Davide Andrea Zappulli (龍晟雨)

My name is Davide Andrea Zappulli (Chinese name: 龍晟雨), and I am a philosopher. I am currently a research fellow at the Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience (CHAIN) at Hokkaido University in Japan, where I work with Prof. Shigeru Taguchi 田口茂. The fellowship is funded with a grant from the CANON Foundation. Before coming to Japan, I was a research fellow at National Taiwan University. There, I worked with Prof. Lok-Chi Chan 陳樂知 from March to August 2025, sponsored by a Short-Term Research Award from the Taiwanese Ministry of Education.

I recently completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. At UBC, I worked under the guidance of the three members of my committee: Prof. Catherine Prueitt, Prof. Edward Slingerland, and Prof. Evan Thompson. Before going to UBC, I got a Master’s at the University of Oslo (Norway) and a Bachelor’s at the University of Milan (Italy).

I am also the North-America coordinator of the newly founded Association for the Philosophical Study of Creativity and an assistant editor for The Journal of East Asian Philosophy.

You can reach out to me at the following email address: zappulli.davide@gmail.com and download my CV by clicking the button below.