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Overview
I am part of the Philosophy team and I specialise in phenomenological and 4E approaches to online sociality, embodiment, intersubjectivity, affectivity, and psychopathology.
My personal website, with more information about my research, is https://www.lucyosler.com/
Publication
2025
- Osler, L. 2025. Mindshaping and narrative devices. In: Zawidzki, T. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Mindshaping. Routledge
2024
- Osler, L., Engelen, B. and Archer, A. 2024. The ethics and politics of nudges and niches: A critical analysis of exclusionary environmental designs. In: Søbirk Petersen, T., Jon Holm, S. and Ryberg, J. eds. Preventing Crime by Exclusion: Ethical Considerations. Routledge, pp. 182-206., (10.4324/9781003480679-11)
- Osler, L. 2024. (Self-)envy, digital technology, and me. Topoi 43, pp. 659-672. (10.1007/s11245-024-10047-6)
- Osler, L. 2024. Networked Learning and Three Promises of Phenomenology. In: Johnston, M. et al. eds. Phenomenology in Action for Researching Networked Learning Experiences. Research in Networked Learning London: Springer, Cham, pp. 23-43., (10.1007/978-3-031-62780-4_2)
- Osler, L. 2024. Reality + Reality- [Book Review]. Philosophical Psychology 37(5), pp. 1281-1286. (10.1080/09515089.2022.2137019)
- Osler, L. and Tietjen, R. R. 2024. Affects and emotions. In: Herrmann, S. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Political Phenomenology. Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Routledge, (10.4324/9781003197430-46)
- Osler, L. 2024. Self-envy (or Envy Actually). APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy 23(2), pp. 33-38.
- Osler, L. and Ekdahl, D. 2024. Learning to walk and talk (again): what developmental psychology can teach us about online intersubjectivity. Philosophical Explorations 27(2), pp. 237-250. (10.1080/13869795.2024.2344981)
- Roberts, T. and Osler, L. 2024. Social doubt. Journal of the American Philosophical Association 10(1), pp. 46-63. (10.1017/apa.2022.40)
- Osler, L. 2024. Taking empathy online. Inquiry 67(1), pp. 302-329. (10.1080/0020174X.2021.1899045)
- Osler, L. 2024. Narrative railroading. Topoi
- Lavallee, Z. and Osler, L. 2024. Affordances and the shape of addiction. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology
- Osler, L. 2024. Belonging online: rituals, sacred objects, and mediated interactions. In: Dolezal, L. and Petherbridge, D. eds. Phenomenology of belonging. Albany, NY: SUNY Press
2023
- Osler, L. and Zahavi, D. 2023. Sociality and embodiment: Online communication during and after Covid-19. Foundations of Science 28, pp. 1125-1142. (10.1007/s10699-022-09861-1)
- Osler, L. 2023. WTF?! Covid-19, indignation, and the internet. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 22(5), pp. 1215-1234. (10.1007/s11097-023-09889-z)
- Krueger, J., Osler, L. and Roberts, T. 2023. Loneliness and absence in psychopathology. Topoi 42(5), pp. 1195-1210. (10.1007/s11245-023-09916-3)
- Ekdahl, D. and Osler, L. 2023. Expressive avatars: vitality in virtual worlds. Philosophy & Technology 36, article number: 24. (10.1007/s13347-023-00628-5)
2022
- Osler, L. 2022. Mediated Encounters in Autistic Spectrum Disorder: From the Material to the Digital. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 29(3) (10.1353/ppp.2022.0026)
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2022. Communing with the dead online: Chatbots, grief, and continuing bonds. Journal of Consciousness Studies 29(9-10), pp. 222-252. (10.53765/20512201.29.9.222)
- Osler, L. 2022. "An illness of isolation, a disease of disconnection": Depression and the erosion of we-experiences. Frontiers in Psychology 13, article number: 928186. (10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928186)
- Osler, L. 2022. Empathy, togetherness, familiarity. Metodo 10(1), pp. 145-178. (10.19079/metodo.10.1.145)
2021
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2021. ProAna worlds: Affectivity and echo chambers online. Topoi 41(5), pp. 883-893. (10.1007/s11245-021-09785-8)
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2021. Taking Watsuji online: betweenness and expression in online spaces. Continental Philosophy Review 55(1), pp. 77-99. (10.1007/s11007-021-09548-7)
- Osler, L. 2021. (Un)wanted feelings in anorexia nervosa: making the visceral body mine again. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 28(1), pp. 67-69. (10.1353/ppp.2021.0011)
- Osler, L. 2021. Controlling the noise: A phenomenological account of anorexia nervosa and the threatening body. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 28(1), pp. 41-58. (10.1353/ppp.2021.0008)
- Osler, L. 2021. Bodily saturation and social disconnectedness in depression. Phenomenology and Mind 21, pp. 48-60. (10.17454/pam-2104)
2019
- Osler, L. 2019. Feeling togetherness online: a phenomenological sketch of online communal experiences. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 19(3), pp. 569-588. (10.1007/s11097-019-09627-4)
- Krueger, J. and Osler, L. 2019. Engineering affect: emotion regulation, the internet, and the techno-social niche. Philosophical Topics 47(2)
Articles
- Osler, L. 2024. (Self-)envy, digital technology, and me. Topoi 43, pp. 659-672. (10.1007/s11245-024-10047-6)
- Osler, L. 2024. Reality + Reality- [Book Review]. Philosophical Psychology 37(5), pp. 1281-1286. (10.1080/09515089.2022.2137019)
- Osler, L. 2024. Self-envy (or Envy Actually). APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy 23(2), pp. 33-38.
- Osler, L. and Ekdahl, D. 2024. Learning to walk and talk (again): what developmental psychology can teach us about online intersubjectivity. Philosophical Explorations 27(2), pp. 237-250. (10.1080/13869795.2024.2344981)
- Roberts, T. and Osler, L. 2024. Social doubt. Journal of the American Philosophical Association 10(1), pp. 46-63. (10.1017/apa.2022.40)
- Osler, L. 2024. Taking empathy online. Inquiry 67(1), pp. 302-329. (10.1080/0020174X.2021.1899045)
- Osler, L. 2024. Narrative railroading. Topoi
- Lavallee, Z. and Osler, L. 2024. Affordances and the shape of addiction. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology
- Osler, L. and Zahavi, D. 2023. Sociality and embodiment: Online communication during and after Covid-19. Foundations of Science 28, pp. 1125-1142. (10.1007/s10699-022-09861-1)
- Osler, L. 2023. WTF?! Covid-19, indignation, and the internet. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 22(5), pp. 1215-1234. (10.1007/s11097-023-09889-z)
- Krueger, J., Osler, L. and Roberts, T. 2023. Loneliness and absence in psychopathology. Topoi 42(5), pp. 1195-1210. (10.1007/s11245-023-09916-3)
- Ekdahl, D. and Osler, L. 2023. Expressive avatars: vitality in virtual worlds. Philosophy & Technology 36, article number: 24. (10.1007/s13347-023-00628-5)
- Osler, L. 2022. Mediated Encounters in Autistic Spectrum Disorder: From the Material to the Digital. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 29(3) (10.1353/ppp.2022.0026)
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2022. Communing with the dead online: Chatbots, grief, and continuing bonds. Journal of Consciousness Studies 29(9-10), pp. 222-252. (10.53765/20512201.29.9.222)
- Osler, L. 2022. "An illness of isolation, a disease of disconnection": Depression and the erosion of we-experiences. Frontiers in Psychology 13, article number: 928186. (10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928186)
- Osler, L. 2022. Empathy, togetherness, familiarity. Metodo 10(1), pp. 145-178. (10.19079/metodo.10.1.145)
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2021. ProAna worlds: Affectivity and echo chambers online. Topoi 41(5), pp. 883-893. (10.1007/s11245-021-09785-8)
- Osler, L. and Krueger, J. 2021. Taking Watsuji online: betweenness and expression in online spaces. Continental Philosophy Review 55(1), pp. 77-99. (10.1007/s11007-021-09548-7)
- Osler, L. 2021. (Un)wanted feelings in anorexia nervosa: making the visceral body mine again. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 28(1), pp. 67-69. (10.1353/ppp.2021.0011)
- Osler, L. 2021. Controlling the noise: A phenomenological account of anorexia nervosa and the threatening body. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 28(1), pp. 41-58. (10.1353/ppp.2021.0008)
- Osler, L. 2021. Bodily saturation and social disconnectedness in depression. Phenomenology and Mind 21, pp. 48-60. (10.17454/pam-2104)
- Osler, L. 2019. Feeling togetherness online: a phenomenological sketch of online communal experiences. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 19(3), pp. 569-588. (10.1007/s11097-019-09627-4)
- Krueger, J. and Osler, L. 2019. Engineering affect: emotion regulation, the internet, and the techno-social niche. Philosophical Topics 47(2)
Book sections
- Osler, L. 2025. Mindshaping and narrative devices. In: Zawidzki, T. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Mindshaping. Routledge
- Osler, L., Engelen, B. and Archer, A. 2024. The ethics and politics of nudges and niches: A critical analysis of exclusionary environmental designs. In: Søbirk Petersen, T., Jon Holm, S. and Ryberg, J. eds. Preventing Crime by Exclusion: Ethical Considerations. Routledge, pp. 182-206., (10.4324/9781003480679-11)
- Osler, L. 2024. Networked Learning and Three Promises of Phenomenology. In: Johnston, M. et al. eds. Phenomenology in Action for Researching Networked Learning Experiences. Research in Networked Learning London: Springer, Cham, pp. 23-43., (10.1007/978-3-031-62780-4_2)
- Osler, L. and Tietjen, R. R. 2024. Affects and emotions. In: Herrmann, S. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Political Phenomenology. Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Routledge, (10.4324/9781003197430-46)
- Osler, L. 2024. Belonging online: rituals, sacred objects, and mediated interactions. In: Dolezal, L. and Petherbridge, D. eds. Phenomenology of belonging. Albany, NY: SUNY Press
Research
My main interests are in phenomenological and 4E approachs to sociality, technology, and psychopathology. Currently, I am exploring the various ways we encounter others online, social inclusion and exclusion in the online world, feelings of belonging and community, and political emotions. I am also researching loneliness, depression, and eating disorders.
While I have written on a wide range of topics - including online sociality, empathy, shared emotions, depression, anorexia nervosa, social doubt - what ties my research together is an overarching interest in how we experience and connect with other people.
Research interests:
- phenomenology
- 4E approaches to cognition and affectivity
- sociality online
- phemomenological psychopathology
- philosophy of emotions
Teaching
This year I am teaching the MA course 'Other People'.
Biography
I did my MA in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind at the University of Copenhagen, writing my MA thesis on 'Depression and the Erosion of We-Experiences'. I was awarded my PhD in philosophy by the University of Exeter in 2021 for my thesis on 'Interpersonal atmospheres: an empathetic account' with Giovanna Colombetti as my primary supervisor.
Before taking up my position as a Lecturer in philosophy at Cardiff University in September 2022, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen on the FWF-funded project ‘Antagonistic Political Emotions’.