Vera Tripodi

Vera Tripodi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET) at Politecnico di Torino. Her academic career spans multiple institutions including the University of Milan 'La Statale,' University of Turin, University of Barcelona, University of Oslo, and Columbia University. She serves on the Single Guarantee Committee and is actively involved in gender equality initiatives.

Dr. Tripodi earned her PhD in Logic and Epistemology from Sapienza University of Rome. Her academic journey includes postdoctoral research positions at prestigious international institutions and a research position at the University of Milan from July 2021 to March 2022.

Her research focuses on the intersection of philosophy, technology, and gender. She specializes in bioethics, ethics of technology, feminist philosophy and ethics, and social ontology. Her work addresses critical contemporary issues including climate change ethics, reproductive technologies, AI ethics, and gender equality in philosophy and academia. She has made significant contributions to understanding the ethical dimensions of emerging technologies and their social implications.

Dr. Tripodi's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on ethical frameworks for technological development, gender issues in philosophy and society, and the philosophical implications of medical and technological innovations. Her work bridges theoretical philosophy with practical ethical concerns in rapidly evolving technological landscapes.

• Vice President of SWIP Italia (Society for Women in Philosophy) for two terms (2018-2021, 2021-2024)
• Member of the Bioethics Committee since 2019
• Member of SIFA (Italian Society of Analytical Philosophy) since 2008
• Associate Editor of AESTHETICS MAGAZINE since 2022
• Member of the APHEX editorial board since 2010

Dr. Tripodi advises PhD students in philosophy programs at the University of Pavia and University of Eastern Piedmont. She teaches courses on Research Ethics in Dual-Use Technology, Gender and Diversity in Research, Ethics of Technology, and Bio- and Nanotechnologies in Medicine across various engineering programs at Politecnico di Torino. She also serves on course committees for Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Telecommunications and Physics Engineering programs.

She leads the NOW research project (2023-2025) titled 'Understanding Natural History: Nature, Evolution and Human Beings. A New Philosophical Framework' funded through the National Research PRIN program.