Ian Albornoz Tomas
Competitive Research Grants, Peer-Reviewed Publications & Academic Conference Presentations
A comprehensive record of institutionally funded research fellowships, published academic books and conference proceedings, journal manuscripts in preparation, and peer-reviewed papers presented at national philosophy congresses.
Research Fellowships & Funded Projects
Competitive research grants and academic appointments awarded by national interuniversity councils and university institutes to support ongoing research in social epistemology, agnotology, and philosophy of science.
UNGS Graduate Research Fellowship (DIG18)
National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS, 2026 – 2027)
Individual Research Project: Responsible Science Communication: Expert Ethics and Conditions for Public Understanding in Socio-Environmental Controversies.
Affiliated Institutional Project: Deliberative Democracy and Environmental Justice (IDH-UNGS 30/3376, Supervisor: Dr Javier Flax).
National Scientific Initiation Grant (EVC-CIN)
National Interuniversity Council (CIN, 2023 – 2024)
Individual Research Project: The Philosophical Problem of Determinism and Freedom from the Perspective of Universal Physical Laws.
UNGS Undergraduate Research Fellowship (DIE)
National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS, 2022 – 2023)
Individual Research Project: Determinism and Freedom. Deterministic Chaos: An Indeterministic Perspective on the Problem of Freedom.
Affiliated Institutional Project: Non-Epistemic Reasons in Philosophical Argumentation (ICI-UNGS 30/1140, Supervisor: Dr Gustavo Arroyo).
ICI-UNGS Accredited Research Team Member
Institute of Sciences, National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS, 2022 – 2024)
Role & Trajectory: Research Team Member (2023–2024) & Junior Research Attaché (2022).
Accredited Project: Non-Epistemic Reasons in Philosophical Argumentation: Theses and Problems (Code ICI-UNGS 30/1140, PI: Dr Gustavo Arroyo).
Publications & Editorial Contributions
Peer-reviewed book chapters, edited books, and official conference proceedings published in academic presses and open-access university repositories, alongside peer-reviewed journal articles currently in preparation.
1. Co-Authored Academic Book (Ediciones UNGS, 2026)
- Full Citation: Albornoz Tomas, I., et al. (2026). Encontrar la infancia: Una experiencia de pensamiento y escritura filosófica [Finding Childhood: An Experience of Philosophical Thought and Writing] (G. Ruggiero, Ed.). Ediciones UNGS.
2. Conference Proceedings (UNGS Repository, 2023)
- Full Citation: Albornoz Tomas, I. (2023). Los desacuerdos profundos en filosofía: El debate determinismo versus libre albedrío [Deep Disagreements in Philosophy: The Determinism vs Free Will Debate]. In Proceedings of the 7th UNGS Conference on Logic and Argumentation (pp. 114–124). National University of General Sarmiento. https://repositorio.ungs.edu.ar/handle/UNGS/1733
Conference Presentations & Invited Talks
Selected papers presented at national congresses, university symposia, and research colloquia across major Argentine academic institutions.
20th National Congress of Philosophy (AFRA)
Institution: National University of Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (20–23 September 2023)
Paper Title: Deep Disagreements: The Paradigmatic Case of Compatibilists and Incompatibilists in the Human Freedom Debate
7th UNGS Conference on Logic and Argumentation
Institution: National University of General Sarmiento, Los Polvorines, Argentina (23–25 August 2023)
Paper Title: Deep Disagreements in Philosophy: The Determinism vs Free Will Debate
4th National Philosophy Conference
Institution: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (22–25 November 2022)
Paper Title: Determinism Considered From Chaos Theory and Its Dependence on Universal Physical Laws
9th Philosophy Student and Graduate Conference (UNGS)
Institution: National University of General Sarmiento, Los Polvorines, Argentina (14–17 November 2022)
Paper Title: The Ambivalent Relationship of Determinism With Physical Theories: From Classical Physics to Chaos Theory
9th Philosophy Student and Graduate Conference (UNGS)
Institution: National University of General Sarmiento, Los Polvorines, Argentina (14–17 November 2022)
Paper Title: Ontology of Possible Worlds and Its Relationship With Physical Multiverse Theories
7th History Student and Graduate Conference
Institution: National University of General Sarmiento, Los Polvorines, Argentina (9–11 November 2022)
Paper Title: Hume’s Critique of the Principle of Causality and How His Legacy Relates to the Problem of Determinism and Free Will
15th Philosophy Research Communication Conference (JOCOINFI)
Institution: National University of the Littoral, Santa Fe, Argentina (13–15 October 2022)
Paper Title: The Necessity of Universal Physical Laws to Explain Determinism, and Its Relationship With Experience
4th Young Researchers Conference on Philosophy of Science
Institution: National University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina (4–6 October 2022)
Paper Title: What Do We Understand by Determinism? Disambiguation of the Term and Its Link to Modern Physics