Matteo Valleriani

Matteo Valleriani is a Research Group Leader in Department I at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, Honorary Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin, Professor by Special Appointment at the University of Tel Aviv, and Principal Investigator at The Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD). His research explores the transformation of scientific, practical, and technological knowledge, focusing on the mechanisms of its diffusion and transmission, and linking these processes to broader cultural, economic, and political contexts. His work predominantly addresses the Hellenistic period, the late Middle Ages, and the early modern period.

Among his key research projects, he leads “The Sphere: Knowledge System Evolution and the Shared Scientific Identity of Europe,” which examines the evolution of cosmological knowledge and the establishment of a shared scientific identity in Europe from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Another significant aspect of his research is the study of the epistemic function of visual material within the framework of knowledge transformation.

Matteo Valleriani is also a recognized expert in Digital Humanities, integrating approaches and techniques from Complex Systems Theory, as well as the development and application of Machine Learning models and Artificial Intelligence technologies in historical studies.

He currently supervises five PhD dissertations and regularly conducts seminars at the Technische Universität Berlin and the University of Tel Aviv. In addition to these roles, he is coordinating the closure of Department I, under the direction of Etienne Benson.