About

I am a philosopher and psychologist. Since 2023, I have been a postdoctoral researcher at Heidelberg University, Germany, and member of the Section for Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy. Currently, I work on the project “Dynamics of Oikeiosis. Familiarity and trust as basic elements of an intersubjective anthropology and their significance for psychopathology”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). 

My research is in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry, and philosophical psychology. 

I have an unwavering interest in the multifaceted nature of human selfhood, the intentional structure of our experience of the world, the roles of other people in our lives, and the intricate structures of emotional phenomena, as well as their interplay with action and agency. I would like to do more work on ethics, normative structures, and moral psychology.

My work typically emphasizes an experiential perspective, which I develop by engaging with the various phenomenological traditions, contemporary philosophy of mind, philosophy of emotion, and the philosophy of psychiatry. At the same time, I have a strong interest in the history of philosophy, drawing inspiration from both classical authors and overlooked thinkers. In recent years, I have cultivated an enduring curiosity about Stoic philosophy and its influence on modern thought. The second pillar of my research focuses on psychopathology, where I adopt an interdisciplinary approach that integrates philosophy with empirical research in psychology and psychiatry, as well as the cognitive and social sciences.

After completing degrees in both philosophy (Mag. phil.) and psychology (Mag. rer.nat.) at the University of Vienna, Austria, I received my PhD in philosophy in 2021 from Heidelberg University, Germany, with the work Self-Experience and the Feeling of Being Oneself.  

Before coming to Heidelberg as a postdoctoral researcher, I was a research fellow at the University of Würzburg (2019–2024), TU Darmstadt (2018–2021), University of Vienna (2015–2018), and University of Graz (2014–2015).