Mirko Farina (PhD, Sydney; MPhil, Edinburgh; MSC by Research and BA, Milan) is Full Professor of Philosophy of Technology and AI in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Huaqiao University, Talent C Level of the Fujian Province, and Director of the Human-Machine Interaction Lab at the Institute for Digital Economy and Artificial Systems [IDEAS] established by Xiamen University [XMU], Lomonosov Moscow State University [MSU] and Xiamen Municipal People's Government. He is also an Industry Expert (in AI) in the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Xiamen University and a visiting Professor at the Moscow Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). During his career he:

· published 5 books (Oxford University Press; Routledge (3x); Elsevier), 

· 7 special issues (Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society A, Inquiry; Neuroethics; International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Synthese; Philosophy & Technology and Frontiers in Psychology) and 

· a total of more than 140 academic publications, many of which in SSCI-SCI, SJR/JCR Q1 journals in cognitive science, philosophy, and computer science (such as Synthese, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Technology and Society, Behavioural Brain Sciences, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction; Neuroethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Biology and Philosophy, Scientific Reports, Computer Science Review, Philosophy & Technology, Neurocomputing, AI & Society, Social Epistemology, Philosophia, Nanoethics, Review of Philosophy and Psychology, IEEE Technology and Society etc). 

· delivered more than 120 talks across 4 continents in very prestigious venues (such as University of Oxford, King’s College London, University of Edinburgh, Moscow State University, Moscow Institute for International Relations, ITMO, Royal Society of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh; Xian Jiao Tong University, Pekin University, Nanjing University; China East Normal University; Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy in London, National University of Australia, Monash University, University of Sydney, Macquarie University, etc), 

· participated and contributed to prestigious events (such as the World Conference of AI in Shanghai, 2025; the World Youth Summit in Nizhzny Novogorod, 2025; the BRICS Forum on Development of Industrial Internet and Digital Manufacturing in Xiamen, 2024 and 2023; the Baltic Platform in Veliki Novgorod, 2024; The International Science Symposium ‘Inventing the Future’ in Moscow, 2024, The the Astana Club in Astana, 2020, and the G20 in Rome, 2021).

· received funds for approximately 3.5 millions USD (from the Fujian Province, The Jiangsu Province, The British Academy, Huawei Technologies, The Russian Science Foundation, The Australian Government etc),

reviewed more than 65 papers for leading journals in his field of research (such as Communications of the ACM, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technology in Society, Cognitive Science, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Bioethics, Synthese, Phenomenology and Cognitive Science, TopiCS, Biology and Philosophy, Minds and Machines, Philosophical Psychology, Phenomology and the Cognitive Sciences, Topoi, etc)