This notebook collects occasional notes on mathematics, teaching, writing, and academic life.

  • A Dialogue On Eight Questions In One

    Discussing the role of empty algebras across the communities of universal algebra and category theory is not always easy. The issue is tied so closely to established conventions that, at times, even making those conventions...

  • CatAlg 2026: four days in Edolo

    It is not easy for me to think of CatAlg 2026 only as a conference that took place from 1 to 4 July. For many months it was made of emails, programmes, hotel reservations, lists...

  • Opening the notebook

    This notebook will collect occasional notes on mathematics, teaching, writing, and academic life.