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Paolo Volonté (Coordinator)
- paolo.volonte@polimi.it
Paolo Volontè obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università Cattolica di Milano (2003) and a PhD in Philosophy...
Paolo Volontè obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università Cattolica di Milano (2003) and a PhD in Philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br. (1995). His main research interests concern the social dynamics of knowledge production, with special focus on the fields of science, technology and design. He is a founder and former President of the Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies (STS Italia) and co-editor of the International Journal of Fashion Studies (indexed in WoS and Scopus).
DASTU
Simona Chiodo (Co-Founder)
- simona.chiodo@polimi.it
Simona Chiodo obtained her PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Milano in 2006, after research stays at...
Simona Chiodo obtained her PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Milano in 2006, after research stays at Harvard University. Her research deals with epistemology (relationship between reality and ideality), aesthetics (aesthetics of architecture and beauty) and the philosophy of technology. She was Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Edinburgh, Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh and Academic Visitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
DEIB
Viola Schiaffonati (Co-Founder)
- viola.schiaffonati@polimi.it
Viola Schiaffonati obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Science from Università di Genova in 2004. Her main research...
Viola Schiaffonati obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Science from Università di Genova in 2004. Her main research interests include: the philosophical issues of artificial intelligence, robotics and computer science, the epistemology and methodology of experiments in computer engineering and autonomous robotics, the analysis of the ethical issues of intelligent and autonomous systems. She has been Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy of the University of California at Berkeley and Visiting Researcher at the Suppes Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology of the Stanford University.
DMAT
Hernán Bobadilla
- hernanfelipe.bobadilla@polimi.it
Hernán Bobadilla studied Geology (MSc) at University of Chile and History and Philosophy of Science (MSc) at UCL...
Hernán Bobadilla studied Geology (MSc) at University of Chile and History and Philosophy of Science at University College London (MSc). He obtained his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Vienna. His main research interests concern scientific representation, scientific explanation and understanding, sustainability and the ethics of risk. Currently, he is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie “Seal of Excellence” postdoctoral research fellow.
Design
Paolo Bory
- paolo.bory@polimi.it
Paolo Bory studied Sociology (BA) at the Università Federico II di Napoli and Media Studies (MA) at the Università..
Paolo Bory studied Sociology (BA) at the Università Federico II di Napoli and Media Studies (MA) at the Università di Torino. In 2018 he obtained his PhD in Communication Sciences from the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland. His research deals with the history and imaginaries of media and technological change. In particular, his work focuses on the history and imaginaries of the Internet and computer networks, on the history of supercomputing and on the narratives of artificial intelligence. In the last years he has been Visiting PhD student at CNRS in Paris, and Visiting Postdoc at the Chair of History of Technology of ETH Zurich.
DEIB
Stefano Canali
Stefano Canali works in philosophy of science, with particular interests in the philosophy of medicine and data...
Stefano Canali works in philosophy of science, with particular interests in the philosophy of medicine and data. He received his PhD at Leibniz University Hannover as a member of the graduate school “Integrating the Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research”. Previously, Stefano completed a MsC in philosophy of science and science and technology studies at University College London and a BA in philosophy at the Università di Milano.
DASTU
Daniele Chiffi
Daniele Chiffi is Assistant Professor (tenure track - senior position) of Logic and Philosophy of Science at...
Daniele Chiffi is Assistant Professor (tenure track - senior position) of Logic and Philosophy of Science at Politecnico di Milano. His research concerns primarily philosophy of risk, (formal) epistemology and pragmatics, non-classical logics, philosophy of science and technology, and philosophy of medicine. His expertise extends to normativity and uncertainty, philosophy of language, ethics of science and technology, philosophy of the city. He has contributed over 150 publications in these areas, in many books and peer-reviewed journals.
DMAT
Rawad El Skaf
- rawad.elskaf@polimi.it
Rawad El Skaf has studied for MSc in Computer Science at Nice and Polytechnique de Toulouse and MA and...
Rawad El Skaf has studied for MSc in Computer Science at Nice and Polytechnique de Toulouse and MA and PhD at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). He was a Marie-Curie Fellow at the University of Salzburg. His research interests concern general topics in the History and Philosophy of Science. More precisely, he works on Surrogative Reasoning and Scientific Tools beyond (direct) laboratory experiments: i.e., Thought Experiments, Computer Simulations, Scientific Models and Analogue Experiments, and their use in several scientific fields, mainly physics and climate science. During his career, he has spent research and teaching periods at Pittsburgh, Santiago, Beirut, Geneva, and Salzburg.
DEIB
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
- riccardoemilio.chesta@polimi.it
Riccardo Emilio Chesta is a comparative sociologist whose work investigates the social and political dimension...
Riccardo Emilio Chesta is a comparative sociologist whose work investigates the social and political dimension of expertise, how science and technology interact with democratic processes and the participation of lay people. His research has investigated the politics of expertise on environmental issues, labour mobilizations on digital platforms and the interaction dynamics between scientific experts and social movements in the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously, he studied Sociology (BSc) at the University of Trento, Social Sciences (MSc) at the EHESS and ENS in Paris and obtained a PhD in Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence. He has also been Postdoctoral Researcher at the Scuola Normale Superiore, as well as Visiting Researcher at New York University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is a member of COSMOS – Center on Social Movement Studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore.
DMEC
Fabio Fossa
- fabio.fossa@polimi.it
Fabio Fossa obtained a PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Pisa. His main research areas are applied ethics...
Fabio Fossa obtained a PhD in Philosophy at the Università di Pisa. His main research areas are applied ethics, philosophy of technology, robot and AI ethics, and the history of philosophy (Hans Jonas). His current research deals with the philosophy of artificial agency and the ethics of autonomous driving. Previously he was a post-doc researcher at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and at the Università di Torino and a lecturer in AI Ethics at the Università di Pisa. He is Editor-In-Chief of InCircolo – Rivista di filosofia e culture and a founding member of the Zetesis Research Group.
DIG
Chris Hesselbein
- christopher.hesselbein@polimi.it
Chris Hesselbein received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. He is an ethnographer...
Chris Hesselbein received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. He is an ethnographer who studies how knowledge and technology, both digital and more mundane, are co-constructed with conceptions of social order and self-identity. Chris is particularly interested in exploring how the production and consumption of technoscience inform, and often naturalize/normalize, our understandings of embodiment, materiality, and aesthetics. Other research projects examine how (expert) knowledge is established as (un)authoritative, and how ‘alternative arti/facts’ are enacted on digital platforms through algorithmic processes.
DENG
Diana Shendrikova
- diana.shendrikova@polimi.it
Diana Shendrikova is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy. She holds a PhD in History of
Diana Shendrikova is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy. She holds a PhD in History of International Relations from Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on geopolitics of energy, energy policy and energy diplomacy in the framework of scientific diplomacy and evidence-based policymaking. She is an awardee of international grants and scholarships from European Commission, Japan’s Ministry of Education and Japan Foundation. She has been formerly employed as researcher at ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies), where she was part of ISPI Energy Watch and Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Programme, as researcher and senior consultant at FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) and as a consultant and project manager in a sustainability communication consulting firm in Milan.
DMAT
Giovanni Valente
- giovanni.valente@polimi.it
Giovanni Valente obtained his PhD at the University of Maryland in 2009. His research deals with the philosophy...
Giovanni Valente obtained his PhD at the University of Maryland in 2009. His research deals with the philosophy and foundations of physics and mathematics, as well as with general issues of philosophy of science, such as probability, symmetries, time, reduction and climate modeling. He previously worked at University of Pittsburgh and throughout his career he spent extensive periods of research in various universities around the world, most notably in Oxford, Budapest, Tilburg, Princeton, Paris, Irvine, Sydney, Utrecht, Cambridge, Munich and Salzburg.
Postdocs
DMAT
Andrea Barca
- andrea.barca@polimi.it
Andrea Barca obtained his PhD in Philosophy of Law at the Università degli Studi di Genova. His main research areas...
Andrea Barca obtained his PhD in Philosophy of Law at the Università degli Studi di Genova. His main research areas are ethics and law (with a focus on the relations between justice, law and policies); analytical philosophy of language applied to the legal discourse; deontic logic and logic of normative systems. Previously he was a post-doc researcher at the Università di Genova and visiting professor in General Theory of Law at the Universitat de Girona, Spain. He is currently working on "dual-use dilemmas" in the context of academic research and the ethical-legal issues of space exploration and exploitation.
DABC
Thomas Bonnin
- thomas.bonnin@polimi.it
Thomas Bonnin studied Biology before turning to Philosophy of Science. He obtained his Phd from the
Thomas Bonnin studied Biology before turning to Philosophy of Science. He obtained his PhD from the University of Exeter and held several postdoctoral research contracts in France. He focuses on interdisciplinary knowledge for real-world issues, including historical science, clinical research and science-based policy-making. He is an associate member of IHPST at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, general secretary of Shesvie, and involved in various academic societies. At Polimi, he will join the DABC Department.
DMAT
Antoine Brandelet
- antoinepatrick.brandelet@polimi.it
Antoine Brandelet is currently a postdoc in the Mathematics Department and works on the PRIN project
Antoine Brandelet is currently a postdoc in the Mathematics Department and works on the PRIN project ‘Analogical Reasoning in Contemporary Physical Theories’. He studied Physics at the University of Mons (Belgium) before turning to the philosophy of science. He obtained his PhD at Mons in partnership with the University of Namur. He is particularly interested in epistemology of models, scientific realism and philosophy of physics. His work now focuses on physical analogies and the link between analogical reasoning and scientific explanation.
DMAT
Nicolò Cangiotti
- nicolo.cangiotti@polimi.it
Nicolò Cangiotti obtained his PhD in Mathematics at the Università di Trento in 2020, with a thesis on a...
Nicolò Cangiotti obtained his PhD in Mathematics at the Università di Trento in 2020, with a thesis on a mathematical formulation of Feynman path integrals. His research topics range from pure mathematics to mathematical physics. His investigations include probability, stochastic analysis, general relativity, quantum mechanics, and quantum gravity. He is also interested in the formalization of the mathematical aspects in economic theories, and the associated models developed during the last century.
DMAT
Annapaola Ginammi
- annapaola.ginammi@polimi.it
Annapaola Ginammi received her PhD in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Her expertise is in logic...
Annapaola Ginammi received her PhD in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Her expertise is in logic and mathematics and their philosophies, philosophy of science, and philosophy of AI. She has held visiting positions at the University of Notre Dame (IN), the University of Salzburg, and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and was a postdoc at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. Currently, she is a postdoc in the PRIN project “Analogical Reasoning in Contemporary Physical Theories” and focusses on the applications of analogical reasoning to physics teaching and science communication.
DESIGN
Fabio Iapaolo
- fabio.iapaolo@polimi.it
Fabio Iapaolo is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Design at Polimi and...
Fabio Iapaolo is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Design at Polimi and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Turin (2022), where he worked with the research group DIGGEO. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Development, which included a year as a Visiting Scholar with the Critical AI Studies (KIM) research group at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (2019). His publications have appeared in AI & Society, Urban Geography, and spheres – Journal for Digital Cultures. He is currently serving as a guest editor for AI & Society and co-edited the volume Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls.
DASTU
Pavel Janda
- pavel.janda@polimi.it
Pavel Janda received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Bristol in 2018. He works mainly in (formal)...
Pavel Janda received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Bristol in 2018. He works mainly in (formal) epistemology, focusing on accuracy-first epistemology, decision/game theory, philosophy of probability/statistics, and economics. He now works on the project RETURN – Risk and Resilience: Ethical and epistemological aspects of natural risks, focusing on multicriteria decision analysis for risk assessment of natural disasters such as flash floods.
DESIGN
Marianna Musmeci
- marianna.musmeci@polimi.it
Marianna Musmeci obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università di Milano-Bicocca, with a thesis on young people’s...
Marianna Musmeci obtained a PhD in Sociology at the Università di Milano-Bicocca, with a thesis on young people’s representations of the future in the aftermath of disasters. Previously, she completed a MSc in Sociology and Social Research at the Università di Trento and a BA in Communication Studies at the Università di Bologna. Marianna’s main research interests concern social and cultural change, young’s people life courses, identity and everyday life. Currently, she’s involved in a research focused on social process affecting the acceptance of refused scientific knowledge.
DMAT
Francesco Nappo
Francesco Nappo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Mathematics Department at Politecnico di Milano, currently...
Francesco Nappo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Mathematics Department at Politecnico di Milano, currently serving as the PI for a EU-funded project on the ethics of mathematical modeling. Francesco completed his Ph.D in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. Previously, he studied at the University of St Andrews and, before that, at the University of Pavia. He also spent research periods at the University of Cambridge and at the Australian National University.
DESIGN
Roberta Spada
- roberta.spada@polimi.it
Roberta Spada earned her Degree in Physics (BSc) at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna and her...
Roberta Spada earned her Degree in Physics (BSc) at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna and her Master’s Degree in Science, Technology and Society (MSc) at University College London. As a PhD candidate, she works at the National Science and Technology Museum Leonardo Da Vinci on the collections related to radio and TV, focussing on some objects related to broadcasting infrastructures and radio consumption in fascist Italy. She is interested in understanding how the Museum co-produces technoscience by building public and private narratives through the artefacts that it collects, curates, and often exhibits.
DEIB
Giacomo Zanotti
- giacomo.zanotti@polimi.it
Giacomo Zanotti obtained his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for…
Giacomo Zanotti obtained his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind at the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher in the national research project BRIO – Bias, Risk and Opacity in AI (PRIN MUR). In particular, he investigates the epistemic grounds and the normative aspects of the notion of Trustworthy AI.
DICA
Malvina Ongaro
- malvina.ongaro@polimi.it
Malvina Ongaro obtained her PhD in Philosophy from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, where she worked mainly in...
Malvina Ongaro obtained her PhD in Philosophy from the Università del Piemonte Orientale, where she worked mainly in decision theory and philosophy of economics. She holds a MSc in philosophy of science from the London School of Economics and has held visiting positions at the TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science in Helsinki and at the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics in Rotterdam. Her current interests include uncertainty and natural risks, multi-criteria decision making, and megaprojects in engineering and architecture.
cmic
Mehmet Fatih Tatari
- mehmetfatih.tatari@polimi.it
M. Fatih Tatari received his PhD. in Anthropology with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology
M. Fatih Tatari received his PhD. in Anthropology with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies at the University of California, Davis. His main research interests include anthropology/sociology of agriculture and food, economies and ecologies of pastoralism, food sciences and technologies, and climate crisis. He is interested in studying the making of boundaries and places through everyday practices of crafting food and producing scientific knowledge. He is currently working on two main research projects, one on pastoralism in times of climate crisis, second on scientific inquiries on food technologies. He is also part of the Yerküre Local Studies research cooperative.
PHD Students
DESIGN
Lara Marziali
- lara.marziali@polimi.it
Lara Marziali is a PhD student at the Design department, in the PNRR project "Unveiling public infrastructures...
Lara Marziali is a PhD student at the Design department, in the PNRR project "Unveiling public infrastructures: entangling social history and design for science museums and public institutions". She has been research assistant in Informatic Engineer at Università di Parma for a one year project in Digital Humanities. She earned a Master's Degree in Contemporary History at Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, and a Degree in History of Science at Università di Genova.
DEIB
Camilla Quaresmini
- camilla.quaresmini@polimi.it
Camilla Quaresmini is a PhD student in Science, Technology and Policy for Sustainable Change. She earned a Degree in...
Camilla Quaresmini is a PhD student in Science, Technology and Policy for Sustainable Change. She earned a Degree in Philosophy at Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna and a Master’s Degree in Philosophical Sciences at Università degli Studi di Milano. Her research interests are logic and formal methods to address fairness in AI systems. Her current work concerns the formalization of epistemic injustice in the context of smart mobility.
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.