Giovanni Spitale


Giovanni Spitale, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich; Switzerland


Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich; Switzerland


BA in philosophy, MA in philosophical sciences, PhD student in biomedical ethics. Previously working as a high school teacher. Currently leading the DIPEx International research project on covid-19 (qualitative approach to the pandemic) and PubliCo (bi-directional risk and crisis communication). Main research interests include empirical ethics, organ transplantation ethics, end-of-life, relational autonomy, methodological issues in bioethics, narrative medicine, public health ethics. Former TEDx speaker (Trento 2016).