Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow Positions at UniSR (Milan) Spring Semester A.Y. 2025-26 - Call for Applications

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FWD message: Boccuni Francesca

The Faculty of Philosophy at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University will host several visiting positions for the semester March-August 2026. Applications are welcome from both senior and junior faculty (including those holding non-tenured posts and post-docs) from foreign institutions, but we will only be able to consider candidates in possession of a Ph.D. by the time of the application.

 
The Faculty offers two different types of positions: visiting professor and visiting fellow, which can last between 1 and 6 months. Deadline for applications is October 1st, 2025. We expect to inform applicants about the status of their applications by the beginning of November. The expected start of the visiting period is March 1st, 2026.
 
These fellowships are not salaried. For the a.y. 2025-26, research activities will take place both in person and remotely. Up to three positions can be reserved to in-person visiting scholars, whereas the other positions will be reserved to online visiting scholars. The Faculty will provide access to the seminars, lectures and congresses of the Faculty for all visiting members.
 
All visiting scholars are expected to undertake research collaborations with one or more Faculty members. In addition, visiting professors are expected to undertake a small amount of didactic activity, in the form of guest lectures, seminar activities, or the like, upon agreement with the host Faculty members.
 
Research at the Faculty of Philosophy at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University revolves around several areas, listed below. The candidate will be expected to apply by mentioning one or more of those areas, how they intend to collaborate in that area, whether they are applying for a visiting professorship or a visiting fellowship, whether they are applying for an online visit or an in-person visit, and the duration of their visit.
 
 
Applications should include:
 
•   A short description (no more than one page) of the research you intend to undertake whilst at the Faculty of Philosophy, with specific mention of connections to one or more of the areas of research at the Faculty (see list below), which also specifies: the duration of the visit, whether you are applying for an online or an in-person visit, whether you are applying for a visiting professorship or a visiting fellowship.
 
•   A short CV (no more than two pages).
 

Please send the application material to the Contact Person (list below) of the area you are applying for.
 
Philosophy of Science and Applied Epistemology: Carlo Martini (martin...@hsr.it)
 
Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics: Francesca Boccuni (boccuni....@hsr.it)
 
Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language: Bianca Cepollaro (cepollaro....@hsr.it)
 
History of Philosophy and History of Ideas: Alfredo Gatto (gatto....@hsr.it)
 
Patristic Studies: Vito Limone (limon...@hsr.it)
 
Ethics: Francesca Pongiglione (pongiglion...@hsr.it)

Political Theory and Philosophy: Greta Favara (favara...@hsr.it)
 
Theoretical Philosophy: Giacomo Petrarca (petrarca...@hsr.it)
 
Phenomenology: Francesca Forlè (forle.f...@hsr.it)
 
History of Art: Francesca Pola (pola.fr...@hsr.it)

Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Giacomo Arrigo (arrigo....@hsr.it)
 
 
AREAS OF RESEARCH
 
Research in Philosophy of Science and Applied Epistemology focuses on experimental and applied epistemology, philosophy of science, experimental economics, and behavioral science and its applications, as well as the study of language, memory and reasoning. Research center: CRESA. CRESA welcomes visitors interested in the center’s current research topics: the epistemology of trust, the science of disinformation, behavioral interventions for public policy, and medical decision making
 
Research in Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics revolves around issues in the foundations of mathematics, abstractionism and Frege’s philosophy of mathematics, the application of non-classical logics to set theoretic paradoxes, philosophical logic and philosophy of logic, the semantics of arbitrary reference. Research center: CRESA. CRESA is hosting the PRIN project "Proof and Understanding in Mathematics. Purity of methods, simplicity, and explanation in mathematical reasoning"
 
Research in Philosophy of Mind involves, but is not limited to, themes with a focus on cognitive phenomenology, intentionality of perception and the perception of evaluative and high-level properties. Research in Philosophy of Language focuses on the social and applied philosophy of language investigating expressive and evaluative discourse, speech acts and discursive injustice, oppressive speech, language and gender, experimental approaches to evaluative, expressive and moral language. Research centers: CRESA; GENDER. CRESA is hosting the PRIN projects "Higher-order Perceivable Properties"; "Atmospheres: What They Are and How They Are Grasped"; and "Explaining Pejoratives In Theoretical and Experimental Terms"
 
Research in History of Philosophy, History of Ideas and Patristic Studies includes both theoretical and historical issues: history of philosophy in late antiquity, early Christian and patristic studies, medieval and early modern philosophy, contemporary philosophy and history of ideas. Research centers: CRISI; ICONE; GENESIS. CRISI is hosting the PRIN project "Towards the History of a Heterodox Tradition in Analytic Philosophy: Transformative, Humanistic, Conversational"; ICONE is hosting the PRIN project "Colere hereditatem between peace, conflicts and global change. A new and old challenge for Europe"

Research in Ethics revolves around both theoretical and applied issues in particular concerning critical theory, ethical theory, metaethics, neuroethics, bioethics, environmental and media ethics. Research in Political Theory and Philosophy revolves around normative issues in political philosophy, public ethics, social philosophy and public bioethics. Research centers: CeSEP; ECSE. ECSE is hosting the PRIN project "Engaging and orienting the young in the complexity of climate change and sustainability to foster agency and deliberation in societally relevant choices". CeSEP is hosting the PRIN project "Liberal politics and nature. Democratic decisions about animals, plants and climate change"
 
Research in Phenomenology and Theoretical Philosophy focuses on phenomenology, social ontology, philosophy of personhood, philosophy of mind, eidetics, hermeneutics, metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of arts, political theology and philosophy of history. Areas of expertise include phenomenology of experience, existential phenomenology, phenomenology of medicine, phenomenology of value-qualities, value-perception and expressiveness, qualitative social ontology, empathy and phenomenology of intersubjectivity, personal identity and gender, neuro-phenomenology, genealogy and archeology of knowledge, theory of visual arts, hermeneutics of concepts, philosophy of literature, Italian thought, Jewish thought. Research centers: PERSONA; DIAPOREIN. DIAPOREIN is hosting the PRIN project "French Phenomenology and Linguistic turn"

Research in History of Art includes both methodological and historical issues: history of art (with particular reference to art of the Renaissance and contemporary art), iconography, iconology, cultural heritage in an interdisciplinary perspective, new media art and digital art history, philosophy and culture of the arts and of the image. Research centers: CRISI; DIAPOREIN; ICONE; GENESIS. ICONE is hosting the PRIN project “Colere hereditatem between peace, conflicts and global change. A new and old challenge for Europe"

Research in Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics concerns interdisciplinary theoretical and practical issues concerning the purpose of entrepreneurship and management, corporate education in the field of business ethics and philosophy of management, with a particular interest in the ethical and social values which represent the aim of corporate agency. In the wake of the ongoing digital transition, the ethical issues revolve around the moral and political issues posed by the use of AI in the industrial context, with special interest in the consequences of the adoption of AI for labour and for personal responsibilities. Research center: Philosophy and Business Unit Unisr