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Areas of Specialisation

Philosophy of Mind & Animal Minds, Philosophy of Psychology & Cognitive Science, (Applied) Ethics

Areas of Competence

Philosophy of Science, Social Epistemology

Education

PhD Candidate since 09/2023

Thesis: Episodic Memory – Its Nature, Distribution & Relevance

Supervisors: Ali Boyle & Jonathan Birch
Philosophy
London School of Economics 

Master of Arts 10/2021 – 08/2023

Thesis: Self-Enhancement. Do episodic memories provide us with knowledge of our past? (First Class: 1.0)

Supervisors: Hong Yu Wong & Jean-Moritz Müller
Philosophy – First Class (1.03)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

 Bachelor of Arts 10/2018 – 10/2021

Thesis: The Nature of Episodic Memory. Are Episodic Memories built on Beliefs about the Past? (First Class: 1.0)

Supervisors: Hong Yu Wong & Daniel Gregory
Philosophy (Major: 1.0) / Anthropology (Minor: 1.9) – First Class (1.4)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Publications

  1. forthcoming. “Misremembering the Past: A Failure but not a Malfunction”. Synthese.

  2. forthcoming. “Accuracy First: Episodic Memory’s Evolution”. Philosophical Psychology.

  3. 2023. “Trusting Traumatic Memories: Considerations from Memory Science”. Second author, co-authored with Alison Springle & Seth Goldwasser. Philosophy of Science 90: 1060-1068.

Scholarships and Awards

  1. Since 2023. Full PhD Scholarship on Ali Boyle’s Project: Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human? LSE.

  2. 2026. Philosophy of Memory Essay Prize Winner for the paper titled “The Deep Connections between “Episodic-Like” Memory and Consciousness in Animals” – Centre for Philosophy of Memory.

  3. 2026. John Watkins Memorial Prize for distinguished achievements in graduate work based on my published paper “Accuracy First: Episodic Memory’s Evolution” – LSE Philosophy Department.

  4. 2025. Jacobsen Essay Prize Winner for an essay titled "Are Memory Errors Malfunctions?".

  5. 2024. Early-Career Researcher Essay Award. Issues in the Philosophy of Memory 4 (IPM4).

  6. 2023. Women in Memory Research Award. FOR 2812: Constructing Scenarios of the Past. Ruhr University Bochum.

  7. 2022. Student bursary to attend the Reference in Remembering Conference in Grenoble. Centre for Philosophy of Memory Grenoble.

  8. 2020. CEU Philosophy Undergraduate Essay Competition – Third Place. Central European University.

Conferences

  1. 2026. Talk: The Moral Significance of Episodic-Like Memory. Joint Session (Reading).

  2. 2026. Talk: Welfare Implications of Episodic-Like Memory in Nonhuman Animals. Workshop on Welfare and Ethics (Saarbrücken).

  3. 2026. Poster: Welfare Implications of Episodic-Like Memory in Nonhuman Animals. Science for Animal Welfare Centenary Conference (London).

  4. 2026. Invited (Keynote) Talk: Episodic Memory & Consciousness. Why they tend to come together in animals. Animal Minds: New Theories & New Observations (Bochum).

  5. 2025. Talk: Episodic-Like Memory without Consciousness? European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP).

  6. 2025. Talk: Are Memory Errors Malfunctions? Joint Session Aristotelian Society & British Society for Philosophy of Science (BSPS).

  7. 2025. Talk: Episodic-Like Memory without Consciousness? Valencia Lab Summer School: Mental Representation & Consciousness.

  8. 2025. Talk: Are Memory Errors Malfunctions? GEM 2025: Constructing Scenarios of the Past (Bochum).

  9. 2024. Talk: The Ethical Significance of Episodic Memory in Nonhuman Animals. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP). Symposium with Gema Martin-Ordas, Simon Brown, Arieh Schwartz & Ali Boyle.

  10. 2024. Talk: Reconciling the Functions of Episodic Memory. Issues in the Philosophy of Memory 4.

  11. 2023. Talk: Is there an epistemic difference between voluntary and involuntary episodic memories? 1st Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind: Symposium with Santiago Arango-Muñoz, Marina Trakas, Alison Springle and Seth Goldwasser on Voluntary and Involuntary Memory.

  12. 2023. Poster: Self-Enhancement: How Reliable Are Our Episodic Memories. GEM 2023: Constructing Scenarios of the Past (Bochum).

  13. 2022. Talk (with Alison Springle & Seth Goldwasser):Trusting Traumatic Memories – Considerations from Memory Science. European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP).

  14. 2022. Talk: The Nature of Episodic Memory – the Belief as Basis Theory. Fifth Early Career Researchers Workshop in Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science.

  15. 2021. Commentary: Commentary on No Affordance Left Behind: An Enactive-Ecological Account of Inner Speech (Twan Kieboom). Summer School for graduate students and early career researchers: Speaking, Thinking, Doing: Inner Speech and its Connection to Thought.

Teaching

2026. Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA).

All teaching experiences as graduate teaching assistant with grading responsibilities

01/2026 – 05/2026. The Ethics of Data and AI, Alessandra Basso

10/2025 – 01/2026. Mind and Metaphysics, Xinhe Wu & Arieh Schwartz

Guest Lecture on Phenomenal Consciousness (Fall 2025)

09/2024 – 06/2025. The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Paola Romero & Jonathan Birch

04/2023 – 08/2023. Introduction to Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Hong Yu Wong

Guest Lecture on Essay Writing in Philosophy (Spring 2023)

10/2021 – 09/2022. Introduction to Philosophy, Hong Yu Wong & Dominik Balg

Academic Services

  1. Since 2026. Referee for Review of Philosophy and Psychology.

  2. Since 09/2026. Science for Animal Welfare Co-Link at the London School of Economics with Prof. Jonathan Birch.

  3. 05/2026. Co-organising the workshop "Atypical Cases of Memory: From Minimal Agents to Human Development" in Grenoble, with Elena Ostos.

  4. 02/2026. Co-organising the workshop "Episodic Memory: Functions Across Contexts" at LSE, with Elena Ostos, Arieh Schwartz & Ali Boyle.

  5. 09/2024 – 09/2025. PhD Student Representative, London School of Economics.

Assistant Jobs

  1. 05/2025 – 07/2025. Assistant to Dr. Ali Boyle in administrative tasks for the British Society for Philosophy of Science Conference in Glasgow.

  2. 10/2024 – 12/2024. Assistant to Prof. Jonathan Birch in promoting his new book "The Edge of Sentience"

  3. 10/2021 – 09/2022. Student Assistant to Chair of Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Prof. Hong Yu Wong

  4. 04/2021 – 10/2021. Student Assistant to Prof. Alexandra Zinke