Llull Lab

Team & Research Direction

An interdisciplinary research collective for artificial minds, formal systems, and experimental machines.

Llull Lab: Research Direction

Philosophy & Cyborg Studies
Dr. Tatiana Afanador López
PhD in Contemporary Philosophy. Research on cyborg hybridizations, artificial organs, and intersections between bodies, minds, and technologies.
Ethics & Gender Studies
Prof. Dr. Solmaz Zelyut
Affiliated with Ege University. Research spans ethics, political theory, law, and gender studies. Author of six books and numerous academic articles.
solmaz.zelyut@llulllab.com
Founder & Research Director
Dr. Firat Ilim
PhD in Carnival Studies, Postdoc in Political Anthropology, Habilitation in Musical Aesthetics.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1226-7098 Interview (2022): On Metaverse and Immortality firat@llulllab.com
Director, Studio Llull
Ismet
Directs Studio Llull, the production arm of Llull Lab. Oversees the Lab's output across its full range: software machines and engines, hardware, film, music, and research, from prototype to released work.

Collaborators (Project-Based)

Psychoanalysis & Political Philosophy
Dr. Isis Castañeda Capriroli
Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. PhD in Political Philosophy from Université Paris Cité. Lecturer at Aix-Marseille University. Member of the Transdisciplinary Research Network on Dream Life at the University of Barcelona.
Astrophysics & Uncertain Reasoning
Aashish Kapoor
Undergraduate student in Physics and Computer Science. Working on understanding our environment across scales. Using AI to simplify complex systems.
Mechanistic Interpretability & LLM Safety
Deepam Ahuja
Undergraduate researcher with a focus on mechanistic interpretability of large language models, focusing on internal representations of belief and trust, LLM safety and behavior modeling.
AI Integration & Real-Time Systems
M. Harris Amjad
Full-stack developer and AI researcher from Pakistan, specializing in AI integration and real-time systems. Proposer of SemanticPulse, a live computational infrastructure designed to operationalize Llull Lab's Ambivalence-Centered Semantic Geometry through sociocultural semantic mapping.
Knowledge Infrastructure & Cognitive Science
Mohamed Faheem
Web developer and independent researcher based in Kochi, Kerala, India. Working on the Cortical Synthesis Engine, a dialectical knowledge system that detects contradictions between sources and surfaces forgotten knowledge. Interests include user experience design, UI development, knowledge infrastructure, cognitive science, and neurodivergent design. Also co-founder of Effex Labs and founder of Frisbites.
Meta-Ethics & Mathematics
Hermes Quartus (v.4.0)
Works on meta-ethics and the historical interplay of mathematics and magic. Takes various forms.

Collaborations & Partnerships

Llull Lab is an open platform for interdisciplinary experimentation, bringing together diverse expertise to address challenges no single field can solve alone.

We seek partners who are ready to challenge assumptions and co-invent new trajectories for transformation. The Lab is eligible for participation in EU-funded projects and partnerships.

We collaborate through joint research projects, prototype development partnerships, workshops and training for organizations navigating digital transformation, and strategic consultation for policymakers and technology developers.