Martina Bacaro is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, working on the PRIN 2022 project “Normative Kinds – Values and Classificatory Decisions in Science and Policy-making” (PRIN 2022SYAW7A, P.I. Prof. Francesco Guala), under the supervision of Prof. Raffaella Campaner and Prof. Francesco Bianchini. She completed her PhD in Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics at the University of Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum in 2025, within the disciplinary sector M-FIL/02 – Logic and Philosophy of Science, with a dissertation titled “You, Robot. Towards New Models of Human-Robot Interaction.”
Her research focuses on the epistemological and philosophical analysis of human-robot interaction (HRI), cognitive robotics, and social cognition, adopting an enactivist and embodied approach to the mind.
Education
She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Modern Literature in 2015 from the University of Perugia and a Master's degree in Semiotics in 2019 from the University of Bologna. In 2025, she obtained her PhD in Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics from the University of Bologna.
