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Biography
Dr Cillian Ó Fathaigh is a specialist in contemporary French philosophy, working on illness, the digital public sphere, and generative AI and pedagogy.
Before coming to Cork, Dr Ó Fathaigh held positions across Europe, including at the Jagiellonian University Krakow, King's College London, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Scholar.
Alongside these posts, he also held Visiting Research Fellowships at: the School of Advanced Study London (Digital Humanities); the KU Leuven Institute for Advanced Studies; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milan.
Research Interests
** Contemporary & 20th-century French philosophy.
** Illness & Disability Studies.
** The Digital Public Sphere.
** The impact of generative AI on education and society.
Available PhD Projects
I warmly welcome expressions of interest for PhD and postdoctoral projects.
PhD Supervision
- Available for PhD supervision
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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‘The New Bourdieu’: The Public Intellectual in the Shared Interventions of Pierre Bourdieu and Jacques Derrida
Fathaigh, C. Ó., 1 Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 34, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Democracy, community and the supplemental plus un: Derrida’s reading of Blanchot’s The Unavowable Community
Fathaigh, C. Ó., Mar 2024, In: Philosophy and Social Criticism. 50, 3, p. 491-506 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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No Accounting for Taste: Aesthesis on the Borders of Philosophy
Fathaigh, C. Ó., 1 Jan 2024, Philosophy Across Borders: Perspectives from Contemporary Theory. Routledge, p. 201-224 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Plastic Resilience: Rethinking Resilience in Illness with Catherine Malabou
Fathaigh, C. Ó., Sept 2024, In: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Political Plasticity: Catherine Malabou’s Anarchic Agents
Fathaigh, C. Ó., Dec 2024, Subjective Agency and Poststructuralism.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review