At the end of September we received a visit from Dr. Andrew Pinsent, director of research at Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion – University of OxfordDr. Pinsent is also a Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford, and a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, England. He holds a PhD in Physics (University of Oxford, 1991), a Bachelor's degree in Theology (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 2003), and a PhD in Philosophy (Saint Louis University, USA, 2009). His main areas of interest include: Philosophy of Science, Virtue Ethics, Metaphysical Questions in Contemporary Science and Theology, and Philosophy of Persons.

During his visit to our University, the Professor was in charge of one of the monthly meetings of the seminar «Brain and person» from the Institute of Philosophy, entitled «Joint Attention and the Second-Person Formation of Virtue"On Thursday, September 28th, approximately twelve researchers from various academic units participated in this activity. Following their presentations, there was time for questions from the audience and a fruitful discussion on the topic. More information will be available soon in the section Documents an article about her exhibition.

Dr. Pinsent also gave the lecture «Teaching as Accelerating Insight: Perspectives from Neuroscience and the Snow Queen«, within the framework of the Academic Conference «Neuroscience and its impact on educationOrganized by the School of Education, this conference highlighted the importance of the teacher's role as a facilitator of insight of the student. More than 150 professionals from the educational field (both university and secondary level) participated in this activity.

We thank Dr. Pinsent, whose visit served to strengthen the ties between the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Institute of Philosophy, to continue working on research into interdisciplinary topics of science and religion.