Founder and director
Federico is a bioethicist and molecular biologist at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on the influence of misinformation on public health. He explores strategies to enhance public resilience against misinformation, with a strong emphasis on risk and crisis communication, trust-building, information and media literacy. Federico is the founder and director of Culturico.
Vice-Director and Editor-in-Chief
Simone is a biologist and scientific copywriter. He is vice-director of Culturico, where his writings cover the intersection between philosophy, poetry, science and society. He is also the author of A Sonnet to Freud, a blog for Psychology Today to illustrate how the life of poets, novelists, and intellectuals can be an inspiration for individuals to better face their interior and social life.
CTO AND PODCAST EDITOR
Pablo is a molecular biologist with a broad interest for all aspects of biology. He obtained his PhD at the University of Zurich and he is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, where he investigates how cells organize and assemble in tissues. He is an advocate for teaching and scientific outreach. He believes that an informed society is a richer and stronger society.
POETRY AND LITERATURE EDITOR
Gerfried is a heterodox scholar, author, and musician with a PhD in English and American Studies. His research focuses on the literary and cultural meanings of song lyrics.
ANTHROPOLOGY AND LATIN AMERICA EDITOR
RELIGION EDITOR
Jason is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at North Carolina State University. He is a specialist in the religions of the United States, particularly the intersection of religions and politics since 1900. He is the author of: Embattled America: The Rise of Anti-Politics and America’s Obsession with Religion (Oxford University Press, 2022); “Spirits Rejoice!”: Jazz and American Religion (Oxford University Press, 2015), Religion of Fear: The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism (Oxford University Press, 2008) and The Fracture of Good Order: Christian Antiliberalism and the Challenge to American Politics (University of North Carolina Press, 2003), in addition to many articles on religion in America, religion and politics, and theory and method in the study of religion.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE EDITOR
Linguistic editoR
Alex is an Anglo-Italian with a profound interest in science, the humanities and how they interlink. Having completed a PhD in molecular neuroscience from UCL, he has now moved into the field of scientific writing and is based in Oxford. His articles will focus on his scientific, cultural and philosophical interests. Whether seemingly more abstract or concrete in theme, they will be linked by one thing: a desire to address what really matters in the context of a sometimes impersonal modernity.
LINGUISTIC EDITOR
Originally from Texas and now living in the mid-west of Ireland, Jessica is a novelist and poet. With a MA in English in Boston College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, Jessica is now a PhD student at the University of Limerick, working on a fiction project that integrates her research interests in narrative studies, affect theory, and deep ecology. Along with short creative and academic publications, her poetry collection is And Say, and her children’s novel is The River Boy. She loves to hike, especially the hills of County Clare.
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY EDITOR
Dawn is Emeritus professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford and Fellow of the British Academy.
ACCESSIBILITY EDITOR
Shari is a hearing health advocate, writer, and the founder of Living With Hearing Loss, a blog and online community for people living with hearing loss and tinnitus. She serves on the Board of Directors of Hearing Loss Association of America. Shari has an adult-onset genetic hearing loss and hopes that by sharing her story she will help others to live more peacefully with their own hearing issues.
Linguistic Editor
Robert is a post-doctoral research assistant at the University of Zurich (UZH). He graduated with a PhD from the University of Glasgow in 2016, and also received a MRes with distinction from the same university. His current research interests include neuronal circuits for pain control and transmission in the central nervous system.
TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE EDITOR
Louise is the executive director of Echo, a nonprofit providing training on trauma and resilience to survivors and service professionals. As one of the #MeToo silence breakers, Louise has given TV and press interviews internationally on the subject of trauma and sexual violence. She has written for The Smithsonian Magazine, Pacific Standard, Slate, The Wrap, and The Imprint.
GENDER AND IDENTITY EDITOR
Debbie is a high school teacher. She teaches science to 11-18-year-olds at a school in central England. As a transsexual, she has written extensively about what it means to be trans and how trans people can be included in society without compromising the rights of other vulnerable groups. Her work can be read in publications from across the political spectrum, where rational scientific debate is allowed and encouraged.
PHILOSOPHY EDITOR
Patrick is an associate professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Follow him on Twitter (@Plato4Now) or listen to his podcast, “Living Wisdom with Patrick Lee Miller”.
PSYCHOLOGY EDITOR
David is a professor of Psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College in Atlanta. He is the author of two books, “The Psychology of Language” and “A History of Modern Psychology”. He also maintains the blog “Talking Apes” on the Psychology Today website.
AFRICAN STUDIES EDITOR
Sandrine is an English Ph.D. student in the University of Limerick, Ireland. Sandrine’s research centres on third generation African writers, such as Afrofuturists, who have emerged during the era of late liberalism and who have introduced multiple and nuanced perspectives for reflecting on African lives and aspirations.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EDITOR
Anthony is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, in San Francisco, California. His research deals with social movements and protest, development, and trade policy.
PHYSICS EDITOR
Ryan is an Associate Professor of Physics at California State University – East Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ryan’s lab group researches nanoscale-sized semiconductor materials using short pulses (less than a billionth of a second in duration!) of laser light. Such materials may become building blocks for future computing and renewable energy applications. Ryan is also a musician, outdoors enthusiast, rock climber, and beekeeper.
THEORETICAL PHYSICS EDITOR
Bill is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Queen Mary University of London, and the founding director of the Centre for Research in String Theory. His recent book “Everything is Now: Revolutionary Ideas from String theory” aims to introduce the general reader to recent research in fundamental theoretical physics.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EDITOR
Kathryn is a master’s candidate of international security at American University’s School of International Service. She has written and researched extensively on great power competition in emerging regions, such as East Africa and the Arctic.
SOCIETY & CULTURE EDITOR
Celeste is an Italian student in Communication Sciences with a big passion for books, movies and videogames. When she’s not busy nerding out, she works as a swimming instructor. She dreams to be a fiction writer and editor someday, and to help promote equal rights through her stories.
SCIENCE EDITOR
Luisa is originally from Milan, Italy and moved to Zurich for a PhD in molecular biology/genetics. Her interest in science, however, extends to a variety of topics, including the relationship between science and society. Besides, she is very passionate about ballet and almost every sport related to mountains, where she flees whenever she can.
LAW AND DEMOCRACY EDITOR
Adam is an Australian lawyer and historian, and the author of “A House of Commons for a Den of Thieves: Australia’s Journey from Penal Colony to Democracy.”
FILM AND MEDIA EDITOR
HISTORY EDITOR
ARTIST
Artist
Emeline is a Belgium based illustrator currently living and working near Brussels. She produces mainly vector artwork, creating colorful images and web content. She has worked as a special ed teacher for two years after finally deciding to take a big jump into the freelance illustration world. In her work, she likes to focus on bright colors and simple forms to create harmonious and joyful illustrations, full of all sorts of characters, animals and human beings.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Martina is a student at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy. She studies drama, which is one of her biggest passions alongside with reading and writing.
COPY EDITOR
Giulia is an Italian Literature student at the Catholic University of Milan. Her dream is to become an actress. To achieve this goal, she is currently studying at Grock School of Theatre in Milan. Her interests space from dramaturgy to drama, from social communication to cinema. In her free time, she swims, jogs, and eats cookies.
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