Presentations

The PSA and its Institutionalization in the 20th Century: Introduction
Symposium
HOPOS - Cognate Societies session on “Institutionalizing Philosophy of Science: The History of the Philosophy of Science Association”, Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
San Diego · November 19, 2026
Formalism and Fallibilism: Two Paths in Early Logical Empiricist Methodology
Invited
International conference “The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. Research and Historiography after 35 years”
Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna · October 19–21, 2026
What the Debate on Construct Validity Can Learn from the Debate on Coordination
Refereed
British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference
University of Glasgow · July 2025
Reichenbach and C.I. Lewis on the Pragmatic A Priori: Cognition and Values
Invited
  • HISTEP | WG, Working Group on the HISTory of Epistemology and Philosophy of science
    October 2025 (online)
  • Workshop “Logical Empiricism and American Pragmatism on Values and Democracy”
    Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna · June 2025
How Reichenbach Found His Way from Foundationalism to Pragmatism by Getting Stuck in Istanbul
Invited
Workshop “Politics and Values in Logical Empiricism: From Scientific Philosophy to Scientific Attitude”
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest · December 2024
Constituting Phenomena: Cognitive vs Mechanistic Constitution? (with Michele Luchetti)
Poster Presentation
European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) Biennial Meeting
Belgrade · September 2023
Robots for Society: Meaningful Work and Workplace Automation
Invited
Sustainability Forum, 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)
Singapore · April 2023
Robots for Society: On the Impact and Acceptability of Service-Oriented Robotics (with Fiorella Battaglia)
Organized Session
AAAS Annual Meeting
Washington, DC · March 2023
  • Flavia Padovani · Meaningful Work and Workplace Automation
  • Tamim Asfour · Humanoid Robots – Versatile Assistants for Humans
  • Cecilia Laschi · Soft Robotics for Mindful Human-Robot Interaction
From Coordination to Validity, and Back
Invited
Workshop “Coordination and Validity in Measurement Across Science and Medicine: Historical and Epistemological Perspectives”
MPIWG, Berlin · March 2023
Constitutive Principles in Science: Between Contingency and Constraint
Invited
  • Philosophy Department Colloquium
    Central European University, Vienna · March 2023
  • 30th Annual Vienna Circle Lecture
    University of Vienna · December 2022
Constitutive Principles in Scientific Theory and Practice
Organized Session
HOPOS - Cognate Societies session, Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
Pittsburgh · November 2022
  • David J. Stump · What are constitutive principles and what should they be?
  • Flavia Padovani · Cognitive Constitution
  • Michele Luchetti · Mechanistic Constitution
Meaningful Work and Workplace Automation: What are the Implications for a Community of Robotic and Human Co-Workers
Invited
  • Workshop “Robot Companionship: Applications and Challenges”
    ICSR 2022 – 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, Florence · December 2022
  • Workshop “Pushing the Boundaries of Workplace Automation: Meaningful Work and Human-Robot Interaction”
    ICRA 2022- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia · May 2022
On the Acceptability of Social Robots (with Fiorella Battaglia)
Invited
Workshop “Robot Companions for Sustainable Development: Assessing Technology and Social Impact in the Post-Pandemic Era”
31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Naples · September 2022
Scientific Philosophy in Exile: Reichenbach and Rougier
Invited
Panel on "Scientific Philosophy"
Ninth Annual SSHAP Meeting, University of Vienna · July 2021