Mona Jahangiri

Dr. Mona Jahangiri is a Lecturer at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (since 2020) in the Faculty of Philosophy, specifically within the Department of Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. Her academic journey includes studying Philosophy at the University of Bonn, Neuroscience at the University of Cologne, and completing her PhD at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (2021) with a monograph on Mullā Hādī Sabziwārī’s concept of the soul.

• Research Interests:
  • Philosophy of Science and Religion
  • Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism
  • Neuroscience and Theology
  • Neuroethics
  • Artificial Intelligence in Islamic Philosophical Context

Her publications focus on interdisciplinary dialogues between Islamic philosophy and neuroscience, including works on personal identity, memory-dampening, and consciousness during mystical experiences. Key articles include The Self and its Time (2024), Toward a Neuro-ethics in Islamic Philosophy (2024), and analyses of theodicy and free will. She currently pursues habilitation on neuroethical dilemmas of memory-dampening and personal identity from an Islamic perspective.