Interests
MY BACKGROUND
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", says a nosey character in a Terentius comedy: I am a human being, I don't consider alien anything of what's human. As a human being, I try to live by this quote. Research interests, however, have to be narrow in order to be acute.
My background lies in general Philosophy of Science and Social Epistemology, with more than a brush with formal and social analyses of decision-making processes, human rationality, and public policies, specifically focusing on medical and pharmacological questions. These days I meddle with Game Theory, Philosophy of Medicine, Behavioural Interventions such as Nudges&Boosts, trying to carry forward a Cognitive Science of Medicine and Pharmacology.
I'm currently a Ph.D. student in Cognitive, Computational and Social Neuroscience at IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca.
Visiting Periods
2017: Internship period at the MCMP Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Munich, collaborating with the project “Philosophy of Pharmacology: Safety, Statistical Standards, and Evidence amalgamation”, supervisor Prof. Barbara Osimani
2023: Visiting period at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridgen,supervisor prof. Stephen John
2024: Visiting period at the CFCUL Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, supervisor prof. Lorenzo Baravalle
Education
Summer Schools
Philosophy in Biology and Medicine, University of Bordeaux, 02-06/06/2025
Game Theory Meets Game Design. IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, 02/06/23-10/06/23
Fourth Urbino Summer School in Epistemology.Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, 29/08/22-01/09/22
International Rationality Summer Institute 2022. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 24/07/22-05/08/22
Heuristics for the Management of Uncertainty and Complexity; Nudging,
Boosting & Behavioral Insights. University of Milano-Bicocca, 21/06/2022- 24/06/2022
Laurea Magistrale (M.A.) in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science, Università degli studi di Firenze
Dissertation: “An Epistemic Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy”
Laurea Triennale (B.A.) in Philosophy, Università degli studi di Torino
Dissertation: “Semmelweis and his opponents: some philosophical analyses” (in italian)
Selected Publications
Demichelis, A. (2025). The Danger of Precision Medicine Hesi-
tancy. Global Philosophy, 35,13, link
Demichelis, A., Ongaro, M. (2024). Public understanding and
scientific uncertainty: The communication of risk in the L’Aquila
earthquake. AIMS Geosciences, 10(3), 540-552, link
Avitabile, P., Demichelis, A. (2024). Expanding Epistemic Public
Trust. What Role for Expert-Lay Communication? Philosophical
Inquiries, 12,1, link
Marini, M., Demichelis, A., Menicagli, D., Mancini, G., Panizza, F., Bilancini, E., Cevolani, G. (2024). I want to be safe: understanding the main drivers behind vaccination choice throughout the pandemic. BMC Public Health 24, 1111, link
Marini, M., Ansani, A., Demichelis, A., Mancini, G., Paglieri, F., Viola, M. (2024). Real is the new sexy: the influence of perceived realness on self-reported arousal to sexual visual stimuli. Cognition & Emotions, 38(3), 348-360
Demichelis A., Coraci D. (2023) "Fare i conti con l’incertezza: le frequenze naturali". In: Sistemi intelligenti, Rivista quadrimestrale di scienze cognitive e di intelligenza artificiale, 1/2023, pp. 83-103,
Demichelis A. (2018). Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy. In: Mefisto, vol. 2, 2, 2018, pp. 17-42 Abstract
Skills & Languages
Travels
Oct. 2018 - Jul 2019 - Working Holiday Visa Scheme, New Zealand
Mar. 2016 - Aug. 2016 - Erasmus Project period at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München (DE)
Mar. 2013 . Aug 2013 - Erasmus Project period at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (DE)
Language Competences
English
German
French
Spanish
C1
B2
A2
A2
Editor and Programming Competences
LaTeX text editor
R/Stata
Working Experience
2019 - Event Bartender, SC Management (IT)
2018- 2019 - Bartender & Bar Manager, Whanga Bar, Whangamata (Waikato, NZ)
2018 - Bartender, Bar Personal, Orbassano (IT)
2010-2014 - Youth Worker Manager, AnimaSaFa Onlus, Torino (IT)
2006-2010 - Youth Worker Intern, AnimaSaFa Onlus, Torino (IT)
Forklift Operator Licence
Personal Interests
Cooking
Cocktail Mixing
Trekking & Bike
Boardgames
Budget Traveling
Post-industrial architecture & street art
Classical & Electronic music