Lucy Osler

Lucy Osler specialises in phenomenological and 4E approaches to technology, human-AI relations, affectivity, and psychopathology. Lucy’s research has primarily been concerned with what might be best described as the Philosophy of Digital Society. Using insights from philosophy of mind, philosophy of emotions, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of psychiatry, she is interested in better understanding how our increasingly digitally-saturated lives are shaped and influenced by new technologies. Her work spans topics from feeling togetherness online, the social and emotional implications of interacting with chatbots, digital spaces as affective scaffolding, the influence of algorithmic profiling on our self-narratives, and Pro-Anorexic communities.