Careers and stakeholders

Managers, editors and cultural communicators for paper and online publishers and companies offering editorial services (job tasks include drafting and editing texts, as well as planning and coordinating publishing and communication activities)

Job function
Graduates in Philosophical sciences may:
- take on strategic, organisation or communication roles within public administrations and private or public entities, in Italy and abroad;
- work in the publishing industry (for both traditional and multimedia publishers);
- provide professional communication services;
- provide philosophical counselling services;
- ensure team coordination by acting as cultural mediators.
They will be able to:
- handle job tasks related to cultural production for public and private entities;
- act as chief editor for book series, read, assess and edit texts for publication;
- organise cultural events, craft advertising contents and write marketing texts.

Professional skills
Graduates in Philosophical Sciences possess the following knowledge and skills:
- in-depth disciplinary knowledge plus critical and original thinking skills enabling them to conduct innovative and independent research in the field of philosophy and in related disciplines;
- ability to interpret data, group discussion and coordination skills;
- relational skills, including the ability to understand relational dynamics and to find innovative solutions for problems;
- theoretical synthesis, writing and editing skills, ability to investigate cultural perspectives;
- ability to interpret cultural and social needs in changing settings;
- ability to analyse complex situations affecting an individual or a group, and to propose appropriate interventions.

Career opportunities
The Master's degree prepares graduates for a career in:
- business-to-business relations (public and private entities: coordination of work teams, mediation, analysis of complex situations, innovative solution finding);
- public relations (public and private entities, communication agencies);
- traditional and multimedia publishing (writers and editors, chief editors of book series);
- event planning and communication, with regard to cultural and scientific events.


Consultants and project leaders for public and private entities, with job tasks related to the management of human resources and internal-external relations

Job function
Graduates in Philosophical sciences may:
- take on strategic, organisation or communication roles within public administrations and private or public entities, in Italy and abroad;
- provide professional communication services;
- provide philosophical counselling services;
- ensure team coordination by acting as cultural mediators.
They will be able to:
- take on management and coordination roles in public administrations;
- handle tasks related to HR selection and management, communication, business-to-business relations and cultural production for public and private employers;
- organise cultural events, craft advertising contents and write marketing texts;
- advance critical arguments and suggestions to promote wellbeing in the workplace;
- foster collaboration in and outside the workplace within multicultural societies.

Professional skills
Graduates in Philosophical Sciences possess the following knowledge and skills:
- ability to interpret data, group discussion and coordination skills;
- relational skills, including the ability to understand relational dynamics and to find innovative solutions for problems;
- theoretical synthesis, writing and editing skills, ability to investigate cultural perspectives;
- ability to interpret cultural and social needs in changing settings;
- ability to analyse complex situations affecting an individual or a group, and to propose appropriate interventions.

Career opportunities
The Master's degree prepares graduates for a career in:
- HR management, selection and training (within public and private entities);
- business-to-business relations (public and private entities: coordination of work teams, mediation, analysis of complex situations, innovative solution finding);
- public relations (public and private entities, communication agencies);
- event planning and communication, with regard to cultural and scientific events;
- intercultural mediation (interpreting personal and social needs in multicultural settings for governmental and non-governmental institutions);
- personal and work-related counselling (philosophical counselling);
- cultural heritage protection and promotion (libraries, museums).