Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9
fraz. Pollenzo – 12042 Bra (Cn)
BIOGRAPHY
Flavio D’Abramo studied the history and philosophy of science at La Sapienza University in Rome, obtaining his PhD in 2012. His research draws on epistemology, empirical ethics based on qualitative research, and the history of science to explore the relationships between the life sciences, health institutions, food production systems, and social actors.
At Pollenzo, he analyzes the relationship between health and the environment, considering the similarities and differences between agricultural, biomedical, and healthcare development models, and their impact on the material, cultural, and symbolic aspects of local communities and territories. His current research interests focus on scientific controversies concerning health, individual autonomy, and the self-determination of local communities.
He has conducted research at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and the Centre Alexandre Koyré in Paris; Imperial College London; the University of Bochum; the Free University of Berlin; the Charité University Hospital in Berlin; and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
He has also taught at Bard College Berlin and Tel Aviv University. Since 2023, he has worked at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS
- Coordinator of the MA Food and Planetary Health
MAIN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREA in UNISG
SPECIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS
- Philosophy of environmental health and food
- Philosophy of life sciences and medicine
- Philosophy of food production systems
- Empirical bioethics