international congresses 

INVITED SPEAKER

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES

2026

1.     UNED University in Madrid (Spain), El acontecimiento y los fenómenos de la vida, title of the presentation, Palabras, metáforas, mundo. Lenguaje y salud mental, Madrid, 22-23 October

2.  University of Vienna (Austria), in cooperation with Austrian Daseinsanalytic Institute (ÖDAI) and the Research Group on Phenomenology (Forschungskreis Phänomenologie), Institute of Philosophy, International Conference on the meaning of Daseinsanalysis and Phenomenology in Scientific Discourse, title of the talk tba, Vienna November 19-20

2025

3.       The College of Psychoanalysts – UK London, "The Future of Psychoanalysis in a Changing World: Navigating Tradition and Transformation", title of the talk Clinical Phenomenology and its Application: A Dialogue at the Crossroads of Experience, 28th September

4.       University of Lisbon (Portugal), in collaboration with the EPA - European Psychiatry Association, Section of Psychopathology, Phenomenology and Psychopathology, title of the talk Phenomenological Interviews as ways of access to the lived experiences, May 2

5.        Royal Society of Medicine (London), After Kraepelin: Ambitions, Images, Practices and the History of Psychiatry 1926-2026, title of the talk Hans Asperger: Psychiatric diagnosis as a political and social device, March 6-7

2024

6.       University of Verona (Italy) in cooperation with the Italian Association of Psychiatry and Philosophy, La cura, title of the talk Esperti per formazione ed esperti per esperienza: come ridisegnare le pratiche di cura? November 29

7.        Centro Studi Riabilitazione Neurocognitiva Di Villa Miari, Santorso (Italy), L’esperienza del corpo nell’azione. Per una interpretazione neurocognitiva della patologia, title of the talk L'esperienza e la coscienza del corpo. Una prospettiva fenomenologica nel campo della riabilitazione, November 16

2023

8.       California State University, East Bay (USA), Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, Empathy and Well-Being, title of the talk “Against” Empathy. Heidegger’s meditation on intersubjectivity, November 27

9.   Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago de Chile, Chile), Instituto de Filosofía, Fenomenología y pathos. Normalidad, afectividad y patología, title of the talk La crisis de la psicopatología y la aportación de la fenomenología. Una comparación de experiencias, 13-14 November

10. University of Zagreb (Croatia), 7th Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche conference, title of the presentation Embodied Attention. A phenomenological informed account of attention and its disturbances, Zagreb, May 4-5

2022

11.      Universita’ di Tor Vergata (Italy), Department of Philosophy, Festival delle Scienze, title of the talk La cura. Tra filosofia e medicina, October 19-21

12.     University of Chile (Chile), Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Philosophy, Fenomenologías de la Psicopatología, title of the talk Affective life and Psychopathology, October 13-14

13.     Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy), Deparment if Philosophy, Crisi, rinascenza, libertà, tilte of the presentation Corporeita’ ed affettivita’ nella depressione melancolica. Una lettura fenomenologica, 29 September

14.     University of Cyprus (Cyprus), Phenomenology and Mindfulness, title of the presentation Gelassenheit. An Heideggerian account of phenomenological practice, Cyprus, June 1-3

15.     Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Department of Philosophy, Miradas heideggerianas desde la contemporaneidad, title of the presentation Daseinanalyse y Psicopatología fenomenológica, Sevilla May 26

16.     Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría (Spain), XXVII Congress of the Spanish Association of Neuropsichiatry (AEN), Transiciones. Salud Mental, Comunidad y Cambio Social, title of the talk Intersubjetividad y salud mental, Barcelona 5-7 May

2021

17.     Centro Universitário IESB, (Brasilia, Brasile), 2 Encontro de Acompanhamento Terapêutico no Cerrado, in cooperation with the Psychological Association “Lugar de encontr” and with the Conselho Regional de Psicologia do Distrito Federal, title of the talk Intersubjectivity and therapeutic empathy in clinical encounter, Brasilia, 11-13 September (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

18. Società Filosofica Svizzera (Svizzera), “S A P E R E – P O T E R E – A G I R E”, title of the talk S-Oggetti della cura, Lugano 27-29 August.

2019

19.     University of Zagreb (Croatia), 3rd Transdisciplinary and International Symposium Bioethics and Aporia of Psyche, in cooperation with Centre of Excellence for Integrative Bioethics, Croatian Bioethics Society, Ludruga Association and Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, title of the talk Phenomenology and Mental Health, November 21-23.          

20.    Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), On the History of Being – after the Black Notebooks, in cooperation with the British Society for Phenomenology, title of the talk Heidegger, Catholicism and the history of Being, May 31- June 2nd

21.     IFK in Vienna (Austria), in cooperation with Kunst Universität Linz and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Gegen das Leben, gegen die Welt, gegen mich selbst. Figuren der Negativität, title of the talk The algebra of negativity. Hegel, Heidegger and the issue of nothingness, January 16-18

2018

22.    Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici di Roma (Italy), “Was heißt Stiften? Heidegger interprete di Hölderlin“, title of the talk Lo Hölderlin di Heidegger, September 18-19.

23.    Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” (Italy), Department of Philosophy, “Essere e Tempo novanta anni dopo. Attualità e inattualità dell’analitica esistenziale”, title of the talk L’analitica esistenziale e la sua “applicabilita’” clinica. L'esperienza delle scuole di Vienna e Zurigo, April 12-13

2017

24. Universita’ degli Studi di Milano (Italy), Department of Philosophy, “Come la mettiamo con l’inconscio?” Heidegger e l’incontro con la psichiatria, International Congress entitled “Perché Heidegger. Viventi, società e tecnica: il pensiero heideggeriano nel dibattito filosofico contemporaneo”, November 29-30.

25.    Universidad de Barcelona (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, VIII Congreso Internacional de Bioética etitled Per una fenomenologia delle emozioni, November 23-24.

26.    Bishop’s University (Quebec), Department of Philosophy, Pathways across darkness. Contemporary evil and the task of philosophy, Conference title The Problem of Evil in Modern and Contemporary European Philosophy, April 28-29.

27.    Akademie Deutsch-Italienischer Studien (Merano – Italy), The Heritage of Zollikon: Heidegger's 'Daseinsanalyse' and its implications in Clinical Practices, Congress entitled Menschenbilder Ost und West, organised by A. von Humboldt Stiftung- May 4-6.

2016

28.    Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Heidegger e la psichiatria, Congress entitled Heidegger interprete de la tradicion filosofica – November 2-4.

29.    Universidad de Saragozza (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy: “Quel nulla che mi abita”. Angoscia e comprensione del Dasein, 12th International Congress of Spanish Society of Philosophical Anthropology entitled Pathologies of existence: anthropological and philosophical approaches – September 28-30.

30.    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), Theologische Fakultät, Between words and silence. Heidegger's hermeneutics of Language, International Workshop in Hermeneutics and Education entitled Eumeneis Elenchoi: Hermeneutics, Listening, and Conversation, organised by The International Institute for Hermeneutics and the Theologische Fakultät at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., June 24-25.

31.     Universita’ degli Studi di Genova (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy, Il pericolo e la salvezza. Filosofia e politica in Martin Heidegger, International Conference entitled Filosofia e politica. I casi Bloch e Heidegger, May 5th.

32.    Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Grundstimmungen e Befindlichkeit: per una fenomenologia delle emozioni in Heidegger, International Congress “Heidegger y la psiquiatría: hacia una nueva comprensión de la Ψυχή”, 7-8 April.

2015

33.    Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule in Vallendar (PTHV) (Germany), Institut für Philosophie (i. Gr.): A pathway through darkness. The critique to the Jewish-Christian tradition in Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, Workshop entitled “Martin Heideggers Schwarze Hefte (2015-2018)”, in cooperation with HEIDEGGER-ARCHIV der Stadt Messkirch, Klett-Cotta, Verlag Karl Alber, DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Meßkircher Martin-Heidegger-Stiftung, July 12-13.

34.    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), Theologische Fakultät, Anti-Semitism and Secularism in Heidegger’s “Black Notebooks”, International Colloquium entitled Questioning the Secular, organized by Memorial University of Newfoundland’s European Summer School in Philosophy, the and The International Institute for Hermeneutics, June 17-18.

2010

35. Università La Sapienza – Roma (Italy), Faculty of Humanistic Sciences: “La poesia in tempo di povertà”, April 10th.

SUMMER SCHOOLS

2019

36.    Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo (UIMP, Santander, Spain), in collaboration with Spanish Ministry of Culture and Research and with Fundación Manantial, Madrid (Spain), Summer School in Escribir la maternidad. No hay milagro más cruel que este, title of the talk Maternidad y alteridad, 8-12 July

WORKSHOPS

2026

37.    University of Tallin (Estonia), Sanity and madness in Franco Basaglia, PhD intensive workshop entitled The idea of sanity, September 2-4.

38. The Royal College of Psychiatrists in London (UK), On The Self: Reflections from philosophy and psychiatry, July 15

39.    The Royal College of Psychiatrists in London (UK), Phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and clinical practice, April 29

2025

40. University of Kassel (Germany), title of the talk A Phenomenological Inquiry into Metaphors in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, December 2nd

41. University of Passau (Austria), The Passau Lectures in Political Emotions, title of the talk Mirror of society: how social values shape mental health diagnosis, November 11

42. Fondazione Ghirardi (Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy), title of the talk La Perdita del proprio ritmo. Soggettivta’ ed intersoggettiva nelle dipendenze affettive, October 24

43. National University of Córdoba (Argentina), title of the talk Psicopatología y Fenomenológia, April 30

44. Boston College (USA), Lynch School of Education and Human Development, The Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics, title of the talk PhenoLab: phenomenology in clinical education and practice, February 14

45. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia Fenomenologia (Italy), title of the talk Metafore e schizofrenia. Una lettura fenomenologico-ermeneutica, January 24

2024

46.    Stanford University Centre in Oxford, in collaboration with Oxford Forum and Philosophy Faculty at the University of Oxford, Panel Discussion Social and Cultural Differences in Mental Health, Thursday, 29 February

47.    University of Oxford (UK), Forensic Psychiatry Seminar Series, title of the presentation Using phenomenological interviews with offenders: how do they work? February 28.

2023

48. Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Roma (Italy), Scuola Internazionale Superiore per la Ricerca Interdisciplinare (SISRI), title of the Workshop “L’essere umano è davvero libero?”, title of the presentation La libertà umana tra neuroscienze e fenomenologia, 28 October.

49. Associazione Italiana Psichiatria e Filosofia (Italy), Embodied Attention. Per una pratica incarnata dell’attenzione, June 23 (online format)

50.    European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT), Phenomenological psychopathology: what, who and how, May 23 (online format)

51.     The Royal College of Psychiatrists in London (UK), Philosophical psychopathology: bridging descriptive accounts with first-person perspectives. An interdisciplinary workshop, London, April 6th

2022

52. Associazione Italiana Psichiatria e Filosofia (Italy), Digital medicine e cura. Cosa farne della presenza?, November 18 (online format)

53. Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Philosophy, Continuità, discontinuità e pratiche discorsive della coscienza: un approccio fenomenologico nell’orizzonte della psicopatologia, Napoli, May 18-19

54. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia Fenomenologia (Italy), Dal corpo vivo alla mente incarnata, February 18 (online format)

2021

55.    Universidad de Chile, Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria, Unidad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Psiquiatría (Chile), IX Jornada "Formas de la Fenomenología de la Vida", title of the presentation Feelingless. A phenomenological account of melancholic depression, December 3rd (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

56. Associazione Italiana Psichiatria e Filosofia (Italy), La mente fenomenologica, October 29 (online format)

57.     Husserl Archive, KU Leuven (Belgium), The Zollikon Seminars. Martin Heidegger’s contribution to mental health sciences, invited talk in the frame of the seminar series entitled “Phenomenology and Psychiatry”, 26 April (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 

58.    Sociedade Brasileira de Psicopatologia Fenômeno-Estrutural (SBPFE – Brasilia, Brasil), Mind your words. Language and war metaphors in the COVID-19 pandemic, invited talk in the frame of the activities of the Brazilian Society of Phenomenological Psychopathology, March 24 (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

59.    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), University Medical Center, Virtual Freiburg COVID-19 Workshop, Insecurity, Anger and Frustration. The effects of lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosomatic patients and therapists, co-authored study: P. R. Bauer, F. Brencio, C. Lahmann, I. Lau, S. Metodiev, A. L. Meyer, N. Rapp, L. Schäfer, S. Schmidt, F. Utz, February 19th (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

2019

60. University di Verona, Parole da scrivere. Il linguaggio della diagnosi e "l'oggetto psichiatrico", invited talk in the frame of the Workshop entitled “I presupposti filosofici della psichiatria”, Verona, October 28-29.

2017

61.     Universidad de Girona (Spain), Faculty of Law, Dal riconoscimento all’accoglienza. Sentieri filosofici fra diritto ed etica, invited talk in the frame of the Master Course in “Law and Juridical Culture”, March 14th.

62.    Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy: La tecnica e la domanda sull’uomo, March 16th

63.    University of Buffalo - The State University of New York (USA), Department of Comparative Literature, Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, October 26.

2016

64. Universidad de Sevilla, (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Angoscia esistenziale e angoscia patologica: Heidegger e le pratiche cliniche, November 9th.

65.    University of Oxford (UK), TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities: Moods, feelings and Befindlichkeit. A pathway into Heidegger’s hermeneutical phenomenology, June 15th.

2015

66.    University of Sussex (UK), Faculty of Philosophy, Beyond Zollikon: Heidegger’s phenomenology of Ereignis and its implication with psychopathology, March 30th.

67.    Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Heidegger's Black Notebooks and critique to the Jewish-Christian tradition, November 19th.

68.    Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Martin Heidegger's Daseinsanalytik and its relationship with trauma e temporality, Conference “La filosofia como terapìa en la sociedad actual, November 18th.

69.    Bern Universität (Swiss), Theologische Fakultät: The destitute time. Heidegger's interpretation of time between the Pauline kairòs and the default of Gods, International Workshop entitled Die Zeit die bleibt - jetzt!, October 19-21.

70.    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), Theologische Fakultät, Freedom and God in suffering. The legacy of Viktor Frankl in our time, Workshop entitled Der unbewusste Gott. Das ‘Wissen’ der menschlichen Seele von Gott nach der Existenzanalyse und Logotherapie Viktor E. Frankls, July 5th. 

71.     Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), Theologische Fakultät, Heidegger and the Secular, International Workshop in Continental Philosophy of Religion, “Questioning the Secular,” June 20th.

2014

72.    King’s College London (UK), Institute of Psychiatry, Modes of being. Fear and anxiety in Martin Heidegger’s Daseinsanalyse and their connection with anxiety disorders, Maudsley Philosophy Group, October 9th

73. Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy), in cooperation with “Libera Parola” Association of Applied Psychoanalysis, Esistenza e contraddizione, May 13th.

74. Universita’ degli Studi di Bergamo (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy, Hegel, Heidegger e la morte: attraverso una fenomenologia dei viventi, February 11th

2011

75.     Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Department of Philosophy, Workshop entitled “Hegel, Heidegger e la negativita’” – November 29th.

2009

76. Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Department of Philosophy: Il negativo nella Vorrede della Fenomenologia dello Spirito di Hegel”, October 29th 2009.

UNIVERSITY LECTURES

2024

77.     Universita’ degli Studi di Torino, Department of Philosophy (Italy), The Fugue of Being: Heidegger’s critique of the Judaic-Christian tradition, October 14

78.    Universita’ degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy), Fenomenologia e philosophical counseling. Un dialogo virtuoso, April 22

79. Universita’ degli Studi di Torino, Department of Philosophy (Italy), Embodied Attention. Un’ipotesi fenomenologica e enattiva sulle qualita’ dell’attenzione, March 18

80.   Universita’ degli Studi di Torino, Department of Philosophy (Italy), La fuga dell’essere. Heidegger e la critica alla tradizione giudaico-cristiana, March 19

2023

81.     Università degli Studi di Messina (Italy), COSPECS - Cognitive Sciences, Psychology, Education and Cultural Studies, Affective life and corporeality. A phenomenological approach, April 27.

2021

82.    California State University (USA), East Bay Philosophy & Religious Studies Department, Experience and sense. How language contributes to mental health, invited talk in the frame of the seminar series in Bioethics, March 29 (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

2020

83. Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy) Le alterazioni della temporalità nei fenomeni psicopatologici: depressione e schizofrenia, invited talk in the frame of the University course entitled “Fenomenologia e teorie della percezione”, Perugia October 28th (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

2018

84.    Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany), The fragility of philosophy, January 15th.

BOOK LAUNCH

2025

85. University of Macerata (Italy), Book launch F. Salis, M. Sannipoli (eds.), Interazioni dialogiche. Parole rinnovate per la Pedagogia speciale (Pensa Multimedia, Lecce 2025), April 3rd

2021

86.    Book launch J. G. Pereira, J. Gonçalves, V. Bizzari, The Neurobiology, Psychotherapy, Pharmacology Intervention Triangle (Vernon Press, Malaga 2019), title of the talk: Philosophy and Psychiatry Today, September 17 (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

2015

87.    Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italia), book launch F. W. von Herrmann, F. Alfieri Martin Heidegger. La verità sui Quaderni Neri (Morcelliana Editrice, Brescia), May 12, Pavia

88.    Faculty of Valdesian Theology in Rome (Italy): Book Launch “F. Brencio (ed.), La pietà del pensiero. Heidegger e i Quaderni Neri (Aguaplano, Passignano s. T.)”, December 4th, Rome. 

89. Universita’ degli Studi di Torino (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy, book Launch “La pietà del pensiero. Heidegger e i Quaderni Neri (Aguaplano, Passignano s. T.)” with Prof. Gianni Vattimo, May 14th, Torino.

90. Universita’ degli Studi di Padova (Italy): Book Launch “La pietà del pensiero. Heidegger e i Quaderni Neri (Aguaplano, Passignano s. T.)”, May 4th, Padova.

91. Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy, Book Launch “La pietà del pensiero. Heidegger e i Quaderni Neri (Aguaplano, Passignano s. T.)”, May 3rd, Perugia.

2011

92.    Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Department of Philosophy: Book Launch “F. Brencio, La negatività in Heidegger e Hegel”, Aracne Editrice, Roma, October 10th, Firenze.

93.    Università del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogrado” Vercelli (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy: Book Launch “F. Brencio, La negatività in Heidegger e Hegel”, Aracne Editrice, February 9th, Rome.

SELECTED SPEAKER

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES

2023

94.    University of Copenaghen (Denmark), “Affect in Dialogue” 14th edition of the Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists (ICNAP), titol of the presentation Affects and psychopathology. The case of melancholic depression, Copenaghen 29 May-2 June 2023

2022

95. Societa’ Italiana di Psichiatria (Italia), 49 Congresso Nazionale, title of the presentation Dal cervello alla soggettività: cosa farne della psiche?, Genova 12-15 October

96.    University of Heidelberg (Germany), Clinic of Psychiatry, Congress “The Emotions: Phenomenology, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy”, title of the presentation Attention and affectivity, Heidelberg 22-24 September

97.    Humboldt-University in Berlin (Germany), 6th International Symposium on Phenomenological Research in Education "Realities - Phenomenological and Pedagogical Perspectives", title of the presentation Embodied Attention. A phenomenological reading and its consequences in attention disorders, Berlin 15th – 17th September

2021

98.    4th International Mental Health Meeting of Romão de Sousa Foundation in Lisbon (Portugal) entitled From Symptoms to Stories: epistemological revolution(s) in mental health care, title of the talk What is a description in mental health sciences? Some epistemological considerations, Lisbon, 5-6 November

99.    52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, title of the talk Between insecurity and over-protection: the effects of the lookdown-measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the therapeutic work in a psychosomatic clinic, co-authored study: P. R. Bauer, F. Brencio, C. Lahmann, I. Lau, S. Metodiev, A. L. Meyer, N. Rapp, L. Schäfer, S. Schmidt, F. Utz, February 19 (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Heidelberg, Germany 23-26 June

2020

100. University of Exeter (UK), The British Society for Phenomenology, Annual Conference 2020 entitled Engaged Phenomenology, title of the talk: “Shifting the paradigm. Neurosciences and the phenomenological challenge, Exeter, UK, 3 – 5 September (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

101.  University of Birmingham (UK), The Third International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life, title of the talk Mind the gap: psychiatric diagnosis and meaning-making process, July 21 – 23 – Birmingham (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

2019

102. University of Warsaw (Poland), 21st Annual Conference of the International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry entitled Experts in Mental Health, title of the talk How do you feel? Disruption of moods and feelings in affective states, 22-24 October 2019 – Warsaw.

103. University of Bucharest, 5th Conference on Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe entitled “Shifting Roles. The Manifold Identities of Phenomenology”, title of the talk: (In)Disputable words. A phenomenological account of the psychiatric object and its language, Bucharest, 26-28 September.

104. Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), The British Society for Phenomenology, Annual Conference 2019 entitled The Theory and Practice of Phenomenology, title of the talk: “Fill the gap”. A phenomenological perspective of exercising psychiatry, Manchester, UK, 5 – 7 September.

105. Royal College of Psychiatrists -Philosophy Special Interest Group, Biennial Conference, title of the talk: Diagnosis as a political and social device (co-authored with V. Bizzari), London, September 3rd.

106. San Raffaele University Milan, Faculty of Philosophy, Spring School 2019 Psychopathology and Phenomenology, title of the talk: Words matter. A hermeneutical-phenomenological account to mental health, June 4-6th.

107. University of Copenhagen, Centre for Subjectivity Research, 17th Annual Conference of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology entitled Phenomenology of social life, title of the talk: Social stigma and freedom: a phenomenological account, April 25-27.

108. Università degli Studi di Genova, Società Italiana di Psichiatria, Congress entitled Storia e Psichiatria. Metodologia, Temi, Fonti, title of the talk: Vivere come un essere umano. Dall’homo natura all’homo existentia, Palazzo Ducale di Genova, Biblioteca della Società Ligure di Storia Patria di Genova, March 21-23.

2018

109. University of Warsaw (Poland), Faculty of Philosophy, 18th Annual Conference of the Polish Phenomenological Association entitled “Phenomenology of time and space”, in association with Institute of Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Phenomenology and Mental Health Network, The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, title of the talk: Twisted time and unreachable space in severe depression, Warsaw, Staszic Palace, 7-8 December.

110.  University of Oxford (UK), St. Catherine’s College, one-day workshop entitled Diversity and Mental Illness, title of the talk: Living as human being. From homo natura to homo existentia, October 24th.

2017

111.   Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Workshop entitled “Democracia radical, populismo y nueva izquierda: un studio comparativo entre Argentina y España”, title of the talk: Reconocimiento en politica, March 16th.

2016

112.  6th International Conference on Trauma in Budapest (Hungary), title of the talk: The Continuum of Trauma, March 11-13.

2015

113.  University of Oxford (UK), TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, International Congress entitled “Phenomenology and Health. An interdisciplinary Symposium”, title of the talk: Event and subjectivity. Heidegger’s phenomenology of Ereignis and its relationship with psychopathological phenomena (co-authored with Dr. A. Dimopoulos), March 27-28.

2014

114.  Universita’ degli Studi di Pisa (Italy), Department of Philosophy, International Conference on “Hegel and the Phenomenological Movement”, title of the talk: Hegel, Heidegger and desire: from Begierde to Sorge, June 10 -13.

115.  Wien Universität (Austria), Faculty of Philosophy, 30th International Hegel-Congress of the International Hegel-Society, title of the talk: The “passion” of finitude. The young Hegel as Post-Kantian, April 23- 26.

2013

116.  Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), Faculty of Philosophy, Vth International Congress of Hegel Society of Spain, title of the talk: “I am my desire”. The notion of desire in Hegel’s philosophy and the legacy of Spinoza”, October 16-18.

WORKSHOPS

2022

117.   International Workshop Philosophy of Psychiatry and Lived Experience, organised by Zsuzsanna Chappell (independent scholar), Sofia Jeppsson (University of Umea) & Paul Lodge (University of Oxford) title of the presentation Caring in mental health. From a brain centred approach to a person centred one, April 12-13 (online due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

2020

118.  Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany), Department of General Psychiatry, Section Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Workshop entitled Micro-phenomenology, February 17th.

2019

119.  Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici di Napoli (Italia), Workshop for the book launch “The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2019)", Napoli 14 October

2012

120. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i. B. (Germany), Katholische Akademie der Erzdiözese Freiburg, Workshop: “Im Leben Heil erfahren”, organized by Bernhard Welte-Gesellschaft E. V. Arbeitsbereich Christliche Religionsphilosophie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Katholische Akademie der Erzdiözese Freiburg, October 26-27.

121.  Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Area Relazioni Internazionali: Campagna di informazione del Processo di Bologna su ECTS e il label europeo, Perugia 29 May.

2010

122. Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Area Relazioni Internazionali: Il VII Programma Quadro di ricerca e sviluppo tecnologico (2007-2013): progettazione, negoziazione, rendicontazione e audit. Le procedure di audit nel VII Programma Quadro, Perugia 3rd June.

123. Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Area Relazioni Internazionali: Il VII Programma Quadro di ricerca e sviluppo tecnologico (2007-2013): progettazione, negoziazione, rendicontazione e audit. Progettazione e tecnica di ricerca dei finanziamenti, Perugia 24 May.

2005

124. Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy: Seminar entitled “Wittgenstein and the inexpressible”, June 27th

2004

125.  Universita’ degli Studi di Perugia (Italy), Faculty of Philosophy: Workshop: “I limiti dell’uomo ed i confini della ragione in Kant”, November 25 – 26

126. Universita’ degli Studi di Macerata (Italy): Workshop: “La resurrezione, mistero del desiderio. Un dialogo interdisciplinare”, May 27 – 29.

2003

127.  Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze (Italy): Seminar: “Corpo e anima, sensi interni ed intelletto dal secolo XIV ai post-cartesiani e spinoziani”, September 19th

128. Universita’ degli Studi di Macerata (Italy): Workshop: “Approssimazioni alla trascendenza. Idea di Dio e fede religiosa nella filosofia contemporanea”, May 22 – 24.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2020

129. World Psychiatric Association 2020, Thematic Congress entitled “Psychological Trauma: Global burden on mental and physical health”, title of the presentation Experience as Transformation. From personal encounter with coronavirus to post-traumatic growth and collective memories, (co-authored with A. Bergqvist), Athen, December 10-12, 2020 (online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

2015

130. 3rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine 2015 in Nuremberg (Germany), title of the talk: Empathy: a skill we need to focus on in psychiatric training? A short journey from philosophy to psychiatry, July 1-4.

131.  IX Congresso Nazionale del Gruppo di Ricerca in Medicina Psicosomatica, Ferrara (Italy), title of the talk: Psicopatologia dell’anoressia nervosa: i contributi di un approccio fenomenologico al tema del corpo, June 18-19.

2014

132. 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry in Münich (Germany), title of the talk: Care and being-in-the world: Heidegger’s philosophy and its implications for psychiatry, April 1–4.

SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. PHENOLAB EVENTS

2026

-       3rd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria, Palazzo Mauri in Spoleto, Phenomenology and Medicine. Exploring the Lived Experience of Illness and Care (Spoleto - Italy), title of the talk, A phenomenological inquiry into metaphors in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, 8-12 June

-       [in Italian] Empatia e Inclusione. Per una cartografia dell’umano, in cooperation with City of Spoleto (Comune di Spoleto) and and volunteer associations in Umbria devoted to inclusive practices, (Italy):

·       23 Gennaio 2026: Connessioni che contano: empatia e inclusione negli ambienti di lavoro

·       13 Febbraio 2026: Dalla diagnosi alla persona. L’empatia medica al cuore delle pratiche cliniche

2025

-       [in Italian] Empatia e Inclusione. Per una cartografia dell’umano, in cooperation with City of Spoleto (Comune di Spoleto) and and volunteer associations in Umbria devoted to inclusive practices, (Italy):

·       21 Novembre 2025: I luoghi dell’inclusione: la scuola

·       19 Dicembre 2025: Empatia e Sport

-       2nd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria, Palazzo Trinci in Foligno, Phenomenology, qualitive research and mental health (Foligno - Italy), title of the talk, Taking co-production seriously in the phenomenological landscape, 9-13 June

-       [in Italian] 2nd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria (Italy), Palazzo Trinci in Foligno, Phenomenology in mental health. Transdisciplinary approaches and qualitative research, Side event in lingua italiana, La ferita che ci interroga. Fenomenologia e medicina narrativa in dialogo nelle pratiche di cura, title of the talk La ferita che ci interroga, June 7

2024

-       1st PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria, Applying Phenomenology: how, why, and when (Foligno - Italy), title of the talk From experience to diagnosis. A dialectical approach to psychopathology, 3-7 June

2. THE BIRMINGHAM NETWORK FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH

2026

-       Relationships and mental health, May 12 2026, joint event with the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships (PHaR) group (Aston University),

-       Phenomenology, Mental Health and Community based services, May 7 2026, Hogarths Solihull, Birmingham (Uk)

-       Hearing voices, suicidality, and AI-psychosis, March 20 2026, Assembly Room, The Exchange, Birmingham (UK)

-       Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health, January 14 2026, The Studio, Birmingham (UK)

2025

-       Psychedelics, Phenomenology, & Mental Health, 5 November 2025, The Studio, Birmingham (UK)

-       Exploring lived experiences in mental health, September 3rd, 2025 The Studio, Birmingham (UK)

3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

-       2022, 22-24 April: Heidegger und die Neurowissenschaften - Heidegger and the Neurosciences,  in cooperation with the Martin-Heidegger-Gesellschaft, https://www.heidegger-gesellschaft.de/en/call-for-papers-heidegger-and-the-neuroscience   

-       2018, 25-26 October: Different ways of operating with Heidegger, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Department of Philosophy