Mario Alfonso Toboso Martín

Biography

Tenured Scientist at the Department of Science, Technology and Society in the Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). I obtained the Degree in Physics at the University of Salamanca, Spain, the PhD at the same university (Department of Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Science) and the Master's degree in "Design for All and Accessibility to ICT" at the EOI Business School , Madrid. My research topics focus on: Studies in Science, Technology and Society; Disability Studies; Disability in Amartya Sen's Approach; Studies on Functional Diversity; Accessibility and Inclusive Designs; Social and Community Innovation; Philosophy of Time.

Research Interest

In June of 1995 I obtained the title of Bachelor in Physical Sciences by the University of Salamanca. Between September 1995 and June 1997, I carried out Third Cycle studies in the program "Nuclear and Particle Physics" of the Department of Physics, Engineering and Medical Radiology. Between September 1997 and September 2002 I developed my Doctoral Thesis "Time and subject: new perspectives on the experience of time", in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Science of this university, under the direction of Professor Sebastián Álvarez Toledo, who I defended in February 2003. I then began to publish the results of this work in several magazines and monographs. Also interested in the thematic crossing between disability and technology, Since my incorporation to the Institute of Philosophy of the CSIC in January 2007, my research activity has been developing at the intersection between science, technology and society (CTS) studies and Disability Studies , as a framework for new studies on science, technology and diversity. Subjects of interest to me at this intersection are studies on functional diversity, the study of disability within Amartya Sen's capabilities and functioning approach, functioning ecosystems, accessibility and the design of inclusive environments as practices of social innovation and citizen.