Pablo Fernandez-Velasco
Postdoctoral researcher
I work on philosophy of mind and cognitive science, and a big aspect of my research lies in interdisciplinary collaboration. I see philosophy both as a way of advancing interdisciplinary work through the development of solid theoretical foundations, and as a way of connecting scientific advances to pressing social issues. I am particularly interested in spatial cognition, environmental experience, and the role that affective processes play in evaluating and regulating cognition. I completed my doctoral work at the Institut Jean Nicod of Ecole Normale Superieure in 2021. Since then, I have published academic articles in top journals across a variety of disciplines, and my work has received media attention in venues including El País, Le Monde, Irish Times, Psychology Today, Radio France, and New Scientist. In 2022, I was the runner-up of the Annual Essay Prize from the International Society for Social Ontology, and in 2021 I was awarded the Annual Essay Prize from the Centre for Philosophical Psychology.