Associate Professor
PHIL-01/A Filosofia teoretica
matteo.bianchin@uniroma2.it
Positions held
2017-2021: Associate Professor, Department of Human Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca
2002-2017: University Researcher, Department of Human Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca
2000-2002: Research Associate (Marie Curie Research Fellow), Department of Philosophy, University of Leuven (BE)
Education
1995-1999: PhD in Philosophy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
1994-1995: Research Fellow (MIUR Fellowship), Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne
1992-1994: Research Fellow (DAAD Fellowship), Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne (DE)
Teaching Positions
2019–present: Logic and Epistemology of the Social Sciences, PhD course in Political Studies, NASP, Statale University of Milan.
2016: Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven
Fields of research
Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology
Editorial boards
Filosofia e Teologia (1999–present)
Fenomenologia e Società (2000-2010)
La Società degli Individui (1998-2005)
Peer Reviewer for the following journals
Synthese
Husserl Studies
Design Studies
Philosophy and Social Criticism
Journal of Social Philosophy
Journal of Social Ontology
Etudes Phenomenologiques
Studia Phaenomenologica
Philosophy and Public Issues
Verifiche
La società degli individui
Studi Kantiani
Giornale di Metafisica
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
Argumenta
Research training and grants
2018-21: JUST DESIGN – Academia Belgica/KU Leuven (with Ann Heylighen)
2017: FFABR: Individual Fund for Basic Research, Italian Ministry for University and Research
2016: Senior Research Fellowship, Research[x]Design, Deptartment of Architecture, University of Leuven
2000–2002: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven (BE)
1995-1999: PhD Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
1994-1995: MURST Fellowship, Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne (DE).
1992-1994: DAAD Fellowship, Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne (DE)
Selected international colloquia and papers
Bianchin, M. (2021). Ideology, Critique, and Social Structures. Critical Horizons 22(2): 184-196
Bianchin, M. (2020). Explaining Ideology: Mechanisms and Metaphysics. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 50(4): 313-337
Bianchin, M. (2020). Pluralism and Deliberation. In What Is Pluralism? Edited by K. Volker and I. Salvatore. London: Routledge, pp. 31-47
Bianchin, M. (2018). Husserl on Meaning, Grammar, and the Structure of Content. Husserl Studies 34(1): 1-22
Bianchin, M., Heylighen, A. (2018). Just Design. Design Studies 54: 1-22
Bianchin, M. (2015). Simulation and the We-Mode: A Cognitive Account of Plural First Persons. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 54(5): 442-461
Bianchin, M. (2015). From Joint Attention to Communicative Action. Some Remarks on Critcal Theory: Social Ontology, and Cognitive Science. Philosophy & Social Criticism 41(6): 593-608
Bianchin, M. (2015). Intentions and intentionality. Philosophy and Public Issues. Supplementary Volume Life and Action in Ethics and Politics: 43-54
Heylighen, H., Bianchin, M. (2013). How does inclusive design relate to good design? Design as a deliberative enterprise. Design studies 34(1): 93-110
Bianchin, M. (2012). Bildung, Meaning, and Reasons. Verifiche 41(1-3): 73-10
16.07.21: “Agent-Neutral Roles and Agent-Neutral Reasons: How Does Social Cognition Shape the Normative Infrastructure of Cooperation?”, Social Ontology 21 – International Social Ontology Society, University of California, San Diego
23.05.21: “How Design Materializes Conceptions of Justice in the Built Environment”, EDRA Conference, University of Chicago
20.05.21: “On the Ontology of Noumenal Power”, Philosophy and Social Science, Accademia delle Scienze, Praga
24.09.21: “Explaining Ideology: Mechanisms and Metaphysics”, SIFA 14 – Italian Society for Analytical Philosophy, University of Messina
7.09.21: “Structural explanations and mechanistic constraints in network analysis and policy design” EUSN21 – 5th European Conference on Social Network , Università di Napoli
20.04.21: “Design Justice: Deliberative Tools for Inclusive Design Practice”, Architecture and Autism, University of Trieste
28.08.19: “Explaining Ideology: Mechanisms and Metaphysics”, ENPOSS 2012 – European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences, National Technology University, Athens
25.08.19: “Explaining Ideology: Mechanisms and Metaphysics”, Social Ontology 19 – International Social Ontology Society, University of Tampere, Finlandia
01.06.19: “Ideology and Social Structures”, Philosophy and Social Science, Prague, Accademy of Sciences
22.08.18: “Ideology and Social Structures”, Collective Intentionality 12/Social Ontology 18, Tufts University, Boston
19.05.18: “Deliberation, Truth, and Collective Reasoning”, Philosophy and Social Science, Academy of Sciences, Praga
05.09.18: “Social Cognition, Cooperation, and Hypothetical Contracts”, SIFA 13 – Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, UPO, Novara
05.06.18: “Agent-Neutral Roles and Agent-Neutral Reasons: How Does Social Cognition Shape the Normative Infrastructure of Cooperation?”, Communication and Cooperation, CSSA, Statale University of Milan
30.08.17: “Social Cognition, Cooperation, and Hypothetical Contracts”, Social Ontology 17 – International Social Ontology Society, University of Lund
21:08.17: “Joint Action, Normativity, and Agwnt-Neutral Reasons”, ECAP9 – European Society for Analytic Philosophy, University of Munich
18.05.17: “How Can Consciousness Be False”, Philosophy and the Social Science, Academy of Sciences, Prague
23.06.17: “Social Cognition and Hypothetical Contracts”, SILFS 2017 – Triennial Conference of the Italian Society for the Philosophy of Science, University of Bologna
14.04.17: “Fair by Design”, EAD 12 – European Academy of Design, Sapienza Università di Roma
26.07.16: “Social Cognition and Hypothetical Contracts”, ENPOSS 2016 – European Network for the Philosophy of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
25.09.15. “Joint action, normativity, and agent-neutral reasons”, ENSO 4 – European Network for Social Ontology, University of Palermo
05.09.16: “Joint Action, Normativity, and Agent Neutral Reasons”, SIFA 12 – Italian Society for Analityc Philosophy, University of Florence.21:05:16: “Social Ontology, Normativity, and Critique”, Philosophy and Social Science, Academy of Sciences, Prague
11.06.15. “Husserl on Meaning and Grammar”, 46th Husserl Circle Meeting, University of Helsinki
22.05.15. “Deliberation, democracy, and cognition”, Philosophy and Social Science, Academy of Sciences, Prague
07.05.15. “Deliberation, democracy, and cognition”, Contemporary Critical Theory, Loyola University, Chicago/Roma
10.09.14: “Who do we think we are? On the ontology of plural first persons”, ENPOSS 2014 – European Network for The Philosophy of Social Science, UNED, Madrid
22.05.14, “From joint attention to communicative action”, Philosophy and the Social Science, Academy of Sciences, Prague
29.06.14: “Towards a cognitive account of collective intentionality”, Triennial conference of the Italian Society for the Philosophy of Science; University of Rome III
06.12.13: “From joint attention to communicative action”, Europe, Democracy and Critical Theory, Wissenshaftskolleg Bad Homburg, Frankfurt
24.10.13: “Simulation and the we-mode”, ENSO 3 – European Network for Social Ontology, Universy of Helsinki