André Mata is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, where he coordinates the Masters in Cognitive and Social Psychology. His academic work focuses on social cognition, judgment and decision-making, metacognition, and moral psychology. Research Interests: Social Cognition, Judgment & Decision-Making, Metacognition, Reasoning, Moral Judgment Projects: Fighting pluralistic ignorance to defeat prejudice (PTDC/PSI-GER/7592/2020), Psychology of the living and the dead (BIAL 2020) His recent publications explore motivated reasoning, bias blind spots, prediction-comprehension discrepancies, and metacognitive biases in science perception. Articles often examine self-other differences, social amplification of cognitive distortions, and moral judgment mechanisms. He teaches modules such as Judgment and Decision under Uncertainty , Motivated Thinking , and Societal Challenges: Psychological Themes . His work is affiliated with CICPSI and ProAdapt research groups at the University of Lisbon.
Carole J. Lee is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington, with additional affiliations as Adjunct Professor at the Information School (iSchool) and Affiliate Faculty at multiple interdisciplinary centers including the Center for an Informed Public, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, eScience Institute, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and Society + Technology Program. Her research focuses on the social structure of science, examining biases in peer review, disparities in grant funding (particularly Black-white and gender gaps), and emerging norms in scientific credit allocation. She engages with both normative and empirical questions in metascience, publishing in venues like Science , Philosophy of Science , and Plos ONE . National Science Foundation National Institutes of Health Mellon Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship Lee has received notable awards, including the First Prize for NIH's Peer Review Challenge and the Philosophy of Science Association's Prize in Philosophy of Science & Race. She also holds leadership roles at Rapid Science and previously advised on the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines.
Andrea Rota is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oslo's Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages. Previously, he held positions as Assistant Professor at the University of Bern (2017-2023) and research roles at the University of Fribourg. His academic credentials include a Habilitation (2020) and PhD (2011) in Religious Studies from Swiss institutions, complemented by a Certificate in Higher Education from the University of Bern. Rota's research examines contemporary religiosity with emphasis on: Religion-society interactions post-WWII Media adaptation by religious groups (particularly evangelicals and Jehovah's Witnesses) COVID-19's impact on religious/secular narratives 1960s academic-religious innovation connections Theoretical frameworks including collective intentionality and emic-etic distinctions His publications demonstrate consistent focus on religion-media dynamics (30% of recent works), historical analyses of religious change (25%), and methodological innovation (20%). Most articles engage with contemporary religious movements through interdisciplinary lenses combining sociology, media studies, and philosophy. Rota serves as Co-PI for the NFP80 project How Worldviews Shape Social Responsibility examining COVID-19 narratives, and holds the position of Treasurer for the International Association for the History of Religions. He maintains research affiliations with the University of Bern and participates in the 'Religion and Politics' research group.
Dr hab. Barbara Maria Tomczyk is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska , affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology and the Department of Logic and Cognitive Studies . Her academic journey includes a Master's degree in Philosophy (2005), a PhD in Epistemology (2009), and a habilitation in 2021 focused on the epistemic subjectivity of extended cognitive systems. Education : MA in Philosophy (2005), PhD in Epistemology (2009), Habilitation (2021) Research Grants : Co-investigator in MNiSW's National Program for the Development of Humanities (2013-2016) and NCN's Sonata grant (2015-2018). Her research explores the extended mind thesis , naturalized epistemology , and the epistemic subject , with recent publications addressing autopoiesis , collective agency , and cognitive integration . She investigates how artifacts extend human cognition and redefine epistemic autonomy. Key publication trends include interdisciplinary analyses of epistemic agency in distributed systems, critiques of internalism , and debates on collective rationality . Her work bridges philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and epistemology. She supervises research within the Department of Logic and Cognitive Studies, contributing to debates on knowledge-how , virtue epistemology , and situated cognition . Her office hours are held at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology building in Lublin, with virtual consultations via Microsoft Teams.
Maria Granados is a Reader in Social Innovation at the University of Westminster's Westminster Business School, with expertise in social entrepreneurship and barefoot economics. She holds a PhD in Business Information Management from Westminster and engineering degrees from Colombian universities. Research focuses on marginalized entrepreneurs, including projects on: Waste pickers in Colombia's informal economy Gender empowerment in UK social enterprises Refugee integration through data-driven health models SME sustainability transitions She has secured funding from the British Academy, Global Challenges Research Fund, and Research England. Recent certifications include SDG Impact Standards and Social Value/SROI practitioner training. Teaching includes Strategic Innovation in the digital world and Designing Value in the MBA program. She mentors PhD students researching knowledge spillovers, digital ventures, and educational models.
Eric Chelstrom, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at St. Mary's University. He serves as Director of the First-Year Experience, overseeing the University’s First-Year Seminars. His academic background includes a B.A. in Music and Philosophy from Hamline University, an M.A. in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University at Buffalo, SUNY (2010). His doctoral research applied Husserlian phenomenology to contemporary debates in collective intentionality. Chelstrom’s research focuses on intersubjectivity, the social world’s building blocks, collective intentionality, shared experiences, norms, horizon intentionality, and how oppression undermines mainstream social theory. He also explores aesthetics and the historical development of phenomenology. His notable publications include Social Phenomenology: Husserl, Intersubjectivity, and Collective Intentionality (2012) and articles in journals like Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology and edited volumes such as The Expanse and Philosophy (2021). Chelstrom’s work bridges historical and contemporary philosophical inquiries, emphasizing the role of emotion in collective phenomena. His recent research critiques systemic injustices and their impact on social theory. Though no formal awards are listed, his contributions to phenomenology and social philosophy reflect sustained scholarly engagement. His teaching spans courses like Contemporary Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, and Symbolic Logic, reflecting his commitment to undergraduate education and foundational philosophical inquiry.
Saba Bazargan-Forward is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, within the Division of Arts and Humanities. His research lies at the intersection of normative ethics, political philosophy, and applied moral theory, with a strong emphasis on collective action, complicity, and the ethics of war. His primary research interests include individual accountability for cooperatively committed wrongs, moral coercion, war ethics (particularly defensive violence, proportionality, and civilian immunity), associative duties, and the morality of benefiting from injustice. His work combines rigorous analytical philosophy with practical relevance, often engaging contemporary debates in just war theory and institutional responsibility. His recent publications reflect a sustained focus on moral responsibility in shared actions and armed conflict. Key themes across his articles include the moral relevance of intentions in joint actions, compensation and necessity in war, and the grounding of ethical principles such as the beneficiary pays principle. His 2022 monograph Authority, Cooperation, and Accountability (Oxford University Press) represents a major contribution to the field of collective moral responsibility. Philosopher’s Annual Top Ten Papers of 2014 (for 'Moral Coercion') Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship Awardee (2013) Hellman Fellowship Awardee (2012) Bazargan-Forward has edited significant volumes including The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility (2020) and Ethics of War (2017). He actively contributes to scholarly discourse through book reviews in top journals and participation in research groups such as the Institute for Practical Ethics at UCSD. While student advising is not explicitly detailed, his editorial and monograph projects suggest a strong mentorship and collaborative role within the philosophical community.
Katharina Nieswandt serves as Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University and Director of the 'Society' stream at GRIN (Groupe de recherche sur la normativité), focusing on normative structures in social contexts. Her academic leadership spans teaching, research supervision, and editorial contributions to prominent philosophical discourse. Her educational trajectory includes: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University Center for Ethics in Society (2016) Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (2015) Magister Artium in Philosophy, Universität Trier (2009) Diplom in Psychology, Universität Trier (2008) Nieswandt's research synthesizes Meta-ethics, Political Theory, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences with specialized expertise in Hegelian frameworks and Anscombian ethics. She investigates foundational questions about personhood, government legitimacy, and social normativity, arguing in her 2025 monograph that governmental structures are constitutive of human personhood. Her work critically engages with virtue ethics, property rights, and the intersection of moral psychology with social institutions, revealing how normative frameworks shape individual agency and collective life. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2017-2025) reveals persistent engagement with three interconnected themes: (1) the metaethical foundations of normativity through Anscombe's lens, (2) political philosophy examining government's role in constituting social reality, and (3) empirical-philosophical investigations of gender dynamics in academia. Her scholarship demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary reach, connecting philosophical theory to contemporary issues like automation's impact on basic income and inverse gender gaps in philosophical engagement. Professor Nieswandt actively supervises Master's students in Concordia's Philosophy program and postdoctoral fellows through GRIN-funded positions. She teaches core courses including Introduction to Ethics and Philosophy of Human Rights, alongside specialized graduate seminars on Hegel's political philosophy, Anscombe's moral theory, and property rights. Her supervision emphasizes bridging theoretical rigor with real-world normative challenges. As Director of GRIN's 'Society' stream, she coordinates a research collective examining how normative frameworks emerge and function within social structures, fostering collaborations across philosophy, political science, and sociology to address contemporary challenges in democratic theory and social justice.
Jasmine Alvarado serves as an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at Brandeis University, where she specializes in family engagement, bilingual education, and educational policy. Her research sits at the critical intersection of societal inequities, educational policies, and family experiences in K-8 schools, employing ethnographic, narrative, and participatory methodologies informed by critical race theory, intersectional feminism, and sociolinguistic perspectives. Educational Background: Ph.D. in Education from Boston College M.Ed. from CUNY Hunter College B.A. from Harvard University Jasmine's extensive teaching experience spans over a decade, encompassing university-level instruction, teacher candidate supervision, conference workshops for educational leaders, elementary bilingual youth education, and adult language development classes. Her personal background as a member of an Ecuadorian family with Quechua roots, combined with her experiences as a student, teacher, administrator, and after-school program director in NYC and Greater Boston Public Schools, deeply informs her commitment to collective learning and educational equity. Research Focus: Her work particularly emphasizes urban education contexts, examining how race, ethnicity, and language intersect with educational policies and practices. Through critical ethnographic approaches, she explores how families navigate and negotiate educational systems, especially in bilingual and dual-language program contexts. Scientific Awards: Outstanding Reviewer for AERA/Review of Educational Research Journal (2024-2025) Bilingual Research Issues Outstanding Dissertation Award-Second Place (2024-2025) AERA Latino/a/x Outstanding Dissertation Award (2023) Spencer Foundation Research Development Award (2020) Multiple fellowships from AERA, Ford Foundation, and Spencer Foundation Research Impact: Her publications demonstrate a consistent focus on bilingual education policy, family engagement in diverse communities, and the racialized experiences of families in educational settings. Recent work particularly examines the impacts of COVID-19 on bilingual programs and family-school relationships, while earlier work traces the historical evolution of bilingual education in Massachusetts.
Simon Prosser is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, where he has been a faculty member since 2002. He is affiliated with the Arché Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology within the School of Philosophical & Anthropological Studies. His work primarily focuses on the intersection of philosophy of mind, philosophy of perception, and metaphysics, with particular emphasis on conscious experience, temporal thought, and egocentric representation. Prosser's educational background includes physics studies at the University of Birmingham followed by philosophical training at the University of Warwick, where he completed his PhD. During his doctoral studies, he spent a year at CREA in Paris (CNRS/École Polytechnique). His research centers on conscious experience and its relationship to perception, with a current book project provisionally titled The Perspective of Consciousness . He argues that defending physicalism about consciousness requires a new understanding of first-person perspective derived from the perspectival nature of perception. His other major research areas include temporal thought and experience, egocentric thought (particularly 'essential indexicals' and immunity to error through misidentification), and the nature of concepts/modes of presentation. He has also explored emergent properties and 'new Zeno' phenomena, though this remains a minor interest. Analysis of Prosser's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on the philosophy of time, consciousness, and representation. His work increasingly bridges philosophy with cognitive science and neuroscience, as seen in his 2023 commentary on 'Physical Time within Human Time' in Frontiers in Psychology . The thematic evolution shows progression from foundational work on time perception toward more integrated approaches examining consciousness, mental representation, and their temporal dimensions. Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (2023-2024) for 'Conscious Experience: A Defence of External World Functionalism' Prosser has supervised 10 doctoral students and is currently leading a Leverhulme Trust-funded research project. His work has appeared in top philosophy journals including Noûs , Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , and Mind & Language . He has also edited significant collections such as Immunity to Error Through Misidentification: New Essays (2012) and published the monograph Experiencing Time (2016). His research output demonstrates sustained engagement with fundamental questions about consciousness, time, and representation across two decades. While primarily focused on his philosophical research, Prosser maintains a serious interest in landscape photography, with his work displayed in the philosophy department and on the university website. This creative pursuit appears to complement his academic interests in perception and spatial experience.
Anne Bezuidenhout is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy & Linguistics at the University of South Carolina's McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. Holding a PhD from the University of Michigan (1990), she has been affiliated with the Linguistics Program since 1992 and the Institute of Mind and Brain since 2013. Education: PhD in Philosophy, University of Michigan (1990) Affiliations: Core Member, Linguistics Program; Affiliated Member, Institute of Mind and Brain Her research focuses on the semantics-pragmatics interface , particularly: Presuppositions and conversational implicatures Discourse processing in anaphoric pronoun resolution Foregrounding/backgrounding of non-restrictive relative clauses Conversational tailoring and perspective-taking Noun-noun compounds and enriched composition Recent publications examine presupposition theory, discourse prominence, and reference mechanisms. She teaches courses in formal logic, semantics-pragmatics, and philosophy of mind. Service roles include: Co-Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Pragmatics Executive Secretary, American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA) Editorial Board Member, Pragmatics and Cognition Advisory Editorial Board, Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Matthew Kopec is a Program Director and Lecturer at Harvard University's Embedded EthiCS program, which integrates ethics into computer science education. He holds an MA from Virginia Tech (supervised by Joe Pitt) and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (supervised by Elliott Sober). Previously, he taught at Northeastern, Australian National University, Northwestern, and the University of Colorado-Boulder. His research focuses on the ethical implications of computing technologies, including content moderation on social media, algorithmic predictions' societal impacts, and tech ethics education efficacy. Education: PhD in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison MA in Philosophy, Virginia Tech Research Interests: Kopec explores normative dimensions of technology, such as misinformation governance, big tech regulation, and ethical design in computational systems. His work bridges philosophy and computer science, emphasizing practical applications of ethical frameworks in education and policy. Recent Research Trends: Kopec's publications (2021–2023) highlight empirical studies on ethics education in CS curricula, experimental approaches to moral psychology, and the governance of social media platforms. His work underscores interdisciplinary collaboration between ethics, technology, and policy. Awards: None explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. Advising & Grants: No specific details on advisees or grants are provided here. Labs/Teams: Central to his role is the Embedded EthiCS program, which collaborates across Harvard's CS departments to embed ethical modules into technical coursework.
Tobias Hansson Wahlberg is an Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Lund University, Faculty of Humanities and Theology. He also serves as Assistant Head of Department managing research responsibilities. He has held this associate professor position since 2015 and is currently (2024) on an RJ Sabbatical leave writing a book manuscript on social ontology. His PhD dissertation (2009), titled Objects in Time , was a compilation thesis on the metaphysics of time and persistence. He has been a visiting researcher at The Centre for Time at the University of Sydney (2006), Institute of Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel (2017), and The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh (2018), with a planned visit to the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Groningen in October 2024. Hansson Wahlberg's primary research focuses on social ontology and the philosophy of causation. His work examines how social entities exist and function, particularly exploring questions about collective intentionality, institutional reality, and the metaphysical status of social groups. In the philosophy of causation, he investigates concepts like causal powers, sparse vs. abundant causation, and how causal relations operate at the social level. His recent publications show a concentrated effort to develop a comprehensive theory of social ontology while integrating insights from physics with social ontology. His major research projects include 'Metaphysics and Collectivity' (ongoing), 'Causation in the Social Domain' (2016-2018), and participation in networks like the Nordic Network in Metaphysics, International Social Ontology Society, and European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. VR-funding for Social Ontology and Persistence (2011) RJ-funding for Causation in the Social Domain (2015) RJ Sabbatical leave (2024) He served as Director of Doctoral Studies (2015-2018) and has supervised PhD students. He is associated with the Cognition & Philosophy VR Lab at Lund University, indicating interdisciplinary work bridging philosophy with cognitive science using virtual reality technologies.
Raul Hakli is a University Researcher in Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki, working within the Faculty of Arts. He is affiliated with the RADAR research group focusing on Robophilosophy, AI ethics and Datafication, and is part of TINT – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science. Hakli serves as a supervisor for the Doctoral Programme in Philosophy, Arts, and Society. His research spans the intersection of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and social science, with particular expertise in: AI Ethics and Responsible AI development Robophilosophy and the philosophical implications of social robotics Social ontology and the nature of group action We-reasoning and collective intentionality Moral agency in human-AI collaborative systems Hakli's recent publications reveal a strong focus on how artificial intelligence systems, particularly social robots, interact with human social structures. His work examines trust mechanisms in human-robot groups, the extension of moral agency to AI systems, and the philosophical foundations of collective decision-making involving both humans and artificial agents. He has been instrumental in developing frameworks for understanding how robots can participate in social institutions while maintaining ethical considerations. Among his notable projects are: EthicAI4CARE (2024-2027): Implementing Ethics by Design in AI for the Healthcare Sector as Co-Principal Investigator REPAIR (2022-2025): Valuable breakages: repair and renewal of algorithmic systems as Participant S-FACTOR (2021-2024): Foundational research on Group Processes in Human-Robot Ensembles Ethical Risks and Responsibility of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2020-2024): As Project manager Towards Responsible Artificial Intelligence (2020-2024): As Principal Investigator Hakli actively contributes to the academic community through peer review for journals including International Journal of Social Robotics and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. He regularly presents at conferences such as Robophilosophy, with recent talks focusing on AI responsibility and trust in human-robot groups.
Jonathan Schaffer is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he also serves as Director of Graduate Placement. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers in 1999 and has held academic positions at the University of Houston, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Australian National University before returning to Rutgers in 2011. His primary research focuses on metaphysics, particularly the concept of fundamentality and reviving classical monism—the view that the cosmos as a whole is fundamental. His secondary research spans epistemology (contrastive knowledge), philosophy of language (contextual semantics), and philosophy of science (laws of nature). Recent work explores connections between grounding theory and cognitive science. Schaffer's publications demonstrate consistent focus on metaphysical foundations with emerging interdisciplinary approaches. His articles from 2015-2020 show developing interests in: Structural equation modeling applied to metaphysical explanation Empirical studies of folk metaphysics Social ontology and feminist metaphysics Quantum holism and fundamentality Interactions between grounding and causation His scholarly recognition includes: APA Article Prize (2008) AJP Best Paper Award (2008) Young Epistemologist Prize (2002) Philosophy of Science Recent Ph.D. Essay Contest (2001) Selection among ten best philosophy articles (Philosopher's Annual 2009) As Director of Graduate Placement, Schaffer oversees doctoral career development but specific advising relationships and grant activities aren't detailed in available sources.
