Wanja Wiese

Dr. Wanja Wiese is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Ruhr University Bochum, Institute for Philosophy II, Chair for Philosophy of Mind (Prof. Dr. Albert Newen). She previously served as an interim professor for Theoretical Philosophy and Philosophy of the Social Sciences at University Witten/Herdecke (2023-2024) and as a postdoctoral researcher at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2015-2021). She holds a Habilitation in Philosophy (2024) and a PhD in Philosophy (2015) from Ruhr University Bochum and Mainz, respectively, along with a dual M.A. in Philosophy and Mathematics (2011).

Her research focuses on

• Philosophy of Mind (phenomenal consciousness, mental representation)
• Philosophy of Cognitive Science (predictive processing, free energy principle)
• Philosophy of AI (ethics of AI in psychiatry)

She is a co-editor-in-chief of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) and co-organizer of the Models of Consciousness (MoC) conference series. She managed the Minimal Phenomenal Experience project and the MIND Group web platform.

Her recent publications address topics like

• Artificial consciousness
• Phenomenal unity
• Computational psychiatry
• Free energy principle
• Self-modeling in AI
• Predictive processing

She collaborates with institutions such as MIT, Donders Institute, and University College London.