I am a research fellow at the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen. I work in the epistemology of AI, particularly on questions about how we can form beliefs epistemically responsibly, how we can reach good understanding, and how we can inquire well with these systems. In the past, I have looked at how we can do this even when we rely on AI seamlessly. My recently published work sets out design possibilities for teaching intellectual virtues with generative AI systems. At present, I am developing an argument about whether we are situating the epistemic agent properly in the AI age, what doing so would require, and where some of the literature on epistemic injustices and AI goes wrong.

I am also a member of an Era-Net Neuron research project, COMPAIN, which examines the complexity of pain and its normative implications. In my work on the project, I argue that AI-based pain assessment, built on a narrow set of behavioural and physiological indicators, risks oversimplifying the complexity of pain. More recently, I have been asking what our concept of pain is for, and whether its central purpose is treatment or recognition. I want to argue that if we ameliorate our concept of pain to take recognition, rather than treatment, as its purpose, we could redress some of the epistemic injustices that pain sufferers face. If you would like to read the draft, it is here.

Previously, I held fellowships at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg at RWTH Aachen University and at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. I have a PhD (2021) in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, a research Master’s degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, and two undergraduate degrees in biotechnology and philosophy from Forman Christian College University, Lahore.

You can reach me by email: hadeel@hadeelnaeem.com or hadeel.naeem@fau.de

News

Dec 2026: I am giving a talk, ‘Pain complexity and epistemic injustices’, at the Philosophy Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Nov 2026: I am giving a talk, ‘Feminist virtues in the AI age’, at the Workshop on Values and Morals in the AI Age, University of Konstanz.

Aug-Sep 2026: I am a resident at the Brocher Foundation, studying the epistemic injustices that pain sufferers experience.

Jul 2026: I am giving a talk, ‘Intellectual virtues education’, at the Academy for Responsible Research, Teaching, and Innovation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Jun 2026: I am speaking at the Fangtang Forum – AI Epistemology Panel at Tsinghua University.

Jan 2026: I received the Female Excellence Award: Ethics of Digitalisation at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Nov 2025: My article ‘Teaching skills and intellectual virtues with generative AI’ appeared in Episteme. DOI: 10.1017/epi.2025.10089

Oct 2025: My article ‘AI and the complexity of pain’ appeared in Philosophy and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13347-025-00988-0

May-Jun 2025: I am a fellow at the London AI and Humanity Project at the School of Advanced Studies, University of London.