Lucia Galvagni

Lucia Galvagni is a senior researcher of the Center for Religious Studies at the Bruno Kessler Foundation. Her research regards bioethics, clinical ethics and philosophy of medicine, the contribution of narrative ethics in bioethics and in medicine and healthcare, ethics in global health, body, embodiment and health, ethical issues of genetics, ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation in medicine.

After a degree in Philosophy (Catholic University, Milan) and a PhD in “Bioethics and clinical experimentation in oncology” (Medical Faculty, University of Genua), she obtained a MA in “Ethique, santé et institutions” (Catholic University of Lille, France): in her research work she analyzes the different topics discussed in bioethics, reflecting on them from an ethical philosophical, and anthropological perspective. She spent periods of time as visiting researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics of Georgetown University, Washington D.C., and at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, where she is research affiliate. She taught Bioethics at the University of Pavia (Department of Biology and Interdisciplinary Course on Biotechnologies, 2006-2010) and at the University of Trento (Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Technologies, 2008-2011).

She was a component of the Bioethics Commission at the Physician Medical Association of Trento (2003-2018) and of the Animal Welfare Body (OPBA) of the University of Trento (March 2016 -March 2026); she is a component of the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Trento and since December 2025 she serves as president of the Ethics Committee for Clinical Practice at the Trentino Integrated Healthcare Organization (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata del Trentino, ASUIT).

She is the referent person at FBK and for the Center for Religious Studies of the joint Lab “Health and Humanities”, established at the Humanities Department of the University of Trento in collaboration with FBK-ISR.