self-identified races in epidemiology and biomedical research”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 52, 56- 64. Lorusso, L., Pulina, L. and Grosso, E., 2015. “Perceived similarity between faces: old issues for a new method”, Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 6, 2, 317-339. Lorusso, L., 2014 (invited publication). “The epigenetic hypothesis and the new biological role of self- identified racial categories”, symposium “Race, Genomics, and Philosophy of Science” with Jonathan Michael Kaplan and Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, Critical Philosophy of Race, 2, 183-203. 2 Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Lorusso L., Tsakiris M., 2013. “Active and passive-touch during interpersonal multisensory stimulation change self-other boundaries”, Consciousness and Cognition, 22, 4, 1352-1360. Lorusso, L., 2013. “Nanotechnology, aims, and values”, Ethics & Politics, XV, 1, 272-302. Lorusso L., 2012. “Problemi epistemologici ed etici nell’uso del concetto di razza nelle scienze biomediche” (“Epistemological and ethical issues of the use of the concept of race in biomedical sciences”), Bioetica. Rivista interdisciplinare, 3, 397-409, issn: 1122-2344. Lorusso L., Brelstaff G., Pulina L., and Grosso E., 2012. “On the plausibility of a generalized model of perceived similarity between faces”, Perception, 41, 116, issn: 0301-0066. Brelstaff G., Chessa F., Lorusso L., and Grosso E., 2012. “Reading parallel texts – augmentation and eye movements”, Perception, 41, 171, issn: 0301-0066. Lorusso L. and Grosso E., 2012. “Non inversion of similarity and dissimilarity in judging faces”. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin. Lorusso L., 2011. “Evolutionary representations of biological history”, Logic and Philosophy of Science, 1, 405-412, ISSN 1826 -1043. Lorusso L., Brelstaff G., Brodo L., Lagorio A., Grosso E., 2011. “Visual judgments of kinship: an alternative perspective”, Perception, 40, 1282-1289. Lorusso L., 2011. “The justification of race in biological explanation”, Journal of Medical Ethics, 37, 535- 539. Lorusso L., Brelstaff G., Grosso, E., 2011. “A new model for the visual judgement of kinship”, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE IVMSP Workshop, Ithaca, NY. Lorusso L., Brodo L., Grosso E., Brelstaff G., Lagorio A., 2010. “Are judgments of kinship from faces primed by visual similarity?”, Perception, 39, 126, issn: 0301-0066. Lorusso L. and Boniolo G., 2008. “Clustering humans: on biological boundaries”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 39, 163-170. Selection of Talks “La Razza come Realtà Biologica” (Race as a biological reality), Approcci Formalizzati ed Empirici tra Fisica, Biologia e Scienze Cognitive (Formalized and Empirical Approaches between Physics, Biology, and Cognitive Science), Meeting, Alghero, 9-10 July 2015. “Complex Causation and Race Concepts”, Italian Society of Logics and Philosophy of Science SILFS, Roma, 18-20 June 2014. “The Concept of Race in the Post-Genomics Era”, with Fabio Bacchini, presented at the International Conference of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), San Diego, 15-17 November 2012. “Against the Precautionary Principle (Especially for Nanotechnology)”, with Fabio Bacchini, IAEP (International Association of Environmental Philosophy) Conference, Rochester (NY), USA, 3-5 November 2012. 3 “On the Plausibility of a Generalized Model of Perceived Similarity between Faces”, ECVP conference, Alghero 2012. “The Biological Meaning of the Social Concept of Race”, Conference “The Answers of Philosophy”, SIFA – Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Alghero 12-15 September 2012. “Is Nanoscience a New Science?”, workshop Nanoethics: Do We Need a New Ethics for Nanotechnology?, Alghero, 7 August 2012. “Beyond the Dichotomy between Bottom-up and Top-down: a New Approach to Visual Perception of Similarity in Human Faces”, ESPP conference, London 2012. “Non Inversion of Similarity and Dissimilarity in Judging Faces”, International Conference on Cognitive Modeling ICCM, Berlin 2012. “New Meanings of Old Concepts: The Case Of Common Ancestry”, Italian Society of Logics and Philosophy of Science SILFS, Bergamo 2010. “Are Judgements of Kinship from Faces Primed by Visual Similarity?” European Conference on Visual Perception ECVP, Lausanne 2010. “The Justification of Race in Biological Explanation” Italian Society of Logics and Philosophy of Science SILFS, Milano 2007. “Clustering Humans: Boundaries & Properties” International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, Exeter 2007. Grants received and administered I have been successful as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator in gaining funding for research activities, travel and collaboration, conferences and events, totalling over euro 300.000. This has included grants for projects lasting up to three years, involving interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration, and which have