Leda Berio
@ledaberio.bsky.social
Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist at University College Dublin
Recovering 'cool girl', hiker, joyful feminist
I write about social cognition, ethics of technology, social groups, and self-knowledge
website: ledaberio.com
She, her
Recovering 'cool girl', hiker, joyful feminist
I write about social cognition, ethics of technology, social groups, and self-knowledge
website: ledaberio.com
She, her
Reposted by Leda Berio
Excited to see this out in print in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. It's the first publication with @amormino.bsky.social in the EMP Lab, along with Joel Segel from Health Policy and Administration. At a pivotal moment for empathy, we consider its role for policymaking 1/n
Motivating Empathy and Moral Pluralism in Health Policy - C. Daryl Cameron, Paige Amormino, Joel E. Segel, 2026
Health policy is motivated by a variety of factors including moral concerns, values and convictions. Policymakers are motivated to consider how constituents and...
journals.sagepub.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Excited to see this out in print in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. It's the first publication with @amormino.bsky.social in the EMP Lab, along with Joel Segel from Health Policy and Administration. At a pivotal moment for empathy, we consider its role for policymaking 1/n
Empirical evidence of Large Language Model’s influence
on human spoken communication
(🤔 But aren't LLMs built upon human communication?)
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
on human spoken communication
(🤔 But aren't LLMs built upon human communication?)
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...
arxiv.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Will repost at appropriate times but.. we have a flyer!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Join #UCDPhilosophy panellist Dr. Anh-Quân Nguyen and authors #AlexMadva #CalPolyPomona and #DanielKelly #Purdue for a lively book chat and panel at 'Somebody Should Do Something!' at #MoLIMuseum on March 24th. Please register using the QR code.
#CEPL #SomebodyShouldDoSomething #MichaelBrownstein
#CEPL #SomebodyShouldDoSomething #MichaelBrownstein
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Will repost at appropriate times but.. we have a flyer!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social hosts Perspectives, a Postgraduate journal! As it should be immediately obvious 1. they have great taste in covers 2. they publish very interesting stuff
New CfP is out, tell your students! philevents.org/event/show/1... the theme is Hope.. a good theme. #PhilSky
New CfP is out, tell your students! philevents.org/event/show/1... the theme is Hope.. a good theme. #PhilSky
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social hosts Perspectives, a Postgraduate journal! As it should be immediately obvious 1. they have great taste in covers 2. they publish very interesting stuff
New CfP is out, tell your students! philevents.org/event/show/1... the theme is Hope.. a good theme. #PhilSky
New CfP is out, tell your students! philevents.org/event/show/1... the theme is Hope.. a good theme. #PhilSky
postdoc in history of philosophy at UCD!
#philjobs
#philjobs
Postdoctoral Position: ERC Research
www.ucd.ie
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
postdoc in history of philosophy at UCD!
#philjobs
#philjobs
Reposted by Leda Berio
For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment
This article evaluates the evidence for sentience – the capacity to have feelings – in cephalopod molluscs: octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus. Our framework includes eight criteria, covering b...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
Reposted by Leda Berio
Can’t wait for this amazing evening of conversation on 11 Feb at @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, on AI Narratives & Counternarratives with @abeba.bsky.social @amoorelouise.bsky.social, FT’s @johnthornhill.bsky.social & our own Alex Taylor. Join online or in Edinburgh - register to hold your space!
What's the story with AI?
Find out at the next event in our Technomoral Conversations series, exploring AI narratives and counter-narratives!
🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 18.00-19.30 GMT
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3MZEm0a
Find out at the next event in our Technomoral Conversations series, exploring AI narratives and counter-narratives!
🗓️ Wednesday 11 February 18.00-19.30 GMT
📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3MZEm0a
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Can’t wait for this amazing evening of conversation on 11 Feb at @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, on AI Narratives & Counternarratives with @abeba.bsky.social @amoorelouise.bsky.social, FT’s @johnthornhill.bsky.social & our own Alex Taylor. Join online or in Edinburgh - register to hold your space!
awesome stuff by soon to be UCD colleague @quiteclare.bsky.social
Scrabble is not just about being the best speller or knowing long words
There are two different kinds of game being played on the world’s Scrabble boards. Which will you play?
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
awesome stuff by soon to be UCD colleague @quiteclare.bsky.social
New paper forthcoming in Nous by Dan Harris (@danielwharris.bsky.social) and myself! Check it out!
I think there is something useful here for people working on all sorts of topics in philosophy and elsewhere, and we plan to expand further on this ourselves in future work.
I think there is something useful here for people working on all sorts of topics in philosophy and elsewhere, and we plan to expand further on this ourselves in future work.
Elmar Unnsteinsson (@eunnsteins.bsky.social) and I have a new paper forthcoming in Noûs.
"Genre and Conversation"
We show how to generalize the classic pragmatic theories to conversational genres that aren't factual, cooperative, committal information exchanges.
philpapers.org/rec/ELMGAC-2
"Genre and Conversation"
We show how to generalize the classic pragmatic theories to conversational genres that aren't factual, cooperative, committal information exchanges.
philpapers.org/rec/ELMGAC-2
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Excited to be on this volume!
In my chapter, I argue we ought to pay attention to how AI changes the socio-cultural conditions of our self-narratives
In my chapter, I argue we ought to pay attention to how AI changes the socio-cultural conditions of our self-narratives
As we launch into 2026, we are excited to announce a major milestone: my wonderful colleague @anatperry.bsky.social and I have just submitted our edited volume Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations to @universitypress.cambridge.org. 1/n
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Excited to be on this volume!
In my chapter, I argue we ought to pay attention to how AI changes the socio-cultural conditions of our self-narratives
In my chapter, I argue we ought to pay attention to how AI changes the socio-cultural conditions of our self-narratives
The one with Seinfeld 👇
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching
⭐️Work from Leda Berio & Daniel Kelly
⭐️Work from Leda Berio & Daniel Kelly
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The one with Seinfeld 👇
Reposted by Leda Berio
Really grateful for a thoughtful and thorough review of my book by Seiara Imanova @seiaraimanova.bsky.social, just out in Philosophical Psychology! @journalphp.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MENEA...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MENEA...
Remembering the human in psychiatry: balancing science and humanism
Published in Philosophical Psychology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Really grateful for a thoughtful and thorough review of my book by Seiara Imanova @seiaraimanova.bsky.social, just out in Philosophical Psychology! @journalphp.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MENEA...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MENEA...
In 2025 I published a paper opening with an episode of The Good Place (linked below) and one opening with an episode of Seinfeld (with @dryan149.bsky.social, here link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one
Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one
Leda Berio with What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Francesco Marchi on self-deception and automatic belief
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
2/2
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Francesco Marchi on self-deception and automatic belief
doi.org/10.1080/0951...
#philsky #philpsy
2/2
January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
In 2025 I published a paper opening with an episode of The Good Place (linked below) and one opening with an episode of Seinfeld (with @dryan149.bsky.social, here link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one
Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one
all good over here #UCD #UniMarketing
My university paid a marketing company a lot of money to tell us that, give the global recognition of #Dublin as a brand, we should call ourselves ‘UCD Dublin’. So we are now University College Dublin Dublin. 🫠 #UCD #TrueStory
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
all good over here #UCD #UniMarketing
reminder that @dryan149.bsky.social and I published a paper that authoritative sources defined "cool"
Congratulations to Dr @ledaberio.bsky.social on her new publication in Topoi, co-authored with @dryan149.bsky.social (Purdue), on ‘Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-Switching’. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilPaper #ethics #identity
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
link.springer.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
reminder that @dryan149.bsky.social and I published a paper that authoritative sources defined "cool"
Looking forward to being on today's panel on AI end Education with @wayne-holmes.bsky.social (UCL) and my UCD colleagues Rachel Farrell and Benjamin Cowan
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Looking forward to being on today's panel on AI end Education with @wayne-holmes.bsky.social (UCL) and my UCD colleagues Rachel Farrell and Benjamin Cowan
My ratings have been ranked very high so this must be true
link.springer.com/article/10.1... for the cool paper
link.springer.com/article/10.1... for the cool paper
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My ratings have been ranked very high so this must be true
link.springer.com/article/10.1... for the cool paper
link.springer.com/article/10.1... for the cool paper
@dryan149.bsky.social and I have published a paper on how we should all be a little less like Holden Caufield (i.e. obsessed with the idea of authenticity) and a bit more like María Lugones (i.e. celebrating our multiple facets)
🚨New Paper!🚨
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@dryan149.bsky.social and I have published a paper on how we should all be a little less like Holden Caufield (i.e. obsessed with the idea of authenticity) and a bit more like María Lugones (i.e. celebrating our multiple facets)
Reposted by Leda Berio
Congratulations to Dr Anh-Quân Nguyen (UCD School of Philosophy), named a winner of the Oxford University Press First Book Prize 2025 for It’s Okay to Despair about Climate Change.
His work explores “militant pessimism” as a radical response to climate crisis.
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
His work explores “militant pessimism” as a radical response to climate crisis.
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
UCD researcher Anh-Quân Nguyen awarded First Book Prize by Oxford University Press
www.ucd.ie
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Excited to be flying to the Young Minds Conference for Marginalized Identities tomorrow! #philosophy #SWIP Something really special about seeing young, brilliant, motivated philosophers make their voices heard, and being invited to witness 💜
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excited to be flying to the Young Minds Conference for Marginalized Identities tomorrow! #philosophy #SWIP Something really special about seeing young, brilliant, motivated philosophers make their voices heard, and being invited to witness 💜
@thebusyowl.bsky.social is giving the Annual Lecture for the Centre for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) at UCD today!
Today! #philosophy #PhilEvent
This is followed by the #UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) Annual Public Lecture by Professor Şerife Tekin (SUNY) ‘Bridging Science and Testimony: The Multitudinous Self Model for a Humanist Psychiatry’ at 5pm, 24 September 2025. To register, go to: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-multit...
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@thebusyowl.bsky.social is giving the Annual Lecture for the Centre for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) at UCD today!
Reposted by Leda Berio
Super excited to see the release of this short film by Caitlin Bailey, a wildlife cinematographer who works with the Global Foundation for Oceanic Exploration. She reached out because she wanted to discuss empathy for deep-sea animals that don't have faces.
#empathy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zK5...
#empathy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zK5...
Deep Dive: Face Value
YouTube video by Global Foundation For Ocean Exploration
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Super excited to see the release of this short film by Caitlin Bailey, a wildlife cinematographer who works with the Global Foundation for Oceanic Exploration. She reached out because she wanted to discuss empathy for deep-sea animals that don't have faces.
#empathy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zK5...
#empathy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zK5...
This book by @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social and @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social magically appeases both my worried, Skeptical Academic Self, and my much more hopeful and admittedly atrophied Organizer Self. Go buy it!
In "Somebody Should Do Something," @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social, Alex @madva.bsky.social, & Daniel Kelly (@dryan149.bsky.social) combine compelling stories with science to show how personal choices, when linked with collective action, can drive structural change: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204978...
September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This book by @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social and @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social magically appeases both my worried, Skeptical Academic Self, and my much more hopeful and admittedly atrophied Organizer Self. Go buy it!