Fatemeh Masdari

Dr. Fatemeh Masdari is a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Münster’s Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change.” She holds a Master’s in Economics and Management of Art, Culture, and Entertainment from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, 2012) and a PhD in Art Research from Al-Zahra University (Tehran, 2018). Her research focuses on Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, and Digital Media, with expertise in 4E Cognition Theory and Cyberspace Studies.

She taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Islamic Art, New Media, and Philosophy at Iranian universities post-2012. Key collaborations include work with the Iran National Science Foundation (2016) and UNESCO Chair in Tehran (2019, 2021). Her multilingual skills (Persian, Italian, English, Spanish, French) enhance cross-cultural research.

Her publications analyze Instagram aesthetics, new media ontology, and cultural impacts of digital technologies. Research emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to digital transformation in cultural goods and media representation.