Francesca Ferrando

Born in Italy, Ferrando holds a B.A. in Literature and Philosophy (summa cum laude) from the University of Turin, and an M.A. in Gender Studies from Utrecht University (Netherlands) under the supervision of Rosi Braidotti. They earned a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Roma Tre (Italy). One of their examiners was Stefan Lorenz Sorgner. Their doctoral dissertation was awarded the prize in philosophy "Vittorio Sainati"{{cite web |url=https://www.edizioniets.com/premiosainati/ |title=Premio Sainati |publisher=Edizioni ETS}} with recognition from the President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano.{{cite web |url=https://www.theposthuman.org/sainati-prize.html |title=Sainati Prize 2014 Award Ceremony}} It was later published in Italian.{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Il Postumanesimo Filosofico e le Sue Alterità |year=2016 |publisher=ETS |isbn=9788846744333 |url=https://www.edizioniets.com/scheda.asp?n=9788846744333}}

As part of their graduate studies, Ferrando conducted research on Cyborg anthropology at the University of Reading (England) under the supervision of Kevin Warwick, exploring the intersections of human enhancement and diversity, equity and inclusion.{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Is the Post-Human a Post-Woman? Robots, Cyborgs and the Futures of Gender |journal=European Journal of Futures Research |publisher=Springer |year=2014 |pages=1–17 |doi=10.1007/s40309-014-0043-8 |url=https://eujournalfuturesresearch.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s40309-014-0043-8 |access-date=24 February 2025|doi-access=free }} Ferrando relocated to the United States during their postgraduate studies, serving as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University under the mentorship of Achille Varzi (philosopher).{{cite web |url=https://nyu.academia.edu/FrancescaFerrando/CurriculumVitae |title=Academic Profile of Francesca Ferrando}}

In the field of Posthuman Studies,This term itself was first introduced by Francesca Ferrando in 2012: "In the emerging field of Posthuman Studies" (p.1). {{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. |title=Towards a Posthumanist Methodology |journal=Frame |publisher=Utrecht University |volume=25 |issue=1 |date=2012 |pages=9–18 |access-date=12 February 2025 |url=https://www.frameliteraryjournal.com/25-1-narrating-posthumanism/francesca-ferrando-towards-a-posthumanist-methodology-a-statement/}} Ferrando's article "Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, and New Materialism" (2013){{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. |title=Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms: Differences and Relations |journal=Existenz|publisher=The Karl Jaspers Society of North America |volume=8 |issue=2 |date=Fall 2013 |pages=26–32 |access-date=12 February 2025 |url=https://www.existenz.us/volumes/Vol.8-2Index.pdf}} was instrumental in conceptualizing the posthuman as an umbrella term that encompasses a plurality of intellectual frameworks. The article distinguishes between transhumanism and posthumanism, arguing that while transhumanism advocates for human enhancement through science and emerging technologies, posthumanism critically repositions the human within a broader planetary context in the era of the anthropocene, emphasizing a non-hierarchical perspective.For further reflection on this, see {{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. |title=The Party of the Anthropocene: Posthumanism, Environmentalism and the Post-Anthropocentric Paradigm Shift |journal=Relations: Beyond Anthropocentrism |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=159–173 |year=2016 |doi=10.7358/rela-2016-002-ferr |url=https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/1073}} Furthermore, posthumanism extends the concept of technology beyond its conventional definition, drawing from Martin Heidegger's interpretation of technology as a mode of poiesis and framing evolution itself as a transformative process that operates as a form of existential technology. This article has been translated into Chinese,{{cite journal |author=Ji Haiqing |title=后人类主义、超人类主义、反人本主义、元人类主义和新物质主义: 区别与联系 |journal=Journal of Luoyang Normal University |publisher=Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Philosophy |year=2019 |issn=1009-4970 |url=https://www.lynu.edu.cn/ |access-date=12 February 2025}} Italian,{{cite journal |author=Leghissa, G.; Molinar, C.; Salzani, C. |title=Postumanesimo, Transumanesimo, Antiumanesimo, Metaumanesimo e Nuovo Materialismo: Differenze e Relazioni |journal=Lo Sguardo, Rivista di Filosofia |volume=24 |issue=2 |year=2017 |url=https://www.losguardo.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-24-Limiti-Confini-Postumano-Ebook.pdf}} Hungarian,{{cite journal |author=Lovász, Ádám |title=Poszthumanizmus, transzhumanizmus, antihumanizmus, metahumanizmus és az új materialitások. Különbségek és viszonylatok |journal=Helikon |publisher=Philosophy Department, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest |issue=4 |year=2018 |pages=394–404 |url=https://epa.oszk.hu/03500/03580/00012/pdf/EPA03580_helikon_2018_4_394-404.pdf}} Polish,{{cite journal |author=Sapenko, Roman |title=Posthumanizm, transhumanizm, antyhumanizm, metahumanizm oraz nowy materializm. Różnice i relacje |journal=Rocznik Lubuski |publisher=University of Zielona Góra |volume=42 |issue=2 |year=2016 |pages=13–27 |url=https://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.mhp-8b7e40e7-611d-4db6-aedd-7a3e452f4d99}} Portuguese,{{cite journal |author=Karasinski, Murilo |title=Pós-humanismo, Transumanismo, Anti-Humanismo, Meta-Humanismo e Novos Materialismos |journal=Journal of Philosophy Aurora |publisher=Philosophy Department, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná |volume=31 |issue=54 |year=2019 |url=https://periodicos.pucpr.br/aurora/article/view/24707}} Romanian,{{cite web |author=Sandu, L. |title=O Genealogie Feministă a Esteticilor Postumane din Artele Vizuale |work=Post/h/um. Jurnal de Studii Postumaniste |issue=6 |year=2021 |url=https://posthum.ro/6-feminisme/}} Spanish{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. / Ledesma, J. I. B. |title=Posthumanismo, Transhumanismo, Antihumanismo, Metahumanismo y Nuevos Materialismos: Diferencias y Relaciones |journal=Revista Ethika+ |date=30 April 2022 |issue=5 |pages=151–166 |doi=10.5354/2452-6037.2022.65842 |url=https://revistaethika.uchile.cl/index.php/ETK/article/view/65842|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. / Fernández Giordano, F. |title=Posthumanismo y Transhumanismo: Diferencias y Relaciones |journal=Xenomórfica Magazine |volume=1 |issue=1 |year=2020 |url=https://edicionesholobionte.com/xenomorfica-magazine-n-1/}} and Turkish.{{cite web |author=Yanar, Muhsin |title=Posthümanizm, Transhümanizm, Antihümanizm, Metahümanizm ve Yeni Materyalizmler: Farklar ve İlişkiler |work=Edebiyatta Posthümanizm |editor=Buran, Sümeyra |publisher=Transnational Press |year=2020 |pages=37–48 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/chapter-detail?id=935730}}

Ferrando's book Philosophical Posthumanism{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Philosophical Posthumanism |year=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781350059498 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6xDtAEACAAJ}}(Bloomsbury, 2019), with a preface by Rosi Braidotti,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6xDtAEACAAJ |author=Rosi Braidotti |title="This book is a rapturous departure – the line of flight of a queen bee" |publisher=Bloomsbury |date=2019 |page=XVI |isbn=978-1-350-05950-4 }} offers a radical rethinking of what it means to be human, challenging anthropocentrism and defining philosophical posthumanism in three key layers: as a post-humanism, a post-anthropocentrism, and a post-dualism. Their work synthesizes continental philosophy, critical posthumanism, Eastern philosophies, Native epistemologies, and new materialism, engaging with thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Donna Haraway and Vandana Shiva. The book has been translated into Spanish,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Posthumanismo Filosófico |year=2023 |publisher=Materia Oscura |isbn=978-84-123775-9-0 |url=https://materiaoscuraeditorial.com/filosofia/posthumanismo-filosfico |access-date=24 February 2025}} Russian{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Философский постгуманизм |year=2022 |publisher=The Higher School of Economics Publishing House |isbn=978-5-7598-2584-5 |url=https://id.hse.ru/books/585420654.html |access-date=24 February 2025}} and Korean,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=철학적 포스트휴머니즘 |year=2021 |publisher=Acanet |isbn=9788957337387 |url=https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=28273206 |access-date=24 February 2025}} among other languages.{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=Philosophischer Posthumanismus (German Translation) |editor=Torsten Cress, Oliwia Murawska, Annika Schlitte |publisher=Brill |year=2021 |pages=137–161 |isbn=9783846765975 |url=https://brill.com/edcollchap/book/9783846765975/BP000012.xml |access-date=24 February 2025}}

Their latest book The Art of Being Posthuman: Who Are We in the 21st Century?{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=The Art of Being Posthuman |year=2024 |publisher=Polity Press |isbn=9781509548965 |url=https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-art-of-being-posthuman-who-are-we-in-the-21st-century--9781509548958}} (Polity, 2024) focusses on self-knowledge, calling for a shift from theory{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. |title=Towards a Posthumanist Methodology |journal=Frame |publisher=Utrecht University |volume=25 |issue=1 |date=2012 |pages=9–18 |access-date=12 February 2025 |url=https://www.frameliteraryjournal.com/25-1-narrating-posthumanism/francesca-ferrando-towards-a-posthumanist-methodology-a-statement/}} to praxis.{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F. / Rozzoni, S. |title=Vision Quest in Posthumanist Education: Focuses, Praxes and Experiences

|journal=Frame |publisher= International Journal of Philosophical Studies (IJPS) |volume=31 |issue=4 |date=2023 |pages=586–611 |doi=10.1080/09672559.2023.2290552

|access-date=12 February 2025 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09672559.2023.2290552|url-access=subscription }} It explores the ethical, existential, and ontological dimensions of posthumanism, developing the concept of existential posthumanism{{cite book |author= Ferrando, F. |title=Existential Posthumanism: A Manifesto |editor=Rosi Braidotti, Emily Jones, Goda Klumbyte |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2023 |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/more-posthuman-glossary-9781350231429/ |access-date=24 February 2025}}—a perspective that examines the nature of existence beyond traditional humanist frameworks. The book explores the existential condition of the 21st century, drawing on sources ranging from the Paleolithic era to the potential futures of radical life extension. It incorporates insights from mystical traditions, world religions, and recent advances in science and technology, ultimately conveying the message that all beings are interconnected. It emphases unity in diversity and advocates for multispecies co-existence. It has been translated into Arabic.{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |title=فن أن تكون ما بعد إنسان |year=2024 |publisher=Ninawa |isbn=978-9933-38-597-2 |url=https://ninawa.org/product/%d9%81%d9%86-%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%83%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%86/ |access-date=24 February 2025}}

Their work combines philosophical insights with a lyrical tone,{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/39998609 |author=Rosi Braidotti |title='Ferrando is both a classicist and a futurist thinker: erudite and upbeat, committed but critical, conceptual and poetic, at once' |publisher=Bloomsbury |date=2019 |page=XI}} leading Robin Kelley to characterize Ferrando as the 'philosopher poet of our time'.{{cite web |url=https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-art-of-being-posthuman-who-are-we-in-the-21st-century--9781509548958 |author=Review of the book by Kelley, Robin |title='Francesca Ferrando is the philosopher poet for our times; The Art of Being Posthuman is where we all must begin'}} Their scholarship further explores intersections between transhumanism,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Green, B.; Gouw, A.; Peters, T. |chapter='Are We Becoming God(s)? Transhumanism, Posthumanism, Antihumanism and the Divine' |title=Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics |publisher=Rowman and Littlefield |year=2022 |pages=31–50 |url=https://rowman.com/isbn/9781498584142}} posthumanism,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Banerji, D.; Paranjape, M. R. |chapter='Humans Have Always Been Posthuman: A Spiritual Genealogy of the Posthuman' |title=Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |pages=243–256 |url=https://www.springer.com/}} and spirituality,{{cite book |author=Banerji, D.; Ferrando, F. |chapter='Posthuman Spirituality' |title=Mapping the Posthuman |publisher=Routledge |year=2024 |url=https://www.routledge.com/}} addressing topics such as the future of religions,{{cite journal |title=Special Section II: Posthumanism, Transhumanism and the Future of Religions |journal=Sophia |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=645–742 |editor=Francesca Ferrando |publisher=Springer |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/11841/volumes-and-issues/58-4 |access-date=26 February 2025}} mindfulness,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Debashish Banerji; Monirul Islam; Samrat Sengupta |chapter='Posthuman Poems' |title=Posthumanism and Indian Spirituality: A Critical Cartography |publisher=Bloomsbury India |year=2024 |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/posthumanism-and-india-9789356404175/}} and technological enlightenment.{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |chapter='The Posthuman Divine: When Robots Can Be Enlightened' |title=Sophia: Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures |publisher=Springer |year=2019 |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=243–256 |url=https://link.springer.com/}}

Ferrando has been teaching Global Philosophy at NYU Liberal Studies since 2014. They have delivered over one hundred keynotes and lectures globally.{{cite web |url=https://www.theposthuman.org/talk.html |title=List of Ferrando's Lectures on Posthumanism}} In the United States, they have lectured at Ivy League universities such as Harvard University,{{cite web |url=https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/covid19-transmedia-and-art-posthuman-existence |title=Lecture at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard "Covid19, Transmedia and the Art of Posthuman Existence"}} Princeton University,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwUBLOm7PQQ |title=Lecture at Princeton University "How to Become Posthuman"|website=YouTube |date=8 March 2020 }} and other institutions.{{cite web |url=https://ccrs.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/10486/2024/03/CCRS-2024-Program-Online.pdf |title=Lecture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "The Non Human" |access-date=24 February 2025}} Their lectures, conducted in English, Spanish, and Italian, have also been featured at international conferences in Asia,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gybm4TL96Co |title=National Lecture "Existential Posthumanism" at the Institute of Advanced Studies, India |website=YouTube |date=7 March 2021 |access-date=24 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1k5DUVPOY |title=Keynote at Asia-Pacific Consortium of Researchers and Educators (APCORE) |website=YouTube |date=5 December 2020 |access-date=24 February 2025}} Europe,{{cite web |url=https://science-art-society.ec.europa.eu/activities/changing-ground#francesca-ferrando--who-is-afraid-of-artificial-intelligence-posthumanism-technology-and-society--20012022 |title=Lecture "Who is Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?" at the European Commission, Belgium |access-date=24 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgX36tDUQeo |title=Lecture at the National Museum of Art Haus der Kunst, Germany |website=YouTube |date=2 July 2018 |access-date=24 February 2025}} and Latin America.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwRlUMGyEko |title=Lecture "¿Qué es el Posthumanismo?" at the Cátedra Alfonso Reyes, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico |website=YouTube |date=29 May 2021 |access-date=24 February 2025}}{{cite web |author=Even3 |title=Lecture "Transumanismo" at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná |url=https://www.even3.com.br/transumanismo2?fbclid=IwAR1oU7bGYZPjvLXPXtQXp1ss9z5S0hlv1mGGCMvvJl8m3WpM-apUaCpAAck |access-date=24 February 2025}}

They are co-founders of the Global Posthuman Network,{{cite web |title=Global Posthuman Network |url=https://www.posthumans.org |access-date=24 February 2025}} a platform that promotes global discussions on posthumanism through horizontal collaborations, with board members including Katherine Hayles, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Debashish Banerji. They are affiliated with regional posthuman networks in India,{{cite web |title=Indian Posthumanism Network |url=https://posthumanism.in/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} Italy,{{cite web |title=Rete Italiana Postumana |url=https://www.retepostumana.org/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} Latin America,{{cite web |title=Red Latinoamericana de Posthumanismo |url=https://posthumanismo.org/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} and Pakistan.{{cite web |title=Pakistan Posthuman Network |url=https://www.posthumans.org/pakistan-posthuman-network.html |access-date=24 February 2025}} They serve on several editorial and advisory boards, including the Journal of Posthuman Studies and the Lifeboat Foundation.

Beyond academia, Ferrando engages in public discourse through media appearances, with the aim of democratizing access to posthuman thought. In 2012, Ferrando became the first TED speaker to address the topic of the posthuman.{{cite web |author=TED |title=The Posthuman |website=YouTube |date=6 March 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGjMUw03Bv0 |access-date=24 February 2025}} They are an open-access advocate, providing the first crash course on the posthuman under a Creative Commons license on YouTube.{{cite web |author=YouTube |title=Crash Course: The Posthuman |website=YouTube |date=7 December 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi6APy0oW9A&list=PLAXeXR1DbC1rvnBtdo2-ol-3V8ePmr7jp |access-date=24 February 2025}} Ferrando has contributed to bridging the fields of posthumanism and transhumanism{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |title=Post- and Trans-Humanism |editor=Braidotti, R.; Hlavajova, M. |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2017 |pages=266–268 |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/posthuman-glossary-9781350030244/}} by organizing conferences,{{cite web |author=NYU |title=Posthuman Symposiums at NYU (2015–2020) |url=https://www.posthumans.org/global-symposiums.html |access-date=24 February 2025}} and producing vlogs{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. |title=Vlog Posthumans |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAXeXR1DbC1phex3wZ50gB282qXztmsmM |access-date=24 February 2025}} and podcasts.{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F / Boilen, J. |title=Podcast Posthumans |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/posthumans/id1517398177 |access-date=24 February 2025}} They have engaged in dialogues with scholars such as Aubrey de Grey,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. / Dr. Grey, A. |title=Radical Life Extension in the Posthuman Era – Dr. Aubrey de Grey interviewed by Prof. Ferrando (NYU) |website=YouTube |date=29 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2_GNFKud3o&list=PLAXeXR1DbC1phex3wZ50gB282qXztmsmM&index=1 |access-date=24 February 2025}} Anders Sandberg,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. / Sandberg, A. |title=The Near Future and the Transhuman – Dr. Anders Sandberg interviewed by Prof. Ferrando (NYU) |website=YouTube |date=29 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKZspUJZQNA&list=PLAXeXR1DbC1phex3wZ50gB282qXztmsmM&index=2 |access-date=24 February 2025}} and Natasha Vita-More.{{cite web |title=Keynote by Natasha Vita More at the Second Posthuman Symposium "Posthuman Futures", NYU 2016 |url=https://nyposthuman2016.weebly.com/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} Their work has been featured internationally on platforms such as Vice Media,{{cite web |author=Vice |title=If We Can Make Animals Smarter, Should We? |date=6 April 2020 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/if-we-can-make-animals-smarter-should-we-v27n1/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} the Singularity Weblog,{{cite web |author=Singularity Weblog |title=Francesca Ferrando – Posthuman Philosopher |date=20 January 2021 |url=https://www.singularityweblog.com/francesca-ferrando/ |access-date=24 February 2025}} the Kathmandu Post (Nepal),{{cite web |author=Kathmandu Post |title=Identity, Technology, and Ethics in the Modern Era |url=https://kathmandupost.com/books/2024/06/01/identity-technology-and-ethics-in-modern-era |access-date=24 February 2025}} El Nacional (Venezuela),{{cite web |author=Papel Literario |title=Dossier Posthumanismo |work=Papel Literario El Nacional |date=January 2023 |url=https://www.academia.edu/104624704 |access-date=24 February 2025}} and ARN Media (Australia), where they were interviewed by Kristina Borjesson.{{cite web |author=ARN |title=Posthuman Philosopher Dr. Francesca Ferrando Interview |date=21 October 2022 |url=https://kristinaborjesson.substack.com/p/posthuman-philosopher-dr-francesca?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web |access-date=24 February 2025}} Ferrando was named among the 100 top creatives making change in the world by "Origin" magazine{{cite web |author=ORIGIN Magazine |title=ORIGIN Magazine, Issue 23 |date=23 March 2015 |url=https://issuu.com/originmagazine/docs/issuu_origin23 |pages=48–49 |access-date=24 February 2025}} in the United States.

Before relocating to New York City, Ferrando was a researcher at the Research Center for Women's and Gender Studies{{cite web |url=https://www.cirsde.unito.it/it |title=CIRSDE – University of Turin}} at the University of Turin, Italy. During this time, they collaborated with theorists such as Luisa Passerini{{cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/31934587 |title=Lecture "Visualizzando il Postumanesimo," CIRSDe, University of Turin|date=11 November 2011 }} and Gianni Vattimo.{{cite web |url=https://www.theposthuman.org/vattimo.html |title=Event "From Postmodern to Posthuman, University of Turin}} In addition to their academic work, Ferrando contributed as a journalist and author, publishing with the Italian publisher Feltrinelli.{{cite web |url=https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/libri/autori/francesca-ferrando?srsltid=AfmBOoo5p7XljJsOzFmBSsX3Ay08Dcbdx5BhzhiVcNKq9lWyQDIv1CWy |title=Francesca Ferrando – Author Page |publisher=Feltrinelli |access-date=24 February 2025}} During the 2008 season, they served as a television commentator on Iride, a program directed by Irene Pivetti on Odeon 24.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdH4JtXG5Ck&t=207s |title=Francesca Ferrando at the show "Iride", 2008 |website=YouTube |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=3 March 2025}}

Ferrando's academic work has been published by publishers such as Oxford University Press,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, Francesca |editor=James S.J. Schwartz, Linda Billings, Erika Nesvold |title=Will Posthumans Dream of Humans? A Message To Our Post-Planetary Descendants |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2023 |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/reclaiming-space-9780197604793?cc=us&lang=en |access-date=24 February 2025}} Columbia University Press,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Aloi, G. / McHugh, S. |title=A Feminist Genealogy of Posthumanist Aesthetics in the Visual Arts (re-publication) |work=Posthumanism in Art and Science: A Reader |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2021 |url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/posthumanism-in-art-and-science/9780231196673}} MIT Press,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Byrne-Smith, D. |title=A Feminist Genealogy of Posthumanist Aesthetics in the Visual Arts (extracts) |work=Science Fiction |publisher=MIT Press |year=2020 |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262538855/science-fiction/}} Bloomsbury Press,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Thomsen, M. R. / Wamberg, J. |title=Posthuman Feminist Ethics: Unveiling Ontological Radical Healing |work=Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2020 |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-handbook-of-posthumanism-9781350090484/}} Routledge,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |chapter=To Be or Not to Be Enhanced? Just ask the Moon – in Posthuman Terms |editor1=Ienca, M. |editor2=Jotterand, F. |title=The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement |publisher=Routledge |year=2023 |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Ethics-of-Human-Enhancement/Jotterand-Ienca/p/book/9780367615796?srsltid=AfmBOopq3hNTSQO6wG5ENumlhL3VAUg8ntNKJGYiOOO07vHfGlX4HUKh}} Springer,{{cite book |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Banerji, D.; Paranjape, M. R. |chapter=Humans Have Always Been Posthuman: A Spiritual Genealogy of the Posthuman |title=Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures |publisher=Springer |year=2016 |pages=243–256 |url=https://www.springer.com/}} Taylor & Francis,{{cite journal |author=Ferrando, F., Sorrentino, G., Cappanera, E. |title=Linea Nigra: Post/Human M/Others |editor=Huff, C., Jolly, M. |journal=A/B: Auto/Biography Studies |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=2019 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=501–505 |doi=10.1080/08989575.2019.1664152 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raut20/34/3 |access-date=24 February 2025|url-access=subscription }} and the European Commission,{{cite web |author=Ferrando, F. |editor=Grunert, F. P. |title=Who is Afraid of Artificial Intelligence? A Posthumanist Take on the AI Takeover Scenario |work=AI and Humanities |publisher=Joint Research Center, European Commission |year=2022 |pages=85–90 |isbn = 978-88-943827-2-3|url=https://noemalab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/HumaniTies-and-Artificial-Intelligence-v1.1.pdf}} among others.

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• [https://liberalstudies.nyu.edu/about/faculty-listing.html NYU Faculty Directory]
• [https://www.theposthuman.org/ Ferrando's Website]

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