Presentations
(Selection)Invited Talks
2025
- Workshop ‘Pain and Perception’ (University of Sheffield): Stuck in the Pain Regime
- Workshop ‘New Work in Pain and Suffering’ (University of Glasgow): Chronic Pain and the Construction of Suffering
- Workshop ‘Self & Suffering: Theoretical and Methodological Advancements’ (Southern University of Denmark): Illness Narratives and the Construction of Suffering in Chronic Pain
- Colloquium ‘Societal Implications of AI and Cognitive Neuroscience‘ (Radboud University Nijmegen): Stuck in the Pain Regime: A Dynamic System Perspective on Pain (with Alexander Hölken)
- Lecture Series on ‘AI in Science and Society’ (University Bayreuth): Technological Niche Disruption
2024
- Graduate Workshop (Dartmouth College, Hanover): Pain-Related Suffering and Narrative Niches
- 7th Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference (University of Prague): Pain – A Puzzling Case Study for Philosophy of Language and Mind
- Workshop ‘The ‘Other Side’ of Scaffolding and Niche Construction’ (University of Jyväskylä): Narratives Niches and the Construction of Suffering
2023
- Lecture Series ‘Philosophy & Psychiatry’ (online, Belgrade University): The Dynamic Patterns of Chronic Pain
- Conference of the Research Training Group ‘Situated Cognition’ (RU Bochum): The Biopsychosocial Model of Chronic Illnesses: Prospects and Challenges
- Workshop of the Research Network ‘The Role of Ambivalence for Suicidal Agency’ (TU Dresden): A Case Study of Chronic Pain: Agency, Suffering, and the Importance of Ambivalence
- Workshop ‘Coordination, Norms, & Group Action’ (Radboud University): Pluralism – From Individuals to Groups (with Dr. Julia Wolf)
- Colloquium of the Institute for Philosophy (TU Dortmund): Negative Niche Construction: Modern Challenges in Medicine and Healthcare
- OZSW Study Group ‘Philosophy & Psychiatry (VU Amsterdam): The Biopsychosocial Model and the Challenges of Integration
2022
- Neural Mechanisms Online Webinar: The Notorious Neurophilosophy of Pain: A Family Resemblance Approach to Idiosyncrasy and Generalizability
- Lecture Series ‘Philosophy & Psychopathology of Embodiment in Social Context’ (University Clinics Heidelberg): An Enactive Approach to Acute and Chronic Pain
2021
- Colloquium ‘New Developments in Experimental Philosophy’ (University of Zurich): The Folk Concept of Pain: Implication, Cancellability, & Projection
- Colloquium ‘Theoretical Philosophy’ (University of Bern): Pain and the Field of Affordances
- RUB-UFMG Workshop (online; RU Bochum & Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais): A Multidimensional Phenomenal Space for Pain
- Colloquium ‘Cognition and Culture’ (online; University of Exeter): An Enactive Approach to Chronic Pain and Its Treatment (with Dr. Peter Stilwell)
2017-2020
- Colloquium ‘Philosophy of Cognition’ (online; TU Berlin): Why Bodily Sensations Still Pose a Challenge to Strong Representationalism
- Colloquium ‘Philosophy of Nature and Sciences’ (University of Bonn): Strong Intentionalism and the Issue of Bodily Sensations
- Internal Research Meeting ‘New Developments in Experimental Philosophy’ (University of Bern): The Paradox of Pain
- GAP Workshop ‘Mental Representation, Mechanistic Explanation & Situated Cognition’ (University of Cologne): Pain: Why Representationalists Cannot Account for It
- PhilSoc Seminar of the School of Philosophy (ANU): The Causal and Functional Roles of Pain
- Colloquium of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology (University Clinic Essen): Pain Between Neuroscience and Philosophy
- Doctoral Colloquium of the Institute of Philosophy (University of Bern): The Integrative Pattern Theory of Pain
Peer-Reviewed Talks
2024
- European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference (University of Lisbon): Affective Niche Construction
2023
- OZSW Conference of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy (University of Leiden): The Dark Side of Niche Construction
- Carnap Lectures with Kim Sterelny (RU Bochum): The Dark Side of Niche Construction
2022
- Online Workshop ‘Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind’: What can Neuroscientific Pain Research do for Clinical Practice?
- Conference ‘The Emotions: Phenomenology, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy’ (University Clinics Heidelberg): The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain
- GAP Conference (HU Berlin): The Mysterious Pain Quality
- GAP Conference (HU Berlin): Pluralism and the Role of Mindreading (with Dr. Julia Wolf)
- Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society ‘Cognitive Diversity’ (online; Toronto): An Experimental-Linguistic Study of the Folk Concept of Pain: Implication, Projection, and Deniability (with Dr. Pascale Willemsen and Prof. Kevin Reuter)
- European Society for Psychology and Philosophy Conference (University of Milan): The Folk Concept of Pain: Complex, Not Paradoxical
- Workshop on ‘Agency, Bodily Perception, and the Self’ (University of Barcelona): Pain, Action, and Agency
2021
- Congress of the German Society for Philosophy (online; University of Erlangen-Nürnberg): Pain and the Significance of Action: Motivating and Challenging Imperative Theories
- European Society for Psychology and Philosophy Conference (online; University of Leipzig): A Multidimensional Phenomenal Space for Pain: Structure, Primitiveness, & Utility
- European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference (online; University of Graz): A Taxonomy of Environmentally Scaffolded Affectivity (with Prof. Achim Stephan)
- Workshop ‘Minds, Models and Mechanisms: Current Trends in Philosophy of Psychiatry’ (online; University of Saarbrücken): An Enactive Approach to Chronic Pain: Addressing Conceptual, Methodological, and Therapeutic Challenges (joint work with Dr. Peter Stilwell)
- Workshop ‘Methodology of Situated Cognition Research’ (online; University of Kassel): The Unificatory Value of Enactivism in Clinical Contexts: An Exemplary Study of Chronic Pain (joint work with Dr. Peter Stilwell)
2015-2020
- European Experimental Philosophy Conference (online; University of Prague): The Semantics & Norms of Assertion for Pain Reports (with Prof. Kevin Reuter)
- Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences (Roma Tre): The Family Resemblances of Pain: A Non-Eliminative Approach
- Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences (University of Bologna): The Dynamics of Pain
- European Society for Psychology and Philosophy Conference (University of Herefordshire): The Dynamic Pattern Theory of Physical Pain
- Understanding Value Six Conference (University of Sheffield): The Value of Pain
- The Human Mind Conference (University of Cambridge): Challenging the Intentional Approach to Pain: Representationalism and Imperativism
- Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures with Frank Jackson (RU Bochum): Challenging the Representational Approach to Pain
- European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference (University of Athens): Pain and Emotion
- European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference (University of Edinburgh): Criteria of Rationality and Their Application to Emotions
Talks at Co-organized Workshops
2024
- Workshop ‘Technological Niche Disruptions’ (VU Amsterdam): Technological Niche Disruptions (with Dr. Guido Löhr)
2023
- Workshop ‘Experiences of Loss: An Interdisciplinary Exploration’ (VU Amsterdam): Experiences of Loss: An Introduction
2022
- GAP Satellite Workshop ‘Scaffolding and Niche Construction: Conceptualization and Applications’ (HU Berlin): The Dark Side of Niche Construction
2018
- Workshop ‘Investigating the Mind: Pain, Emotion & Affective Disorders’ (RU Bochum): A Space for Pain (Paper Discussion)
2017
- Workshop ‘The Nature of Pain: An Interdisciplinary Perspective’ (RU Bochum): The Dynamics of Pain
- Spring School ‘Social Cognition, Emotion and Joint Action’ (RU Bochum): The Dynamic Pattern Theory of Pain – Neuroscientific Insights and their Theoretical Implications