Fulvio Di Blasi

Fulvio Di Blasi is an attorney, a legal mediator, and a philosopher expert in St. Thomas Aquinas, ethics, bioethics, and natural law theory. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law and did post-doctoral research at the Internationale Akademie fuer Philosophie in the Principality of Liechtenstein. He is the Director of the Thomas International Center for Philosophical Studies (USA), and serves as Scientific Coordinator, Professional Mediator, and Professor of Mediation credited by the Italian Ministry of Justice, of some mediation companies.

He is former Research Fellow for the Italian National Council of Research (CNR), the highest governmental research institution in Italy, Research Associate at the Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame, Director of Ethical Research at Novarete, Director of the Tommaso d’Aquino Research Center of the ARCES University College, Creator and Director of the European STEP project. He also taught Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (USA), Philosophy and General Theory of law at LUMSA Law School (Italy), Bioethical Aspects of Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome), and Action Theory at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland).

He has been a lead organizer for international conferences and has given lectures in many leading universities both in Europe and the US. He founded bioethics and mediation journals, and served as contributor, reviewer, editor, and board member in several other philosophical journals and book series. He has more than 200 publications including books, essays, editorials, and encyclopedia entries related to ethics, law, and philosophy.