He is ICREA Research Professor of Philosophy and Medieval studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
He obtained his Ph.D. in 2003 at the Department of Philosophy at Frankfurt University with a thesis on Dominicus Gundissalinus and 12th century epistemology.
In 2006, he became Research Professor at the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA-Catalan Institute of Advanced Studies) in the Department of Ancient and Medieval Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
[2] Alexander Fidora's research deals with the intercultural and interreligious dimension of medieval thought.
He focuses on the influence of Arab philosophy on medieval epistemology, the translation of the Talmud into Latin and its influence, as well as the works of Medieval Catalan authors such as Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Ramon Llull[3] or Francesc Eiximenis.