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Faculty

Design

Paolo Volonté (Coordinator)

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

DASTU

Simona Chiodo (Co-Founder)

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

DEIB

Viola Schiaffonati (Co-Founder)

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

DMAT

Hernán Bobadilla

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

Design

Paolo Bory

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

DEIB

Stefano Canali

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

DASTU

Daniele Chiffi

Daniele Chiffi is Assistant Professor (tenure track - senior position) of Logic and Philosophy of Science at...

DMAT

Rawad El Skaf

Rawad El Skaf has studied for MSc in Computer Science at Nice and Polytechnique de Toulouse and MA and...

DEIB

Riccardo Emilio Chesta

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

DMEC

Fabio Fossa

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

DIG

Chris Hesselbein

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

DENG

Diana Shendrikova

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

DMAT

Giovanni Valente

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

Postdocs

DMAT

Andrea Barca

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

DABC

Thomas Bonnin

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

DMAT

Antoine Brandelet

Antoine Brandelet is currently a postdoc in the Mathematics Department and works on the PRIN project

DMAT

Nicolò Cangiotti

Nicolò Cangiotti obtained his PhD in Mathematics at the Università di Trento in 2020, with a thesis on a...

DMAT

Annapaola Ginammi

Annapaola Ginammi received her PhD in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Her expertise is in logic...

DESIGN

Fabio Iapaolo

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

DASTU

Pavel Janda

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

DESIGN

Marianna Musmeci

Marianna Musmeci obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università di Milano-Bicocca, with a thesis on young people’s...

DMAT

Francesco Nappo

Francesco Nappo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Mathematics Department at Politecnico di Milano, currently...

DESIGN

Roberta Spada

Roberta Spada earned her Degree in Physics (BSc) at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna and her...

DEIB

Giacomo Zanotti

Giacomo Zanotti obtained his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for…

DICA

Malvina Ongaro

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

cmic

Mehmet Fatih Tatari

M. Fatih Tatari received his PhD. in Anthropology with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology

PHD Students

DESIGN

Lara Marziali

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

DEIB

Camilla Quaresmini

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

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.

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.

Michele Loi

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

Lara Maestripieri

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

Alessandro Piazza

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

Lorenzo Urbano

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

Luca Zanetti

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