who I am

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Milan, Department of Philosophy. Before joining Milan, I was the Sarah Smithson Research Fellow at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, from 2022 to 2024.

I am the PI of a 5-year FIS3 Starting Grant on The Pragmatics of Sexual Communication and Its Ethical Implications. Click here to discover more.

I have been named on the 100 Italian women experts in History and Philosophy - 100esperte. I am the Vice President of SIFA (Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy) and a founding member of SWIP Italia (Society for Women in Philosophy).

what I work on

My research is primarily in social philosophy of language. I am especially interested in how pragmatics and speech act theory can be brought to bear on issues of moral, political, and societal concern.

I also work in feminist philosophy (pornography and silencing), social epistemology (testimony and epistemic injustice), conceptual engineering (ameliorative projects about gender-related categories), and ethics (normativity and the ethics of consent).

Click here to find out more about my research.

where I'll be speaking

• On Social Phil of Language (Meet the Author Event)

  Padua, 19 May 2026

  Rome, 22 May 2026

• On Speech & Violence

  Florence, 26 May 2026

• On Women in Philosophy in Italy

  Bologna, 18 Jun 2026

• On Silencing

  Lisbon, 9 Jul 2026

Photo: Anna Ichino