Caesar Atuire

Dr Caesar Atuire joined the University of Ghana in January 2014 as Lecturer. He began his university education in Civil Engineering at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (London). He branched off to Philosophy where he obtained a BA (Summa cum laude).  In 1994, he earned a Licentia Philosophiae from the Gregorian University (Rome). He obtained a PhD in Philosophy with an Enquiry into Suicide at the Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Rome) in 2005. Dr Atuire also holds a Master’s degree in Theology and Diplomas in Bioethics and Pedagogical Sciences.

He is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the MEMATIC programme of the University of Rome, Tor Vergata. He has lectured extensively in Europe, South America and East Africa on themes relating to anthropology, ethics and intercultural development.

Dr Atuire’s areas of research are the sociological, anthropological and ethical implications of multiculturalism and technological innovation, particularly in Africa.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: bioethics, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, anthropology and tourism. 

COURSES TAUGHT CURRENTLY: Existentialism, Medieval Philosophy, Aristotle, Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning, Philosophy and Literature.

CURRENT RESEARCH: Anthropological and sociological impact of new internet based technologies and artificial intelligence; Evaluation of the universality of the Human Rights talk.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Atuire, C.A, Il pellegrinaggio. Il viaggio della vita, Fivestore Editore, 2012 (a study on the anthropological, cultural and religious meanings of pilgrimage)

Atuire, C.A in Larrey, P., Futuro Ignoto. Conversazioni sulla nuova era digitale, IFPress, 2014 (a chapter in a volume dedicated to the future of humanity in the face of technological innovation)

Others

Member of the Ethics Committee for the Basic and Applied Sciences of the University of Ghana