Coming events:
28 April 2025
11:30 – 18:30
Ethical and Epistemic Issues in Science Communication
Workshop
Università di Genova
Via Balbi 2, Genova – Aula Magna
Programme:
11:30
Michel Croce (University of Genoa), Welcome and Opening Remarks
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11:45
Giulia Terzian (NOVA University Lisbon), Reckless Reporting
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12:45
Lunch Break
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14:00
Federico Bina (University of Genoa), The Epistemic Harms of Normative Trespassing
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15:00
Anna Ichino (University of Milan) & Tommaso Piazza (University of Pavia), Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Thinking
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16:00
Carlo Martini (San Raffaele University), Using ∃vidence Against Science
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16:30
Coffee Break
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17:30
Mikkel Gerken (University of Southern Denmark), Discursive Deception
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18:30
Concluding Remarks
Organizers: Federico Bina, Michel Croce & Maria Silvia Vaccarezza (University of Genoa)
The workshop will be in person only. Participation is free but registration is needed. Please register by sending an email to
federico.bina@edu.unige.it
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Past events:
(Dis)trust in Science Reframed
Aula Volta, Sede Centrale dell’Università,
Corso di Strada Nuova 65, Pavia
24-25 January 2025
Maintaining and increasing public trust in science has arguably never been more difficult a challenge for experts and institutions than today. Climate change denialism, vaccine hesitancy, and populist politics are prominent contexts where anti-expertise sentiments spread and lead people to take worrisome decisions. But is “distrust in science” a credible global explanation of why people engage in anti-scientific behavior? Recent work in social science and psychology started to challenge this prominent narrative. As such, the phenomenon needs a more nuanced explanation that the worn-out label “distrust in science” cannot provide. This Workshop provides a philosophical contribution to this multi-disciplinary endeavor by pursuing a twofold objective: namely, to offer a comprehensive framework of the reasons why people engage in anti-scientific behavior, and to develop a model for counteracting its detrimental effects.
Keynote speakers
· Maya Goldenberg (University of Guelph, Canada)
· Robin McKenna (University of Liverpool)
Programme
24 January
11.00 Introduction
Chair: Mario De Caro (Roma Tre University)
11.20 Maya Goldenberg (University of Guelph), Misinformation, Disinformation, & Theorizing People with Whom We Disagree
Chair: Eleonora Severini (University of Pavia)
12.20 Carline Klijnman (University College Dublin), Vaccine Hesitancy and Moral Encroachment
13.00 Lunch
Chair: Mirko Garasic (Roma Tre University)
14.30 Silvia Ivani (University College Dublin), Vaccine Hesitancy and Rhetorical Spaces
15.10 Martina Calderisi (University of Turin), Akrasia and Science Denialism
15.50 Coffee break
Chair: Luca Fonnesu (University of Pavia)
16.30 Davide Versari (FINO/UPO), Towards a Social Approach to the Role of Experts in a Democratic Society
17.10 Arnon Keren (University of Haifa), Misunderstanding the Division of Cognitive Labor and Doing Your Own Research
25 January
Chair: Federico Bina (University of Genoa)
9.30 SuddhaSatwa GuhaRoy (Roma Tre University), Short-Form Videos and Barriers to Forming Accurate Beliefs
10.10 Michel Croce (University of Genoa), Journalism Ethics and the Problem of Public Expert Testimony
10.50 Coffee break
Chair: Sofia Bonicalzi (Roma Tre University)
11.20 Mara Floris (San Raffaele University), Challenges in Enhancing High School Students’ Ability to Identify Scientific Disinformation: Insights from Ecological Classroom Interventions
Chair: Tommaso Piazza (University of Pavia)
12.00 Robin McKenna (University of Liverpool), Doing Your Own Patient Activist Research
13.00 Lunch
Discussants: Federico Bina, Sofia Bonicalzi, Roberto Ciuni, Mario De Caro, Luca Fonnesu, Mirko Garasic, Tommaso Piazza, Eleonora Severini
