Talks
MASTERCLASSES (3), CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (invited [38] and refereed [45]), ROUNDTABLES (2).
2024
88. August, 1-8, 2024. AI in Society: Logical, Epistemological, Sociological and Ethical Issues (with Jing Zhu, Fenrong Liu, Jan Broersen, Vincent Mueller). Chair of Roundtable at the World Congress of Philosophy, Rome, Italy
87.May 21, 2024. 6G and Embodied AI: Benefits and Risks of Increasingly Extended Minds (Invited). Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian, People’s Republic of China
2023
86.November 25, 2023. Ethical Considerations and Policy Interventions concerning the Impact of Generative AI tools in the Economy and in Society. (Invited). Young Computer Scientist & Engineer Forum (YOSCEF) of China Computer Federation (CCF). Xiamen, People's Republic of China.
85. November 16, 2023. Ethical Considerations and Policy Interventions concerning the Impact of Generative AI tools in the Economy and in Society. (Invited). 2nd BRICS Forum on Development of Industrial Internet and Digital Manufacturing, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
84. November 10, 2023 (with Andrea Lavazza). Unwanted Diagnoses: The Discriminative Dangers of Generative AI. (Invited). Medical Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Challenges. Peking University Clinical Research Institute (Shenzhen). Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
83.September 8, 2023. (with Andrea Lavazza). Leveraging Autonomous Weapon Systems: Realism and Humanitarianism in Modern Warfare. SIFA 2023: University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy
82. May 28, 2023. Covid 19 and its Role in the Future of Science. (Invited), Institute for Social and Cultural Studies and Farabi International Award Congress. Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
81. April 24. 2023 (with Paolo Ciancarini et al). A Reflection on the Use of Systemic Thinking in Software Development. 18th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic
2022
80. November 4. 2022 (with Alina Bogdanova). State of the Art Review of Source Code Authorship Attribution. The 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Quzhou University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
79. October 27, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). Epistemic rights and responsibilities in the age of modern social media. At Modern Russia: the Society We Live In. (Invited) at the 100th Anniversary of the birth of A.A. Zinoviev. Institute of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
78. October 21, 2022. ‘Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis’. At IX Sadykov Readings. (Invited) In memory of A.A. Zinoviev. Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.
77. October 13, 2022. ‘Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis’, Posthuman Bodied and Embodied Posthumanisms, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
76. October 6-8, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). Virtuous approach to AI: problems and perspectives. At Subject and Responsibility: Nature, Society, and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
75. September 27, 2022. (with Andrea Lavazza). ‘Epistemic vice prevents us from acquiring truth and knowledge’, SIFA 2022 Midterm Conference, University of Alghero, Alghero, Italy
74. September 22, 2022 (with Andrea Lavazza). ‘Wrapped-around-AI Workplaces: Ethical and Social Issues. AI and the future of Work, (Invited) University of Technology, Deft, The Netherlands
73. June 2, 2022. (with Artur Karimov and Andrea Lavazza). Echo Chambers and the Ethics of
Communication During the Covid-19 Pandemic’. At The Ethics of Trust and Expertise, American University of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
72. May 20, 2022 (with Yegor Bugayenko et al.). Extracting corrective actions from code repositories. The 2022 Mining Software Repositories Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
71. May 20, 2022 (with Yegor Bugayenko et al.). Automatically Prioritizing and Assigning Tasks from Code Repositories in Puzzle Driven Development. The 2022 Mining Software Repositories Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
70. May 16, 2022 (with Artur Karimov). Epistemic responsibility, rights and duties during the COVID-19 Pandemic. at Uanalyticon, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
69. April 29, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). ‘Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers: Why We Believe Fake News?’ Current Issues of Social Sciences and Humanities. National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
68. April 12, 2022. ‘Leveraging One Health to Strengthen Preparedness Against Global Health Threats’. 4th One Health European Joint Programme Annual Scientific Meeting, Orvieto, Italy
67. March 16, 2022. ‘TBA’ Invited by the Institute of Philosophy, Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
66. February 8, 2022. 'Experts, Naturalism, and Democracy'. Invited by Anastasia Ugleva, School of Philosophy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
65. January 27-28, 2022. 'Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis'. Intercultural Ethics and Technology Conference (IET). Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Research Consortium, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
2021
64. November 20, 2021. ‘Expertise-in-Action: The Importance of Intellectual and Moral Virtue(s) to Health Care Experts’ Epistemic Authority’. XIII International Conference ‘Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Prospects’. Invited by Vadim Perov, Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
63. November 18, 2021. The Virtues Needed by Experts in Action’. Invited by Mikhail Schelkunov, Institute of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Mass Communication, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
62. November 16, 2021. 'The Role of Philosophy in Computer Science'. Invited by Department of Education. Roundtable at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia.
61. September 30, 2021. ‘In search of inclusiveness: Supplementing Experts’ Epistemic Authority with Ethical Virtues’. Invited by Daria Drozdova, Philosophy and Culture during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
60. June 10, 2021. 'Strangelove: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Free Will' (with Sergei Levin). Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
59. June 3rd, 2021. ‘Free Will without Effective Intentions, General Intentions, and Reasons-Responsiveness' (with Sergei Levin). Free Will, Consciousness, and Cognition. School of Advanced Studies, Tyumen, Russia.
58. May 31, 2021. ‘Ethical and Epistemological Virtues for Experts in Action’. Invited by Artur Karimov, Institute of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Mass Communication, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
57. May 20, 2021. ‘Not so Humane. Why the quarantine model of incapacitation fails to be the best criminal policy. 12th International Scientific Conference on Neuroethics and 7th Conference of the Italian Society for Neuroethics (SINE), Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
56. May 13, 2021. Survey on Blockchain Applications for Healthcare: Reflections and Challenges. The 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2021). Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
55. April 29, 2021. ‘Root Causes of Interaction Issues in Agile Software Development Teams: Status and Perspectives’. Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), 2021. Vancouver, Canada.
54. April 8, 2021. ‘The role of Experts in the Covid 19 pandemic’. Invited by Sergei Shevchenko, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
53. February 8-9, 2021 ‘Working Session of Task Force 1 on Covid-19 and Global Health [https://www.t20italy.org/2020/12/05/tf-1-global-health-and-covid-19/]’, Invited , Part of the Inception Conference of G20 (for People, Planet and Prosperity [https://www.t20italy.org/#]), Italian Presidency.
2020
52. December 4, 2020. ‘A Systematic Literature Review of Root Causes of Interaction Issues In Agile Software Development Teams’, 4th International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications. University of Granada, Spain.
51. October 26, 2020. [with Andrea Lavazza and Sergei Levin]. ‘Dealing with Criminal Behavior: the Inaccuracy of the Quarantine Analogy’. Invited by Danil Rezzev. Mind-body Seminar, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
50. April 29, 2020. ‘Embodiment: Dimensions, Domains, and Applications’: Invited. Institute for Humanites and Social Sciences, Innopolis University, Kazan, Russia.
49. April 4, 2020. ‘The Extended Mind Thesis and Its Applications’. Invited by Danil Rezeev. Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
48. March 16, 2020. ‘Expertise in Climate Change’. Invited by Prof Andrei Shcherbenok, School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen, Tyumen - Russia
2019
47. December 20, 2019. ‘Not so humane. Why the quarantine model of incapacitation fails to be the best criminal policy’. Invited by Prof Andrea Lavazza, Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy.
46. December 17, 2019. ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Will’. Invited by Prof Andrea Lavazza, Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy.
45. November 20, 2019. ‘Invitation to Critical Thinking’. Invited by Academic Advising Unit, Office of the Registrar, Nazarbayev University, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.
44. November 1, 2019. ‘Free Will, Science, and Reasons for Behaviour’ (with Sergei Levin, who presented). International Workshop: Individual and Collective Intentionality: Persons, Corporations, Trust and Responsibility, Institute of Philosophy, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
43.October 11, 2019. ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Will’. Invited. Work in Progress Seminar, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
42. September 5-8, 2019. ‘Embodied Cognition: Dimension, Domains, and Applications’. ESPP (European Society for Philosophy and Psychology), Athens, Greece.
41. June 6, 2019. ‘Embodied Cognition: Dimension, Domains, and Applications’. Staff Seminar, King’s College, London, The UK.
2018
40. November 13, 2018. 'Embodied Cognition: Dimensions, Domains, and Applications'. Invited (by Prof Nicholas Shea). Invited by Prof Nicholas Shea to present a paper at the Institute of Philosophy. Institute of Philosophy, London, The UK
39. September 10-13, 2018. Taxonomising Phenotypic Plasticity: the Crucial Role of Cultural Plasticity in the Evolution and Development of Human Cognition, ESPP (European Society for Philosophy and Psychology) 2018, Rijeka, Croatia
38. June 25-27, 2018. Taxonomising Phenotypic Plasticity: the Crucial Role of Cultural Plasticity in the Evolution and Development of Human Cognition, AISC (Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive), Genoa, Italy
2017
37. June 8, 2017. “Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences“. Invited. (by Prof Roi Cohen-Kadosh) Paper presented at lab seminar. Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, The UK.
36. March 29, 2017. 'Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences'. Invited. Paper presented at staff seminar, Department of Philosophy, King's College London, The UK
35. February 18, 2017. 'Critical Thinking, Ethical Reasoning, and Daily Life'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia
34. February 15, 2017. 'Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia
33. February 13, 2017. 'Critical Thinking: an introduction'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia.
2016
32. November 17, 2016. ‘Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences’. Invited (by Prof Bence Nanay) paper presented at the Workshop on synaesthesia and multisensory integration at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
2014
31. October 13, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”.Invited (by Prof Tobias Schlicht) paper presented at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
30. October 6, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Invited (by Prof Tobias Schlicht) paper presented at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
29. September 25, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”. Paper selected for presentation at IACS 2014 – Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics – University of Lund, Lund – Sweden.
28. September 10, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”. Paper selected for presentation at the Third European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences”, UNED, Madrid – Spain.
27. August 21, 2014. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as
Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Invited presentation at CCD Annual Workshop – Macquarie University, Sydney – Australia.
26. July 9, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. National University of Australia (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
25. June 16, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Paper selected for presentation at Tracking Artistic and Cultural Agents Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney – Sydney Australia.
2013
24. December 9, 2013. ‘Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia: a critical appraisal of transient and artificially induced forms of synaesthetic experiences’. Paper selected for presentation at the Sensory Neuroscience Symposium, University of Western Sydney – Sydney, Australia.
23. November 12, 2013. ‘Brain, Culture, and Cortical Plasticity: a defence of the Extended Mind Thesis’. Invited presentation for the HDR Excellence Award/Showcase Achievements. Macquarie University, Sydney Australia
22. September 11, 2013. ‘Validating the truth of propositions: behavioural and ERP indicators of truth evaluation processes'. Presentation given at the Critical Issues Seminar, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
21. August 4, 2013. Farina, M. (2013, August). Substituting the Senses. Invited paper presented at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
20. July 9, 2013. ‘Rethinking neuroconstructivism through dynamic enskilment; a critique of neo nativism’. Paper selected for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
19. July 4, 2013. ‘Rethinking neuroconstructivism through dynamic enskilment; a critique of neo nativism’. Paper selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS). University of Exeter, Exeter , The UK.
18. April 16, 2013. ‘The Scientist as a Child, Modern Perspectives on Theory-Theory’. Presentation given at the Foundation of Cognitive Science Seminar. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2012
17. December 5, 2012. "Neo-Neuroconstructivism: a critique of Marcus’ neo nativism”. Paper selected for presentation at the Cognitive Science Workshop. Macquarie University, Sydney Australia.
16. November 16, 2012. “Neo-Neuroconstructivism: a critique of Marcus’ neo nativism”. Invited to present a paper at MacNap, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
15. September 28-30, 2012. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
14. August 8-9, 2012. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Poster selected for presentation at the Annual CCD Workshop held at the Macquarie node of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Australia.
13. July 1- 6, 2012 “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. University of Wollongong, Australia.
12. June 28 2012. “Watt Governor: a case study for Dynamical Systems Theory?” Invited to give a presentation given at the Cognitive Science Reading Seminar, Macquarie University, Sydney,Australia.
11. April 12– 13, 2012: “Criss-Crossing the Boundaries of the Mind: Complementariy in Action”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Emergence and Dynamical Systems in Cognition”. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
10. March 14-16, 2012: “Sensory Substitution and the Extended Mind Thesis”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Distributed Cognition and Distributed Agency”. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
2011
9. December 16–17, 2011: “Sensory Substitution and the Extended Mind Thesis”. Workshop on Multisensory Integration and Perceptual Unity”, Melbourne, Australia. Invited to give a talk by Dr. Jakob Howhy.
8. July 26, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Extended Cognition Workshop”. University of Edinburgh, the U.K. Invited to give a talk by Prof. Andy Clark.
7. July 10-15, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Biennal Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). Salt Lake City, USA. Invited to give a talk by Prof. Emeritus William Rottshaefer.
6. June 27-28,2011: Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Paper selected for presentation at the Extended Cognition Workshop. ILLC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
5. June 9-10, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Paper selected for presentation at the Conference Bodies of Thought: Fleshy Subjects, Embodied Minds, & Human Natures”, Royal Society Edinburgh. Edinburgh, The UK.
4. March 24-25, 2011: “Finding my Mind: a case for extended cognition”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Embodied, Distributed and Extended Cognition” – Barcelona, Spain.
2010
3. October 4, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. “PhiloNeuro” Seminar – Milan, Italy. Invited by Prof. Corrado Sinigaglia to present a paper in a series of seminars at Milan State University.
2. September 26–October 1, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. Paper selected for a short talk at the Conference Body Representation in Physical and Virtual Reality with Application to Rehabilitation”. Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.
1.July 19-21, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. Poster presentation at: “Multimodal Approaches in Neuroscience”. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
RESEARCH VISITS
2024
88. August, 1-8, 2024. AI in Society: Logical, Epistemological, Sociological and Ethical Issues (with Jing Zhu, Fenrong Liu, Jan Broersen, Vincent Mueller). Chair of Roundtable at the World Congress of Philosophy, Rome, Italy
87.May 21, 2024. 6G and Embodied AI: Benefits and Risks of Increasingly Extended Minds (Invited). Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian, People’s Republic of China
2023
86.November 25, 2023. Ethical Considerations and Policy Interventions concerning the Impact of Generative AI tools in the Economy and in Society. (Invited). Young Computer Scientist & Engineer Forum (YOSCEF) of China Computer Federation (CCF). Xiamen, People's Republic of China.
85. November 16, 2023. Ethical Considerations and Policy Interventions concerning the Impact of Generative AI tools in the Economy and in Society. (Invited). 2nd BRICS Forum on Development of Industrial Internet and Digital Manufacturing, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
84. November 10, 2023 (with Andrea Lavazza). Unwanted Diagnoses: The Discriminative Dangers of Generative AI. (Invited). Medical Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Challenges. Peking University Clinical Research Institute (Shenzhen). Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
83.September 8, 2023. (with Andrea Lavazza). Leveraging Autonomous Weapon Systems: Realism and Humanitarianism in Modern Warfare. SIFA 2023: University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy
82. May 28, 2023. Covid 19 and its Role in the Future of Science. (Invited), Institute for Social and Cultural Studies and Farabi International Award Congress. Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
81. April 24. 2023 (with Paolo Ciancarini et al). A Reflection on the Use of Systemic Thinking in Software Development. 18th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic
2022
80. November 4. 2022 (with Alina Bogdanova). State of the Art Review of Source Code Authorship Attribution. The 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Quzhou University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
79. October 27, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). Epistemic rights and responsibilities in the age of modern social media. At Modern Russia: the Society We Live In. (Invited) at the 100th Anniversary of the birth of A.A. Zinoviev. Institute of Philosophy of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
78. October 21, 2022. ‘Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis’. At IX Sadykov Readings. (Invited) In memory of A.A. Zinoviev. Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.
77. October 13, 2022. ‘Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis’, Posthuman Bodied and Embodied Posthumanisms, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
76. October 6-8, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). Virtuous approach to AI: problems and perspectives. At Subject and Responsibility: Nature, Society, and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
75. September 27, 2022. (with Andrea Lavazza). ‘Epistemic vice prevents us from acquiring truth and knowledge’, SIFA 2022 Midterm Conference, University of Alghero, Alghero, Italy
74. September 22, 2022 (with Andrea Lavazza). ‘Wrapped-around-AI Workplaces: Ethical and Social Issues. AI and the future of Work, (Invited) University of Technology, Deft, The Netherlands
73. June 2, 2022. (with Artur Karimov and Andrea Lavazza). Echo Chambers and the Ethics of
Communication During the Covid-19 Pandemic’. At The Ethics of Trust and Expertise, American University of Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
72. May 20, 2022 (with Yegor Bugayenko et al.). Extracting corrective actions from code repositories. The 2022 Mining Software Repositories Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
71. May 20, 2022 (with Yegor Bugayenko et al.). Automatically Prioritizing and Assigning Tasks from Code Repositories in Puzzle Driven Development. The 2022 Mining Software Repositories Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
70. May 16, 2022 (with Artur Karimov). Epistemic responsibility, rights and duties during the COVID-19 Pandemic. at Uanalyticon, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
69. April 29, 2022. (with Artur Karimov). ‘Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers: Why We Believe Fake News?’ Current Issues of Social Sciences and Humanities. National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
68. April 12, 2022. ‘Leveraging One Health to Strengthen Preparedness Against Global Health Threats’. 4th One Health European Joint Programme Annual Scientific Meeting, Orvieto, Italy
67. March 16, 2022. ‘TBA’ Invited by the Institute of Philosophy, Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan.
66. February 8, 2022. 'Experts, Naturalism, and Democracy'. Invited by Anastasia Ugleva, School of Philosophy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
65. January 27-28, 2022. 'Mind Embedded or Extended: Transhumanist Reflections in Support of the Extended Mind Thesis'. Intercultural Ethics and Technology Conference (IET). Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Research Consortium, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
2021
64. November 20, 2021. ‘Expertise-in-Action: The Importance of Intellectual and Moral Virtue(s) to Health Care Experts’ Epistemic Authority’. XIII International Conference ‘Theoretical and Applied Ethics: Traditions and Prospects’. Invited by Vadim Perov, Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
63. November 18, 2021. The Virtues Needed by Experts in Action’. Invited by Mikhail Schelkunov, Institute of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Mass Communication, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
62. November 16, 2021. 'The Role of Philosophy in Computer Science'. Invited by Department of Education. Roundtable at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. Innopolis University, Innopolis, Russia.
61. September 30, 2021. ‘In search of inclusiveness: Supplementing Experts’ Epistemic Authority with Ethical Virtues’. Invited by Daria Drozdova, Philosophy and Culture during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
60. June 10, 2021. 'Strangelove: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Free Will' (with Sergei Levin). Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
59. June 3rd, 2021. ‘Free Will without Effective Intentions, General Intentions, and Reasons-Responsiveness' (with Sergei Levin). Free Will, Consciousness, and Cognition. School of Advanced Studies, Tyumen, Russia.
58. May 31, 2021. ‘Ethical and Epistemological Virtues for Experts in Action’. Invited by Artur Karimov, Institute of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Mass Communication, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
57. May 20, 2021. ‘Not so Humane. Why the quarantine model of incapacitation fails to be the best criminal policy. 12th International Scientific Conference on Neuroethics and 7th Conference of the Italian Society for Neuroethics (SINE), Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
56. May 13, 2021. Survey on Blockchain Applications for Healthcare: Reflections and Challenges. The 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2021). Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
55. April 29, 2021. ‘Root Causes of Interaction Issues in Agile Software Development Teams: Status and Perspectives’. Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), 2021. Vancouver, Canada.
54. April 8, 2021. ‘The role of Experts in the Covid 19 pandemic’. Invited by Sergei Shevchenko, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
53. February 8-9, 2021 ‘Working Session of Task Force 1 on Covid-19 and Global Health [https://www.t20italy.org/2020/12/05/tf-1-global-health-and-covid-19/]’, Invited , Part of the Inception Conference of G20 (for People, Planet and Prosperity [https://www.t20italy.org/#]), Italian Presidency.
2020
52. December 4, 2020. ‘A Systematic Literature Review of Root Causes of Interaction Issues In Agile Software Development Teams’, 4th International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications. University of Granada, Spain.
51. October 26, 2020. [with Andrea Lavazza and Sergei Levin]. ‘Dealing with Criminal Behavior: the Inaccuracy of the Quarantine Analogy’. Invited by Danil Rezzev. Mind-body Seminar, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
50. April 29, 2020. ‘Embodiment: Dimensions, Domains, and Applications’: Invited. Institute for Humanites and Social Sciences, Innopolis University, Kazan, Russia.
49. April 4, 2020. ‘The Extended Mind Thesis and Its Applications’. Invited by Danil Rezeev. Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
48. March 16, 2020. ‘Expertise in Climate Change’. Invited by Prof Andrei Shcherbenok, School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen, Tyumen - Russia
2019
47. December 20, 2019. ‘Not so humane. Why the quarantine model of incapacitation fails to be the best criminal policy’. Invited by Prof Andrea Lavazza, Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy.
46. December 17, 2019. ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Will’. Invited by Prof Andrea Lavazza, Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy.
45. November 20, 2019. ‘Invitation to Critical Thinking’. Invited by Academic Advising Unit, Office of the Registrar, Nazarbayev University, Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.
44. November 1, 2019. ‘Free Will, Science, and Reasons for Behaviour’ (with Sergei Levin, who presented). International Workshop: Individual and Collective Intentionality: Persons, Corporations, Trust and Responsibility, Institute of Philosophy, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
43.October 11, 2019. ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Will’. Invited. Work in Progress Seminar, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
42. September 5-8, 2019. ‘Embodied Cognition: Dimension, Domains, and Applications’. ESPP (European Society for Philosophy and Psychology), Athens, Greece.
41. June 6, 2019. ‘Embodied Cognition: Dimension, Domains, and Applications’. Staff Seminar, King’s College, London, The UK.
2018
40. November 13, 2018. 'Embodied Cognition: Dimensions, Domains, and Applications'. Invited (by Prof Nicholas Shea). Invited by Prof Nicholas Shea to present a paper at the Institute of Philosophy. Institute of Philosophy, London, The UK
39. September 10-13, 2018. Taxonomising Phenotypic Plasticity: the Crucial Role of Cultural Plasticity in the Evolution and Development of Human Cognition, ESPP (European Society for Philosophy and Psychology) 2018, Rijeka, Croatia
38. June 25-27, 2018. Taxonomising Phenotypic Plasticity: the Crucial Role of Cultural Plasticity in the Evolution and Development of Human Cognition, AISC (Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive), Genoa, Italy
2017
37. June 8, 2017. “Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences“. Invited. (by Prof Roi Cohen-Kadosh) Paper presented at lab seminar. Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, The UK.
36. March 29, 2017. 'Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences'. Invited. Paper presented at staff seminar, Department of Philosophy, King's College London, The UK
35. February 18, 2017. 'Critical Thinking, Ethical Reasoning, and Daily Life'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia
34. February 15, 2017. 'Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia
33. February 13, 2017. 'Critical Thinking: an introduction'. Masterclass delivered at National Research Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow Campus, Russia.
2016
32. November 17, 2016. ‘Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia. A Critical Appraisal of Transient and Artificially Induced Forms of Synaesthetic Experiences’. Invited (by Prof Bence Nanay) paper presented at the Workshop on synaesthesia and multisensory integration at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
2014
31. October 13, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”.Invited (by Prof Tobias Schlicht) paper presented at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
30. October 6, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Invited (by Prof Tobias Schlicht) paper presented at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
29. September 25, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”. Paper selected for presentation at IACS 2014 – Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics – University of Lund, Lund – Sweden.
28. September 10, 2014. “Dynamic Enskilment, Varieties of Plasticity, and their Role in Sterelny’s Evolved Apprentice Model”. Paper selected for presentation at the Third European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences”, UNED, Madrid – Spain.
27. August 21, 2014. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as
Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Invited presentation at CCD Annual Workshop – Macquarie University, Sydney – Australia.
26. July 9, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. National University of Australia (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
25. June 16, 2014. “Culture in Contexts: A Psycho-Historical Theory of Cultural Learning”. Paper selected for presentation at Tracking Artistic and Cultural Agents Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney – Sydney Australia.
2013
24. December 9, 2013. ‘Patrolling the Boundaries of Synaesthesia: a critical appraisal of transient and artificially induced forms of synaesthetic experiences’. Paper selected for presentation at the Sensory Neuroscience Symposium, University of Western Sydney – Sydney, Australia.
23. November 12, 2013. ‘Brain, Culture, and Cortical Plasticity: a defence of the Extended Mind Thesis’. Invited presentation for the HDR Excellence Award/Showcase Achievements. Macquarie University, Sydney Australia
22. September 11, 2013. ‘Validating the truth of propositions: behavioural and ERP indicators of truth evaluation processes'. Presentation given at the Critical Issues Seminar, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
21. August 4, 2013. Farina, M. (2013, August). Substituting the Senses. Invited paper presented at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
20. July 9, 2013. ‘Rethinking neuroconstructivism through dynamic enskilment; a critique of neo nativism’. Paper selected for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
19. July 4, 2013. ‘Rethinking neuroconstructivism through dynamic enskilment; a critique of neo nativism’. Paper selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS). University of Exeter, Exeter , The UK.
18. April 16, 2013. ‘The Scientist as a Child, Modern Perspectives on Theory-Theory’. Presentation given at the Foundation of Cognitive Science Seminar. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2012
17. December 5, 2012. "Neo-Neuroconstructivism: a critique of Marcus’ neo nativism”. Paper selected for presentation at the Cognitive Science Workshop. Macquarie University, Sydney Australia.
16. November 16, 2012. “Neo-Neuroconstructivism: a critique of Marcus’ neo nativism”. Invited to present a paper at MacNap, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
15. September 28-30, 2012. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference. The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
14. August 8-9, 2012. “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Poster selected for presentation at the Annual CCD Workshop held at the Macquarie node of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Australia.
13. July 1- 6, 2012 “Neither Touch nor Vision: Sensory Substitution as Artificial Synaesthesia?”. Paper selected for presentation at the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. University of Wollongong, Australia.
12. June 28 2012. “Watt Governor: a case study for Dynamical Systems Theory?” Invited to give a presentation given at the Cognitive Science Reading Seminar, Macquarie University, Sydney,Australia.
11. April 12– 13, 2012: “Criss-Crossing the Boundaries of the Mind: Complementariy in Action”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Emergence and Dynamical Systems in Cognition”. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
10. March 14-16, 2012: “Sensory Substitution and the Extended Mind Thesis”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Distributed Cognition and Distributed Agency”. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
2011
9. December 16–17, 2011: “Sensory Substitution and the Extended Mind Thesis”. Workshop on Multisensory Integration and Perceptual Unity”, Melbourne, Australia. Invited to give a talk by Dr. Jakob Howhy.
8. July 26, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Extended Cognition Workshop”. University of Edinburgh, the U.K. Invited to give a talk by Prof. Andy Clark.
7. July 10-15, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Biennal Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). Salt Lake City, USA. Invited to give a talk by Prof. Emeritus William Rottshaefer.
6. June 27-28,2011: Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Paper selected for presentation at the Extended Cognition Workshop. ILLC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
5. June 9-10, 2011: “Embraining Culture: Leaky Minds and Spongy Brains”. Paper selected for presentation at the Conference Bodies of Thought: Fleshy Subjects, Embodied Minds, & Human Natures”, Royal Society Edinburgh. Edinburgh, The UK.
4. March 24-25, 2011: “Finding my Mind: a case for extended cognition”. Paper selected for presentation at the Workshop on Embodied, Distributed and Extended Cognition” – Barcelona, Spain.
2010
3. October 4, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. “PhiloNeuro” Seminar – Milan, Italy. Invited by Prof. Corrado Sinigaglia to present a paper in a series of seminars at Milan State University.
2. September 26–October 1, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. Paper selected for a short talk at the Conference Body Representation in Physical and Virtual Reality with Application to Rehabilitation”. Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.
1.July 19-21, 2010: “Pressing the Flesh: a transcranial, Holistic, and Environmentally Augmented Approach to Cognition”. Poster presentation at: “Multimodal Approaches in Neuroscience”. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
RESEARCH VISITS
- July 2023-February 2024. University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran (€4000)
- August 2019- August 2022. King's College, London.
- December 2019. Centro Universitario Internazionale, Arezzo, Italy. (€1500)
- February 2017. HSE Moscow, Russian Federation. Funded by HSE Moscow (£1500)
- September 28th, 2014 – October 27th, 2014. The Centre for Mind, Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Evolution (Ruhr University Bochum) under the supervision of Prof. Tobias Schlicht. Jointly Funded by Ruhr University Bochum and by the German Government (€ 2000).
- July 30th-August 25th, 2013. Mind LAB Aarhus, under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Roepstorff. Jointly funded by Aarhus University and by the Danish Government (AUD $4300).
- July 19th -30th, 2013. Selected to attend the Fifth International Summer School in Cognitive Sciences and Semantics, University of Riga, Riga, Latvia.
- July 14th-20th, 2013. Selected to participate (only 25 places available) in the Wellcome Trust School on Biology of Social Cognition at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK.
- September 20th-27th, 2009. “Summer School: The Social Self”. University of Milan, University of Parma, University of Alghero, Alghero - Italy. Selected to attend the Summer School.