Michele Farisco

Michele Farisco, PhD, is the head of the \"Science and society\" research unit of Biogem Genetic Research Centre in Ariano Irpino (Italy). He is also part of Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics at Uppsala University, Sweden, as a researcher working on Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroethics within the Human Brain Project and the EIC Pathfinder CAVAA project. He holds a MA in Philosophy from University of Naples \"L'Orientale\" in 2003, a PhD in \"Ethics and Anthropology. History and Foundation\" from University of Lecce in 2008, a Master degree in Biolaw from the University of Rome \"Lumsa\" in 2009, and a PhD in Neuroscience and Philosophy from Uppsala University in 2019. He spent time on an exchange grant from the European Neuroscience and Society Network within the European Science Foundation joining the Coma Science Group of the University of Liège (Belgium). He is the author of four books and several articles about posthuman philosophy, philosophical, ethical and legal implications (ELSI) of genetics and neuroscience, consciousness (with a particular focus on disorders of consciousness), addiction, Artificial Intelligence, and neuroethics. He was awareded the title of Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy in Italy.