I am specialised in environmental philosophy, landscape theory and philosophy of medicine. My research aims at developing a theoretical and practical framework for the investigation of the notion of environment and its effects on health. During my research career, I have pursued an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary trajectory. My research activities are at the crossroads of philosophy, environmental and cognitive science, they are based on a quantitative and qualitative research methodology and on-field activities. I have been teaching and doing research in different faculties and departments (medicine, architecture, philosophy, science) in Spain, Chile, Italy and France.
I have just finished a 2 years postdoctoral fellowhip at KLI, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, in Klosterneuburg, Austria (2022/2024).
During 2022 I have been a visiting fellow (Spring Term 2022) at the Center for Philosophy of Science of the University of Pittsburgh. Here is a brief video I have done there about my research.
In 2021, I have worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind & Society of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), in San Sebastian (Spain).
During my career I have been working as lecturer at the Bordeaux School of Architecture and Landscape (ENSAPBx Bordeaux - France), the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), the University of Chile (Santiago) and the University of Desarrollo (UDD, Chile). I am also book reviews editor of the journal Landscape Research.
I have two PhDs in philosophy, one in aesthetics from the University of Pavia (Italy) and a second one in philosophy of globalisation from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). In 2015, my second PhD thesis received The Landscape Research Group Dissertation Prize for the best PhD essay on landscape (section art and design) by the Landscape Research Group (research group associated with the journal Landscape Research, Q1 Scopus).
My main research lines of investigation are: environmental philosophy, landscape philosophy and philosophy of medicine.
My research and teaching activities has been carried out at the crossroads of Philosophy, Cognitive Sciences, Architecture and Medical Humanities.
I have carried out an historical investigation of the western origins of the artistic notion of landscape in the modern age, and the role it has played in the development of the concepts of landscape, space and place in contemporary philosophy and geography.
I have addressed the social and political dimension of the debate by analysing international law documents such as the European Landscape Convention.
The social and ethical axis has been developed in relation to human geography and environmental ethics, with a specific attention to the issue of landscape management in the context of the climate change (e.g. the relationship between commons, landscape and justice).
I have addressed the problem of the perception of landscape and the environment from the point of view of cognitive sciences, by carrying out theoretical work in ecological and environmental psychology focused on restorative environments.
Finally, I have applied the implications of these lines of investigation to medical sciences and medical humanities, by collaborating with faculties of medicine on topics such as evidence-based design and caring. My current project of research is aimed at bridging environmental philosophy and philosophy of medicine through the concepts of salutogenesis and adaptivity.
I have just finished a 2 years postdoctoral fellowhip at KLI, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, in Klosterneuburg, Austria (2022/2024).
During 2022 I have been a visiting fellow (Spring Term 2022) at the Center for Philosophy of Science of the University of Pittsburgh. Here is a brief video I have done there about my research.
In 2021, I have worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind & Society of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), in San Sebastian (Spain).
During my career I have been working as lecturer at the Bordeaux School of Architecture and Landscape (ENSAPBx Bordeaux - France), the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), the University of Chile (Santiago) and the University of Desarrollo (UDD, Chile). I am also book reviews editor of the journal Landscape Research.
I have two PhDs in philosophy, one in aesthetics from the University of Pavia (Italy) and a second one in philosophy of globalisation from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). In 2015, my second PhD thesis received The Landscape Research Group Dissertation Prize for the best PhD essay on landscape (section art and design) by the Landscape Research Group (research group associated with the journal Landscape Research, Q1 Scopus).
My main research lines of investigation are: environmental philosophy, landscape philosophy and philosophy of medicine.
My research and teaching activities has been carried out at the crossroads of Philosophy, Cognitive Sciences, Architecture and Medical Humanities.
I have carried out an historical investigation of the western origins of the artistic notion of landscape in the modern age, and the role it has played in the development of the concepts of landscape, space and place in contemporary philosophy and geography.
I have addressed the social and political dimension of the debate by analysing international law documents such as the European Landscape Convention.
The social and ethical axis has been developed in relation to human geography and environmental ethics, with a specific attention to the issue of landscape management in the context of the climate change (e.g. the relationship between commons, landscape and justice).
I have addressed the problem of the perception of landscape and the environment from the point of view of cognitive sciences, by carrying out theoretical work in ecological and environmental psychology focused on restorative environments.
Finally, I have applied the implications of these lines of investigation to medical sciences and medical humanities, by collaborating with faculties of medicine on topics such as evidence-based design and caring. My current project of research is aimed at bridging environmental philosophy and philosophy of medicine through the concepts of salutogenesis and adaptivity.
