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  • I'm a philosopher and cognitive scientist at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, where I am a Ramón y Cajal Fellow. I am a member of LOGOS and the Barcelona Institute for Analytic Philosophy (BIAP).

    I completed the majority of my postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge between 2018-2022, and prior to that did my PhD (Philosophy), MA (Philosophy) and B.Sci (Natural Sciences: Biology, Psychology & Philosophy) at  the Universities of Antwerp, Sheffield, King's College London and Durham. I've held visiting positions at the Institut Jean Nicod (2023-24) and Uppsala University (2024). 

    I was awarded the 2024 Arthur Danto/American Society of Aesthetics Prize by the American Philosophical Association. I was Co-Director of the project "Higher Values: Aesthetic Experiences, Transcendence & Prosociality" at the University of Cambridge (2022-2025, funded by the Templeton Religion Trust) with Simone Schnall.

    I'm also Chair of the iCog network, and from 2015-2018 was co-editor of the British Society of Aesthetics' journal Debates in Aesthetics.

    Most of my research to date has been at the intersection of Moral Philosophy (and especially Moral Psychology & Environmental Ethics), the Philosophy of Mind, Psychology & Cognitive Science, and Philosophical Aesthetics.

    Broadly speaking, my research is concerned with characterising certain emotions, and understanding the role that these emotions play in our lives, particularly with respect to our perceptual, moral and aesthetic capacities.

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