Elisabetta Lalumera is an Associate Professor at the University of Bologna in the Department for Life Quality Studies (QUVI). Her work involves using philosophical tools like conceptual analysis to solve real-world problems in medical research and practice. Her training was in analytic philosophy of language and mind.
Right now, she focuses on understanding well-being and quality of life, exploring philosophical issues in diagnostic imaging, and looking at digital health technologies from a philosophical perspective. She is also interested in the philosophy of psychiatry, the ethics of health communication, and in how values shape scientific concepts.
In the past, she published mostly in philosophy of psychology, especially on theories of concepts and on linguistic relativity.
She is part of Project DARE-Digital lifelong prevention, on digital health technologies (MUR and EU, 2022-26) and of PREMIO COLLAB Project, on diagnostic methods for monitoring response in patients with metastatic breast cancer (EU Horizon Cancer Mission 2024-29). I also have a small role in the EPIC-Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare team (Wellcome Trust 2023-29).
Before becoming an Associate Professor, she taught at the universities of Milano-Bicocca (2006-20), Modena, Parma, and Bologna. Outside of academia, she worked as a communication consultant in healthcare.
