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	I have been elected member of the Ethics Strategic Panel of the British Computer Society (BCS).
	A newspaper article in Italian on the Vivi-Down vs. Google case, published by La Stampa.

I have delivered the Barwise Lecture at the APA Meeting on the 29th of December 2009. Read more...

Philosophy and Computing (Kindle Edition). You can order it now. The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Kindle Edition). You can order it now.

Terrell Ward Bynum: Two Philosophers of the Information Age: Robert Wiener and Luciano Floridi. THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY METAPHILOSOPHICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. A Symposium Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Journal Metaphilosophy. FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER, Institute of Philosophy, School of Avanced Studies, London.

Marie Curie Fellowship Grant., 2010-2012 on "The Ethics of Information Warfare: Risks, Rights and Responsibilities". Intra-European Fellowships (IEF), Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF.

Newsweek (Japan) has published my article on cloud computing (in Japanese). This is the original text, in English.

The Italian newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore" has published my interview on "the fourth revolution" in Nova. Available here (in Italian). An interview for RAI 3  during the Science Festival in Genoa. Available here (in Italian).

Grant for the Ethical WP for the the project "Recreational Drugs’ European Network: an ICT prevention service addressing the use of novel compounds in vulnerable individuals", funded by the Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health 2008-2013

Invited contribution to the BBC online program Digital Revolution.

I will deliver the distinguished lecture at  the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), as part of the workshop organised by the Lorentz Conference Center, Leiden University (Leiden, 8-12 February, 2010).

Infosfera. the Italian translation by Massimo Durante of some of my essays on information and computer ethics has now been published.

I will deliver the Barwise Lecture at the APA Meeting on the 29th of December 2009. Read more...

I have been appointed to the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics.

I have been elected Fellow of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). Founded in 1964, the AISB is the oldest artificial intelligence society in the world.

Dr Dave Ward has been appointed Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the AHRC project  "The Construction of Personal Identities Online".

Here is the podcast of an interview with Nigel Warburton. You can listen to it by clicking on the link or visiting www.philosophybites.com and going to "Luciano Floridi on The Fourth Revolution". It is also available on iTunes.

I have submitted The Philosophy of Information (OUP), a book that I had been writing since 1999.

I have submitted Information - A Very Short Introduction (OUP).

I have submitted Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (CUP).

I have been awarded a SSAHRI Vice Chancellor’s Grant to work on the project "The Ethics of Warfare in the Information Age".

During the academic year 2008-09, I shall be visiting the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, where I have been elected Gauss Professor. Read more...

I have been awarded an AHRC grant to work on the project "The Construction of Personal Identities Online". Read more...

I have been awarded the Barwise Prize by the American Philosophical Association. Read more...