Andrea Hiott

Andrea Hiott is a philosopher and educator in the cognitive sciences with advanced degrees in philosophy, neuroscience and world heritage (department of urban planning and civil engineering). She collaborates at the intersection of technology and philosophy, taking phenomenological and ecological approaches to intelligence and mobility, and forging paths beyond traditional scales.

Currently a researcher at numerous universities, she is also the author of various books, including Thinking Small and (coming 2026) Holding Paradox. She has long worked on issues of motoring and mobility as a consultant, writer, and ghostwriter. Andrea has worked extensively for numerous museums, artists, collectors, and agencies. She is also developing the framework of Way-making and the practice of Navigability and is dedicated to empowering individuals, audiences and organizations to notice and build philosophical perspectives towards better personal & collective goals. Andrea has written about, and worked in, many diverse environments, from the Peace Corps to the transportation sector to university classrooms to neuroscience foundations and technology labs.

This experience and perspective allows her to expand traditional definitions of landscape and delve into human movement and transportive technology at scales beyond just the geographic. Just as importantly, however, it allows her to discuss and work towards a better understanding of how movement affects mental, emotional and imagined space.

She is also the founder of the Love and Philosophy project and works with Making Ways.'