Emanuela Campisi

Emanuela Campisi is a Researcher in Philosophy and Theory of Language (M-Fil/05) at the Department of Humanities, University of Catania. She holds a PhD in Philosophy of Language and Mind from the University of Palermo and has conducted postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Lund University’s Humanities Laboratory.

• PhD in Philosophy of Language and Mind, University of Palermo
• Postdoctoral Research, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Netherlands)
• Postdoctoral Research, Radboud University Nijmegen
• Research Fellow, Humanities Laboratory, Lund University (Sweden)

Her research lies at the intersection of language, cognition, and communication, with a strong focus on pragmatics and multimodality. She investigates how meaning is constructed through verbal and nonverbal cues in interaction, using both theoretical and experimental approaches. Her work extends into semiotics, particularly the interpretation of multimodal texts such as advertising, film, and digital media.

Her publications include a monograph on gesture and articles in journals like Journal of Pragmatics and Philosophical Psychology. The themes across her work reveal a consistent engagement with how language functions in social and cognitive contexts, especially in stance-taking, politeness, and identity construction.

Her scientific honors include a prestigious Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (2012) and the National Scientific Abilitation (ASN) for Associate Professor in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Language (2020–2029).

• Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (2012)
• National Scientific Abilitation – Fascia II (2020–2029)

She actively supervises thesis students on diverse topics ranging from AI narratives and ASMR videos to fashion semiotics and parasocial relationships. Since 2022, she has served as the scientific lead for the Pia.Ce.Ri Starting Grant project Stancetaking multimodale e pedagogia, and has contributed to national PRIN and departmental Prometeo projects on politically correct discourse. Her teaching includes Philosophy of Language and Semiotics, with active course management and student engagement.

She is affiliated with research teams focused on language, cognition, and semiotics, particularly within the Department of Humanities at the University of Catania, contributing to interdisciplinary projects on communication and meaning-making.