Giulia Palazzolo

Giulia Palazzolo is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, Department of Philosophy. She completed her PhD at La Sapienza University of Rome in 2022, focusing on the evolution of human cognition, communication, and cooperation through interdisciplinary approaches combining philosophy of mind, science, language, and empirical psychology.

• Key affiliations: UKRI project 'The Communicative Mind', University of Connecticut research group, Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre, DISI Fellow
• Research focus: Evolution of syntax, animal communication frameworks, comparative cognition, and theoretical foundations of human-animal communication studies
• Teaching: Group Mindedness course, Introduction to Philosophy, and forthcoming courses in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science

Her empirical collaborations span the Dolphin Communication Project and Bristol Museum. She has received the London School of Advanced Studies Innovation Award for her public philosophy exhibition 'What is it like to be another animal?'

Notable awards:

• PAMBA 2025 Essay Prize