I am a philosopher studying the effects of emerging digital technologies (particularly AI) on our society through a multicultural and transdisciplinary work with artists, designers, and engineers.

I am an Full Professor of Philosophy at AIHSS – University of Electronic Science And Technology of China (UESTC) and currently serve as President of the Society for Phenomenology and Media (USA). My leadership is reflected in my editorial roles with prominent international journals, which allow me to actively shape and influence the direction of research in field such as Associate Editor for the Nature journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (AHCI, SSCI, SCI), Executive Editor for the International Journal of New Techno-Humanities (SCOPUS), Associate Editor responsible for overseeing submissions on “AI, robotics, and human-technology interaction” for the International Journal of Human-Technology Relations, and Associate Editor for Metaverse Journal (SCOPUS). I have over 60 publications and my works have been published in journals like NATURE Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Foundations of Science, and Human Studies. I have collaborated with distinguished scholars such as Rector Peter-Paul Verbeek and artists of the caliber of Stelarc. I am among the few in my field to have held academic positions across multiple countries, including Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico, and China.

Keywords: Phenomenology, Postphenomenology, New Media, Digital Intimacy, AI, Roboethics, Metaverse

MAIN COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

Since 2023, President of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, San Diego (CA, USA)

Since 2024, Associate Editor, Nature journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications AHCI, SSCI, SCI

Since 2022, Executive Editor, International Journal New Techno-Humanities (SCOPUS, ANVUR)

Since 2024, Associate Editor, Metaverse (SCOPUS)

Since 2021, Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Technology Relations. I am the editor responsible for the submissions on “AI, robotics and human-technology interaction”

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

12/2020 – 05/2026        Associate Professor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dept. of Philosophy, School of Humanities, China

2020 – 2023      External teaching position, Michigan University-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute10/2018 – 10/2020 Guest Professor, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), ARPA Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Audiovisuales, Mexico

12/2016 – 12/2019 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Twente, Dept. of Philosophy, the Netherlands

11/2014 – 11/2016 JSPS Postdoctoral researcher Chukyo University, Dept. Liberal International Studies, Japan

EDUCATION

01/2011 – 05/2014        Ph.D. Philosophy

University of Pisa, Dept. of Philosophy, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Alfredo Ferrarin. Title: Augmented Reality and Phenomenology: The creation of “digital materiality” and the knock-on effects of such a futuristic potentiality

09/2008 – 07/2010 M.A. Philosophy 110/110 cum laude

University of Pisa, Dept. of Philosophy, Italy

10/2003 – 07/2008 B.A. Philosophy 110/110

Grants and awards active in the last 5 years

AWARDS

2021     Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program  [上海海外高层次人才计划]], Shanghai (China)

2021     Ph.D. Supervisor title, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China)

2021     Third Prize, Young teachers teaching competition project at University level (competition at the University level), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China)

2021     Second Prize, Young teachers teaching competition project at School level (competition at the School of Humanities level), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China)

2024     Habilitation for Associate professor in logic, history, and philosophy of science and technology. - Abilitazione nazionale scientifica in Logica, storia e filosofia delle scienze e delle tecniche

2024     Habilitation for Associate professor in theoretical philosophy in Italy - Abilitazione nazionale scientifica filosofia teoretica

MOST RELEVANT GRANTS (PI)

2024     Erasmus + - Granted

2024     Erasmus + - Granted

2021     ERC Starting Grant 2021 (1.5 million EUR) - I was invited to the interview

INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH GRANTS (not as PI)

2025                 Co-applicant - CHASE Cohort Development Fund (UK) 5k GBP

2020-2024        Ethical Advisor - ERC Consolidator FACETS (2 million EUR EU Funded)

2021-2025        Advisor - NSSFC grant - On the Philosophical Issues of the Technology of Internet of Bodies

2019-2020        Ethical Advisor - Hybrid Human-Robot RECYcling plant for electriCal and eLEctRonic equipment 2018-2022 (6.9 million EUR, EU)

Publications

Citations 700+;     h-index 16;     i10-index 21

A selection of 5 main recent publications:

1. Liberati, N., Mykhailov, D. (2024) “Walking in the shoes of others through brain-to-brain interfaces: a phenomenological approach to the generation of a collective living body”. Nature journal: Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 96 (2024). (Indexed in AHCI, SSCI, SCI)

2. Liberati, Nicola (2025) “Digital Intimacy and Slimy Circuits: Seeping into a “Dirty” Postphenomenology” Global Philosophy 35, 2 DOI: 10.1007/s10516-024-09739-w (Indexed in AHCI)

3. Liberati, Nicola, Stelarc. (2024) “Interview with Stelarc on digital intimacy,” New Techno Humanities, 2024, ISSN 2664-3294, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techum.2024.10.001.

4. Mykhailov, D., Liberati, N. (2023) “Back to the technologies themselves: phenomenological turn within postphenomenology.” Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences. (Indexed in AHCI)

5. Liberati, Nicola (2022). “Digital Intimacy in China and Japan: A Phenomenological and Postphenomenological Perspective on Love Relationships at the Time of Digital Technologies in China and Japan.” Human Studies 2022: 1–15. (Indexed in SSCI, Scopus)

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