Silvia Casini

Dr. Silvia Casini is a Reader in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen, affiliated with the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. Her academic work bridges visual culture, science and technology studies (STS), and medical humanities. She holds a PhD in Film and Visual Culture (AHRC-funded) from Queen's University Belfast and an MA in Philosophy from Ca' Foscari University, Venice.

Her research focuses on the aesthetic and epistemological implications of data visualization, biomedical imaging (particularly MRI), and art-science collaborations. Key projects include studies on science film festivals (post-WWII) and the cultural role of medical imaging. She has curated exhibitions like From Where Do We See? and Cities of the Future: Living Together, exploring intersections between art, science, and healthcare.

Dr. Casini is the author of Giving Bodies Back to Data (MIT Press, 2021) and editor of Immobile Choreography (2019). Her research appears in journals such as Science as Culture, Leonardo, and Nuncius. She has held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the University of Padua.

Awards include a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and grants from the AHRC, Carnegie Trust, and Scottish Crucible. She mentors PhD students in Film and Visual Culture and teaches courses on science-cinema intersections and medical humanities.