Alberto Barbieri received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia in 2020. Before IUSS, he obtained both his B.A. degree in Philosophy (2013) and his M.A. degree in Philosophical Sciences (2015) at the University of Bologna. His primary research interests lie in philosophy of mind and metaphysics, with particular attention to the nature of phenomenal consciousness, self-awareness, and the subject of experience.