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Sara Fernandes (Ph.D. University of Lisbon 2022) is a Research Fellow in the Postdoctoral Program in Integral Human Development at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Cados/Porticus). She is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Health Research Center (CIIS/Universidade Católica Portuguesa), as well as at the Centre of Philosophy (Universidade de Lisboa), and the Rationality and Applied Ethics Laboratory (Universidade de Coimbra). Her current research focuses on the neuroethical impact of socio-economic factors on child development. Her main academic interests include the relationship between philosophy and neurosciences, particularly neuroenhancement and its effects on personal identity, human nature, and neuroethical challenges. She also works in hermeneutics, philosophy of literature, and political philosophy, with a particular focus on the works of V. Woolf, P. Ricœur, and J. Rawls. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Neuroenhahncement and Personal Identity: Neuroethical Dilemmas, University of Lisbon
1 Sept 2017 → 29 Apr 2022
Award Date: 29 Apr 2023
Keywords
- BJ Ethics
- Neuroethics
- Neuroenhancement
- Personal identity
- Bioethics
- Philosophy of literature
- Social philosophy
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Integral Human Development in the Portuguese context. A post-doctoral fellowship program
Hanenberg, P. (Project Coordinator), Ubach Trindade, R. (Project Manager), Barros, C. (Fellow), Minga, E. (Fellow), Abalroado, T. (Fellow), Pereira, A. (Fellow), d'Araújo, M. A. (Fellow), Martins, H. (Fellow), Carvalho, C. S. (Fellow), Santos, M. I. (Fellow), Romeiro, J. (Fellow), Wiórko, A. (Fellow), Koncz, L. (Fellow), Fernandes, S. (Fellow), Jesus, A. P. (Fellow), Silva, D. (Fellow), Peters, D. (Fellow), Silva, E. (Fellow), Cardoso, E. P. (Fellow), Franco, S. G. (Fellow), Noronha, E. (Researcher), Kovič, A. (Fellow), Brant, A. (Fellow), Calléja, L. (Fellow), Soares, M. C. (Fellow), Monteiro, S. (Fellow), Iancu, Z. (Fellow) & Franco, P. (Fellow)
1/09/21 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Post-doc project - CADOS/CIIS: Spiraling effects of socio-economic factors on child development
Fernandes, S. (PI), Caldas, A. C. (CoPI), Barros, V. (Student), Pereira, J. S. (Researcher), de Sousa, J. A. (Researcher), Nascimento, J. (Researcher) & Perestrello, M. (Researcher)
1/09/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Neuropotenciação e identidade pessoal
Fernandes, S., May 2025, Lisboa: UCP Editora. 213 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Virginia Woolf & the cosmopolitan self
Fernandes, S., 2025, Cosmoliteratures: cosmopolitanisms in literatures, literatures in cosmopolitanisms. Sousa, R. & Sckell, S. N. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Duncker und Humblot GmbH, p. 51-64 14 p. (Beiträge zur Politischen Wissenschaft; vol. 208).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A Ricœurian perspective on Sophocles’ Antigone
Fernandes, S., 2024, (In preparation) Ricoeur's Reception of the Greek Classics. Marcelo, G., Salgueiro, I. & Diogo, J. E. (eds.). Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Free will, neurosciences & robotics
Fernandes, S., Almeida, L. & Caldas, A. C., 2024, In: Studium Ricerca. p. 158-167 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Questões neuroéticas
Fernandes, S., 2024, (In preparation)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Activities
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Conferência Final Integral Human Development: Pathways to the Common Good
Ubach Trindade, R. (Organiser), Carvalho, C. S. (Organiser), Romeiro, J. (Organiser), Martins, H. (Organiser), Koncz, L. (Organiser), d'Araújo, M. A. (Organiser), Santos, M. I. (Organiser), Wiórko, A. (Organiser) & Fernandes, S. (Organiser)
9 Jan 2025 → 11 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Neuroenhancement: anthropological & neuroethical challenges
Fernandes, S. (Speaker) & Caldas, A. C. (Speaker)
8 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Connexio. Integral ecology at work |Symposium
Wiórko, A. (Organiser), Anzini, P. (Participant) & Fernandes, S. (Participant)
7 Jun 2024 → 8 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Shades of Poverty. Challenges to Integral Human Development
Wiórko, A. (Member of programme committee) & Fernandes, S. (Organiser)
24 Nov 2024 → 25 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Rethinking personal identity: the challenge of neuroenhancement & Paul Ricoeur contribution.
Fernandes, S. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Keynote speaker) & Edelheit, J. (Keynote speaker)
14 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation