Riccardo Campa (born 4 May 1967, in

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) is

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of Sociology at the University of Cracow. He possesses two Master of Arts degrees, in

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and

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, from the

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and a

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from the

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. Prior to becoming an academic, Campa was a police lieutenant with

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and a

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for ''La Voce di Mantova'' (''The Voice of Mantua'') and the

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''Il Mondo'' (''The World''). Since 2010 he is vice president of the Filomati Association in Italy. Campa has authored four books, titled ''Epistemological Dimensions of Robert Merton’s Sociology'' (2001), ''Il filosofo è nudo'' (2001), "Etica della scienza pura" (2007), and "Mutare o perire. La sfida del transumanesimo" (2010), and his articles frequently appear in ''MondOperaio'', an Italian

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journal. He founded and is currently president of the Italian Transhumanist Association, and is a Fellow of the

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. Campa has recorded over 15 solo and group music albums.

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with ''Futuro Prossimo''
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with World Transhumanist Association 1967 births Living people Italian sociologists Writers from Mantua Polish transhumanists Italian transhumanists Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni {{Italy-sociologist-stub