Allieva Perfezionanda
Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare Health Science
Gaia Contu
Bio
Gaia Contu is a PhD candidate in Health Science, Technology and Management at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.
She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Physics at University of Padua and a Master's Degree in Logic, History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Florence, with a thesis on “Communication and social perception of science: the limits of an idealised narrative and a new trust-building approach”. She spent an exchange period abroad at the University of Ghent. Dr. Contu also specialized in Science Communication with a Master Course at SISSA – International School for Advanced Studies and spent a period of internship at RAI Cultura. Currently, she carries out activities of scientific dissemination on social media and at live events, where she talks about bioethics, epistemology, sociology and philosophy of science.
Ricerca
Her work concentrates on the intersection between science and society, focusing on the area of ethics and social perception of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
In particular, she concentrates on Care and Companionship Robots, which are robotic devices aimed at assisting frail people, such as the elderly. Starting from the theoretical framework of Social Construction of Technology and Care Ethics, her work aims to address the ethical and societal issues raised by these technologies, such as effectiveness, dignity, autonomy, and deception, with a main focus on loneliness and attachment.
Pubblicazioni
Review of the book "Forms of Argumentation and Reasoning" by Federico Boem, published by Mondadori Education/Le Monnier Università, for "The Future of Science and Ethics" (20/02/23)
Review of the book "Compagni di Viaggio. Robot, Androidi e altre intelligenze" by Giuseppe Anerdi and Paolo Dario, published by Codice Edizioni, for "Lessico di etica pubblica" (15/02/24)
Corsi
Conferences:
Contu, Gaia, Pellegatta, Michela (Member of the Technical Secretariat Italian Minister of University and Research), Wittum, Lorenzo (CEO of Astrazeneca, Italy), 2023. "The projects of change - The value of research in Italy". In "Frontiers Health" Italian Summit, 08-10 November 2023.
Contu, Gaia, 2023. "Science and the illusion of neutrality: revolutionary perspectives of feminist epistemologies on the construction of knowledge" at GSSI - Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, 4 October 2023.
Contu, Gaia, 2022. "Are science and medicine really unbiased?". In the Journal Club of the San Raffaele University of Milan, 30 March 2022.
Contu, Gaia, 2022. "Turkeys and rays of light: stories of intersection between science and philosophy". In Physics and philosophy festival "Gravitas Fest" by INFN - Cagliari, 20 Septemper 2022.