Martina Orlandi

I am a philosopher  and an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Program at Trent University Durham, Canada. I am also the editor of the book review section at Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

My research interests are broad and range across philosophy of mind and action (including philosophical implications of AI), ethics, epistemology, and moral psychology. I have a longstanding interest in practical irrationality, particularly self-control and self-deception. 

Before joining Trent, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in Engaged Ethics at the Rock Ethics Institute at the Pennsylvania State Universit where in 2022 I was a member of the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) as well as Co-Pi     (with Daryl C. Cameron, PI) of the research project: ‘You Do Your Own Dirty Work’: Addressing the Risks of Ethical Outsourcing to Artificial Intelligence. 

I am writing a book on how resilience can lead to making irrational and maladaptive choices for Bloomsbury's Why Philosophy Matters series that is expected to be published in 2027. 

Outside of my day job, I have a strong commitment to public philosophy. In 2022 I was selected as an inaugural Marc Sanders Foundation Philosophy in the Media Fellow for Op-Ed Writing. My writing has appeared in several popular venues. I recently published an article on how fiction gives us a special insight into our flaws in Aeon Psyche.

​I did my graduate work at McGill University where I was a member of the Research Center for Ethics (CRE) and of the Interuniversity Research Group on Normativity (GRIN), which I also coordinated in 2016-2017.