Alfred Newen

Prof. Dr. Alfred Newen is a Professor of Philosophy at Ruhr-Universität Bochum since 2007 (W3 since 2010), specializing in philosophy of mind and cognition. He leads the Research Training Group 'Situated Cognition' (DFG-funded) and the Center for Mind and Cognition. His research focuses on embodied cognition, consciousness studies, animal cognition, and emotion attribution. He has held visiting positions at Oxford, Berkeley, and UC San Francisco. Notable awards include the Bennigsen-Förderpreis and the Psychiatry Philosophy Prize.

• Education: PhD from University of Bonn (1994), Habilitation in Philosophy (2002)
• Leadership roles: Vice President (2016–2018) and President (2018–2020) of the German Society for Cognitive Science (GK)
• Key Projects: FOR 2812 'Constructing Scenarios of the Past', ALARM Theory of Consciousness

Research interests span animal consciousness, episodic memory, predictive processing, and interdisciplinary cognitive science. He co-authored The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition (2018) and frequently publishes in journals like Cognition and Philosophical Psychology.

Awards highlight contributions to cognitive science and philosophy, including collaborative work with neuroscientists and empirical researchers.