Dr Celso Alves Neto

Welcome!

I am a philosopher of biology and race, working primarily on questions about biological and social classifications, and the intersection between values and science. 

Between 2025 and 2029, I will lead the ERC-funded project "Human Genomics without Racism" (HUGERA).

Updated Information about my work can be found at www.celsoneto.net

Biography:

I was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. There I did my B.A and M.A in philosophy at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). After spending 2 years studying at the Leibniz Universitaet Hannover (Germany), I moved to Canada and obtained my PhD at the University of Calgary in 2020. Then, I became a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University (Canada), working in the philosophy department and the department of biochemistry and molecular biology departments.

I joined SPSPA and EGENIS in January 2022 and could not be more happy about this decision.

Research supervision:

I am happy to supervise PhD and MA students working in the philosophy of science, biology, and race. In particular, I welcome students working on some of the following areas:

• Racial Classifications
• Metaphysics of Race and Gender
• Concepts of Racism
• Social and Psychological Dimensions of Racism
• Classificatory Concepts in Biology: Species, Individuals, Genes, Cells, and Lineages
• The Social Organization and Values in Science
• The Range and Limits of Natural Selection and Evolutionary Explanations

Do you want to discuss a potential topic of supervision with me?

Please contact me via C.Alves-Neto@exeter.ac.uk