Education
🎓 2006: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Vilnius University
Employment
👨🏫 Current: Professor at Escuela de Comunicacion, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, and Institute of Humanities, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
👨🏫 2006-2011: Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Political Sciences, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
📝 2009-2011: Managing editor of scientific journal “Santalka” (Philosophy/Philology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University)
Research Interests
🔍 Philosophy of Communication
🧠 Embodied Cognition
👁️ Visual Communication
⛪ Religion and Media
📜 Classical Phenomenology
📺 Phenomenology and Media
🏛️ Western Ethical Paradigms
💊 Philosophy of Medicine
🔄 Enactivism
📚 Philosophical Ethnography
Teaching Courses
📚 Contemporary Philosophy
📚 Phenomenology
📚 Media Ethics
📚 Legal Ethics
📚 Media and Religion
📚 Existentialism and Philosophy
📚 Logic
Awards, Grants, Fellowships
🏆 Best Paper Award for research on “Enactive Approach to Social Interactions in Artistic Media Ecologies: D. Rivera’s Case” at The Twenty-Fourth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, New York City, USA (2023)
🌟 2021 September-December: Research grant at Universidad Panamericana (UP), Escuela de Comunicacion
🔬 2021 March: Research grant by Lithuanian Research Council to join The Embodied Cognitive Science Unit
🌐 2013 Fulbright Grant: Participation in the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program at the National University, San Diego, CA
🏅 2008 Awarded by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in the field of Social Sciences
MRU University Awards
🏆 2018: Best International Scholar
🏆 2019: Best Publishing Scholar
👨🔬 Mindaugas Briedis is a distinguished scholar whose work in the intersection of philosophy, communication, and cognition has garnered international recognition. His research, teaching, and collaborations span diverse areas including philosophy of communication, embodied cognition, visual communication, religion and media, and more. As a professor, he brings his expertise to the classroom, guiding students through courses on contemporary philosophy, media ethics, and logic. His dedication to scholarship and academic excellence has been recognized with awards and grants, including the prestigious Fulbright Grant and awards from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and MRU University. 🌟