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Steering Board

DEIB

Viola Schiaffonati (Coordinator)

Viola Schiaffonati obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Science from Università di Genova in 2004. Her main research...

DASTU

Simona Chiodo (Co-Founder)

Simona Chiodo obtained her PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Milano in 2006, after research stays at Harvard University.

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Design

Paolo Volonté (Co-Founder)

Paolo Volontè obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università Cattolica di Milano (2003) and a PhD in Philosophy...

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Faculty

DMAT

Hernán Bobadilla

Hernán Bobadilla studied Geology (MSc) at University of Chile and History and Philosophy of Science (MSc) at UCL...

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Design

Paolo Bory

Paolo Bory studied Sociology (BA) at the Università Federico II di Napoli and Media Studies (MA) at the Università..

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DEIB

Stefano Canali

Stefano Canali works in philosophy of science, with particular interests in the philosophy of medicine and data...

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DASTU

Daniele Chiffi

Daniele Chiffi is Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at Politecnico di Milano.

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DEIB

Riccardo Emilio Chesta

Riccardo Emilio Chesta is a comparative sociologist whose work investigates the social and political dimension...

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DMEC

Fabio Fossa

Fabio Fossa obtained a PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Pisa. His main research areas are applied ethics...

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DIG

Chris Hesselbein

Chris Hesselbein received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. He is an ethnographer...

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DENG

Diana Shendrikova

Diana Shendrikova is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy. She holds a PhD in History of

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DMAT

Giovanni Valente

Giovanni Valente obtained his PhD at the University of Maryland in 2009. His research deals with the philosophy...

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DIG

John Pyne Walsh

John Walsh, Professor, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, received his PhD in sociology from...

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Postdocs

DAER

Andrea Barca

Andrea Barca obtained his PhD in Philosophy of Law at the Università degli Studi di Genova. His main research areas...

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DABC

Thomas Bonnin

Thomas Bonnin studied Biology before turning to Philosophy of Science. He obtained his Phd from the...

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DMAT

Antoine Brandelet

Antoine Brandelet is currently a postdoc in the Mathematics Department and works on the PRIN project ‘Analogical Reasoning...

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DICA

Gabriele Cerati

Gabriele Cerati obtained his PhD in Analysis of Social and Economic Processes at the University of Milano-Bicocca, with...

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DESIGN

Fabio Iapaolo

Fabio Iapaolo is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Design at Polimi and...

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DASTU

Pavel Janda

Pavel Janda received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Bristol in 2018. He works mainly in (formal)...

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Dica

Malvina Ongaro

Malvina Ongaro obtained her PhD in Philosophy from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, where she worked mainly in decision...

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DEIB

Giacomo Zanotti

Giacomo Zanotti obtained his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS...

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PHD Students

DEIB

Andrea Durante

Andrea Durante is an Executive PhD student in Science, Technology, and Policy for Sustainable...

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DEib

Camilla Quaresmini

Camilla Quaresmini is a PhD student in Science, Technology and Policy for Sustainable Change..

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DESIGN

Lara Marziali

Lara Marziali is a PhD student at the Design department, in the PNRR project "Unveiling public...

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DESIGN

Camilla Rinciari

Camilla Rinciari is a PhD student in Science, Technology, and Policy for Sustainable Change..

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Visiting Scholars

Gianluca Caterina

(Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy, Endicott College, Beverly, US): June 2022

Fleur Jongepier

(Interdisciplinary Hub for Digitalization and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands): April-July 2022

Cailin O’Connor

(Department of Logic and Philosophy and Science, University of California at Irvine): March 2019

James O. Weatherall

(Department of Logic and Philosophy and Science, University of California Irvine, US): March 2019

Bryan Roberts

(Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics): August-September 2018

Behnam Taebi

(Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, TU Delft, Netherlands): February-April 2019

Jos Uffink

(Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US): September-December 2023.

Former members

Federico Biggio

2022, former postdoc at DESIGN, now ATER at Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis.

Nicolò Cangiotti

2021-2025, former postdoc at DMAT.

Stefano Crabu

2018-2021, former assistant professor at DESIGN, now senior assistant professor at the University of Padova

Diletta De Cristofaro

2021-2022, former postdoc with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project “Writing the Sleep Crisis” at DASTU, now assistant professor at Northumbria University.

Chiara Di Lodovico

2024-2025,former postdoc at Design.

Rawad El Skaf

2023-2024,former assistant professor (RTD-A) in Logic and Philosophy of Science at DMAT.

Annapaola Ginammi

2024-2025, former postdoc in the PRIN project “Analogical Reasoning in Contemporary Physical Theories”.

Lara Maestripieri

2019-2022, former assistant professor at DASTU, now distinguished researcher “Ramon y Cajal” at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Michele Loi

2021-2023, former postdoc with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project “Fair Predictions in Health” at DMAT.

Marianna Musmeci

2024-2025, former postdoc involved in a research focused on social process affecting the acceptance of refused scientific knowledge.

Francesco Nappo

2024-2025, former postdoc at DMAT.

Alessandro Piazza

2017-2022, former PhD student with the project “Governing Ethically the Sustainable Transition: An Institutional Design Framework”.

Roberta Spada

2024, former postdoc at DESIGN, now at University of Padova.

Lorenzo Urbano

2021-2023, former postdoc with the project “Addressing online scientific misinformation in high schools” at DESIGN.

Mehmet Fatih Tatari

2024-2025, former postdoc at CMIC.

Luca Zanetti

2021-2022, former postdoc at DICA, now assistant professor at IUSS Pavia.