ANDREA ALTOBRANDO

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Place of birth: Monza
Post Address: Palazzo del Capitanio, Piazza Capitaniato, 3, 35139 Padova, PD,
Italy
E-mail: andrea.altobrando@unipd.it
Orcid: 0000-0001-6531-2361

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PhD
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova (Italy)
Theoretical and Practical Philosophy

Doktor der Philosophie
Bergische Universität Wuppertal (Germany) & Università degli Studi di
Torino, Torino (Italy)
Philosophy and Philosophical Hermeneutics

Master in Intercultural Studies
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova (Italy)
Philosophy of Interculturality; Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Diploma di lingua e cultura cinese
Isiao (Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient) of Milan

Diploma di Laurea in Filosofia
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy)
Theoretical Philosophy

QUALIFICATIONS
National Academic Qualification as Full Professor (Theoretical Philosophy)

ACADEMIC TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

30/04/2022-ONGOING
Associate Professor
University of Padua

30/04/2019-30/04/2022
Senior Researcher (RTDb)
University of Padua

01/03/2017–29/04/2019
Special Appointed Professor
China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing)

01/04/2016–31/03/2017
Special Appointed Lecturer
Hokkaido University

01/11/2013–30/11/2015
JSPS Research Fellow
Hokkaido University, Sapporo (Japan)

01/11/2008–31/10/2009
post-doc Research Fellow
Universität zu Köln - Husserl Archiv, Cologne (Germany)

GRANTS
Individual Research Grants:
- Nankai One Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program Award (refused).
Duration: 6 years.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Visiting Research Fellowship,
"Individuality-consciousness, community, well-being and nothingness”, Nov.
2013 - Oct. 2015
- University of Padua, Senior Research Grant, “Self and Consciousness”,
(refused), Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015
- Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, Post-doc Fellowship, “Phenomenology and
Infinity”, Nov. 2008 – Oct. 2009
- Scuola di Alta Formazione Filosofica of Turin, Scholarship,
- University of Milan, post-lauream Research Abroad Grant, “Phenomenology
of Alienness and Intersubjectivity, and the possibility of a Phenomenological
Monadology”, Dec. 2004 – Nov. 2006
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), research scholarship,
“Phenomenology and Monadology”, Oct. 2004 – Aug. 2005

Group Research Grants as PI:
“Understanding homo individualis”, PRIN (Project of National Interest),
Italian Ministry of University and Research - Qualification: PI.

Group Research Grants as Main Researcher:
"The Comparative Study of Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy”, supported
by The National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC), (Grant No. 17BZX085)
– PI: Prof. Haojun Zhang (China University of Political Science and
Law),– Qualification: Foreign Expert

"Individuality-consciousness, community, well-being and nothingness”,
supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kakenhi
grant-in-aid. PI: Prof. Shigeru Taguchi (Hokkaido University) –
Qualification: Associate Researcher

INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPS, CENTRES AND ASSOCIATIONS
- Unit coordinator of "Officina di ricerche fenomenologiche" at the
University of Padua
- Director of "Space Philosophy Research Centre", University of Padova
- Member of International Network Genetic Phenomenology and the Human
Sciences, University of Cologne

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, SUMMER SCHOOLS, AND WORKSHOPS

Organiser of:
- Phenomenology and Marxism II. Weaving Philosophical Legacies into
Contemporary Visions, University of Padova, 11 February 2026.
- Philosophy and Science. University of Padova (in collaboration with
Istituto Confucio at the University of Padova), 9-10 February 2026.
- Critical Phenomenology: Theory and Applications, Venice International
University, 2-6 June 2025.
- Heritage and Conservation. Cross-cultural Perspectives on Nature and
Culture, Renmin University of China, 9-11 May 2025.
- Phenomenology and Marxism. Groundworks and Perspectives, University of
Padova, 1 April 2025.
- Phenomenological Investigations into Imagination, Possibility, and
Intuition, University of Padova, 15 September 2023.
- I modi dell’empatia, Padua University, 19-20 January 2023.
- 7th Annual Meeting of the Central and East European Society for
Phenomenology: “Phenomenology and the Sciences”, Padua University, 13-15
September 2022.
- Intentionality, Naturalism, and Supernaturalism, International Workshop,
Padua University, 4-7 October 2021.
- Demystifying the Given, International Conference, China University of
Political Science and Law, 19-20 October 2019.
- Phenomenology and Law, International Conference, China University of
Political Science and Law, 3-4 November 2018.
- The Meaning of Transcendental Philosophy, International Workshop, China
University of Political Science and Law, 25 March 2018.
- On Intentionality, International Workshop, China University of Political
Science and Law, 16 December 2017.
- Self: Between Consciousness and Non-Being, International Conference,
Hokkaido University, 13-14 May 2017.
- Consciousness and Truth, International Workshop, Hokkaido University, 27
January 2017.
- Philosophical Controversies about Objectivity. In Classical German
Philosophy and Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, 1st Padova Philosophy Summer
School, FISPPA, University of Padova, 12-23 September 2016.
- On Disjunctivism, International workshop, Università degli Studi di
Padova, 15 January, 2016.
- From the Organic Essence of Nature to the Dialectical Nature of Human
Beings, International workshop, Hokkaido University, 21 August, 2015.
- Self and (its) Realization(s), International Conference, Hokkaido
University, 9-10 May, 2015.
- Personal Perspectivity, International workshop, Hokkaido University,
November 10, 2014.
- Imagination. Epistemological, aesthetic and phenomenological perspectives,
International workshop, University of Padova, December 11-12, 2013.
- The Spirit between East and West, National conference, University of
Padova, December 19, 2012.

Member of scientific committee:
- Understanding Homo Individualis. Contemporary Views on Individual and
Individuality, University of Padua, 24-26 September 2025.
- Translation: Why Is It a Political Question? Perspectives In Philosophy and
Translation Theory, Venice International University, 26 February - 1 March
2024.
- Challenging Concepts. Debating Conceptualism and Non-Conceptualism in
Epistemology and Metaphysics, University of Padova, 20-22 February 2024.
- Interlacing Concepts and Practices. Phenomenological Perspectives in
dialogue with Pragmatism and the Analytic Philosophy, University of Padova,
8-9 June 2023.

Referee for funding agencies and Universities:
- Czech Academy of Sciences (2025)
- Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research. Specifically:
Program Young scientists Rita Levi Montalcini 2018
PRIN 2017
- National Social Science Fund of China
- Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research
Institutes
VQR (Research Quality Assessment)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial roles in academic journals:
- Co-founder and Executive Editor of Metodo. International Studies in
Phenomenology and Philosophy
- Co-founder and Editorial Manager of East Asian Journal of Philosophy

Referee for academic journals:
- Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
- Rivista internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
- Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
- Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research
- European Journal of Japanese Philosophy
- Rivista italiana di filosofia del linguaggio
- Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics
- Phänomenologische Forschungen
- Journal of Japanese Philosophy
- Revista española de retórica
- Phenomenological Reviews
- Philosophical Psychology
- Philosophy East & West
- Giornale di Metafisica
- Archivio di Filosofia
- Bollettino filosofico
- Social Imaginaries
- Rivista di filosofia
- Metaphilosophy
- Filosofia morale
- Human Arenas
- Hegel Bulletin
- Studi kantiani
- AI & Society
- Philosophia
- Paradigmi
- Synthese
- Verifiche

Referee for funding agencies and Universities:
- Czech Academy of Sciences (2025)
- Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research. Specifically:
Program Young scientists Rita Levi Montalcini 2018; PRIN 2017
- National Social Science Fund of China
- Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research
Institutes [VQR]

SUPERVISION RESPONSIBILITIES
2019 – present (University of Padova)
Post-doc: 3
Ph.D. Students: 3
Visiting Ph.D. Students: 2
M.A. Students: 37
B.A. Students: 18