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Lucy Osler is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Cardiff University's School of English, Communication and Philosophy. She completed her PhD at the University of Exeter in 2021 and has established herself as a significant contributor to contemporary philosophical discourse, particularly at the intersection of phenomenology, online sociality, and embodiment.
Her research focuses on phenomenological approaches to intersubjectivity, online sociality, shared space, embodiment, perception, emotions, and psychopathology, as well as analytic philosophy of mind and 4E (embodied, embedded, extended, enactive) approaches to cognition and affectivity. Dr. Osler has made notable contributions to understanding how digital technologies shape social experiences, including empathy, belonging, and narrative formation in online contexts.
Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on how digital environments transform social interactions, with particular attention to loneliness, empathy, and the phenomenology of social anxiety disorder. She has developed innovative frameworks for understanding how objects can embody loneliness through 'obsolete affordances' and how digital technologies function as 'narrative devices' that shape our self-understanding. Her work demonstrates how seemingly disembodied online interactions can still facilitate meaningful social connection and how environments—both physical and digital—never remain neutral in supporting certain bodies, behaviors, and emotions while suppressing others.
Dr. Osler has co-edited the forthcoming volume For, Against, Together: Antagonistic Political Emotions with Thomas Szanto (Cambridge University Press) and is working on Phenomenology in Action for Researching Networked Learning Experiences.
Her research has appeared in leading journals including Topoi, Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, and Philosophy and Technology. Her work demonstrates significant interdisciplinary reach, connecting philosophy with psychology, cognitive science, and digital studies.
