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Mark Alfano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University, affiliated with the School of Humanities and the Ethics and Agency Research Centre. Previously, he held roles including Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon, Associate Professor of Ethics & Philosophy of Technology at Delft University of Technology, and Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. He earned his PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center (2011) and has postdoctoral experience at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University Center for Human Values.
His research integrates philosophy, psychology, and computer science to explore social epistemology, moral psychology, and digital humanities. Key themes include the role of virtues in human behavior, the integration of values into lived experience, and the ethical implications of technology. He has authored influential books such as Character as Moral Fiction (Cambridge, 2013) and Moral Psychology: An Introduction (Polity, 2016), and edited series like The Moral Psychology of the Emotions.
Recent projects include DP24: Trust and Distrust in Social Epistemic Networks (2024–2027) and DP190101507: Trust in a Social and Digital World (2020–2021). His work addresses contemporary challenges like climate change communication, misinformation, and AI ethics. Alfano co-leads the DHEPCAT Lab, focusing on intellectual virtues and value mining through digital humanities methods.
Publications span journals like Mind, Philosophical Quarterly, and Journal of the American Philosophical Association. He has developed novel measures for intellectual humility and epistemic vices, contributing to debates on moral psychology and the philosophy of science.
