List of PhD placements

The MAP is designed to prepare its students for research and PhD applications. This focus is reflected in every aspect of the program, resulting in exceptionally high PhD placement rates.

Since the beginning of the MAP (a.y. 2017-18), 87% of the graduates interested in an academic career have continued with a funded PhD. This corresponds to 76% of the 70 MAP graduates.

Below you can find the list of MAP Alumni who pursued graduate studies in Philosophy since 2020 (last update: March 2026).

2026

  • Timothy Simich, Australian National University

2025

  • Matteo Andre, Marburg University
  • Pietro Berardi Gili, University of Geneva
  • Pietro Chiericoni, University of Pavia
  • Aaron Collavini, double degree: University of Udine (Physics) and University of Geneva (Philosophy)
  • Jorge Bonet Gomez, University of Wollongong
  • Edoardo Giovanni Marzi, Università della Svizzera Italiana
  • Paul McKarris, University of Fribourg
  • Laura Molinaro, State University of Milan (joint-degree with the University of Tuebingen)
  • Margherita Moro, University of Leeds
  • Hamza Naseer, University of Tartu
  • George Wade, University of Southern California
  • Qianyu Cicely Xie, University of Neuchâtel

2024

  • Kumru Akdogan, University of Manchester
  • Noemi Bolzonetti, University of Utrecht
  • Alberto Carrascon, University of St Andrews
  • Sven Eichholtz, University of Minnesota
  • Paola Fontana, University of Genoa
  • Alessandro Giglia, University of Oslo
  • Dimitris Galanis, Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Luca Gasparinetti, University of Milan
  • Andrea Lupo, Università della Svizzera italiana
  • Niccolò Nanni, University of Turin
  • Andrea Salvador, Università della Svizzera italiana
  • Simone Salzano, University of Urbino
  • Amir Šulić, Università della Svizzera italiana
  • Zeynep Sina Ersan, Bilkent University
  • Pasquale Viola, University of Barcelona

2023

  • Dario Affronti, University of Luzern
  • Federico Donato, Buffalo University
  • Carla Peri, University of Padova
  • Charlotte Erika Zito, University of Geneva

2022

  • Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva, University of Durham
  • Giacomo De Colle, Buffalo University
  • Antonio Freiles, Syracuse University
  • Maximilian Petrowitsch, University of Western Ontario
  • Léon Probst, Università della Svizzera italiana
  • Tommaso Soriani, University of Reading
  • Danni Zhu, University of Manchester

2021

  • Alessandro Cecconi, University of Geneva
  • Lorenzo Lorenzetti, University of Bristol
  • Tannaz Najafi, University of Lisbon
  • Marta Pedroni, University of Geneva
  • Nick Tsertsvadze, Oxford University, MPhil in Ancient Philosophy
  • Emanuele Tullio, Central European University, Vienna

2020

  • Giuseppe Colonna, Oxford University
  • Daniele Garancini, Lingnan University
  • Paolo Gigli, University of Geneva
  • Marco Marabello, University of Neuchâtel
  • Emanuele Martinelli, University of Zürich