Education – Experience – Publications

Personal info

Position	Research Fellow (tenured since October 2020)
Email	h.de.jaegher AT gmail DOT com
Website	hannedejaegher.net
Phone	+34 943 01 8878
Address	EHU/UPV, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Avenida de Tolosa 70, 20018 Donostia – San Sebastián

Summary

I’m a philosopher of mind and cognitive science. I am fascinated by how we think, work, and play (basically live and love) together. For studying our rich social lives, I ongoingly develop the enactive theory of intersubjectivity called participatory sense-making. Its concepts and empirical methods are being applied in, e.g., autism research, therapeutic practices, education research, ethics, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. With Ezequiel Di Paolo and Elena Cuffari, I recently wrote Linguistic Bodies: The Continuity Between Life and Language (MIT Press, October 2018). My doctorate is from the University of Sussex (2007), I’ve held various Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships, and am currently Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow.

Research interests

Intersubjectivity
Enaction
Autism
Loving and knowing – Engaged/engaging epistemologies
Interaction dynamics & coordination
Interactional & individual autonomy, heteronomy
Methods for investigating intersubjectivity
Phenomenology and sociology
Social pathologies

Education

2001 – 2007: D.Phil. Philosophy of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, UK
1996 – 2001: Licentiate in Philosophy, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

Experience

Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow (2015 – 2020)
IAS Research Centre for Life, Mind, & Society
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ES

Deputy Training Coordinator (2012 – 2014)
Marie Curie ITN TESIS
IAS Research Centre for Life, Mind, & Society
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ES

Marie Curie IEF Fellow (2010 – 2012)
Interaction Dynamics and Autonomy in Social Cognition
IAS Research Centre for Life, Mind, & Society
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ES

Experienced Researcher (2008 – 2010)
Marie Curie Research Training Network DISCOS
Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, DE

Publications

Books:

Di Paolo E A, Cuffari E C & De Jaegher H (2018) Linguistic Bodies. The Continuity Between Life and Language. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press
De Jaegher H (2018) Denken over liefde hoeft geen schrik aan te jagen. Antwerp, BE, Letterwerk
In progress: De Jaegher H Loving and Knowing

Journal papers:

Candiotto L & De Jaegher H (2021) Love In-Between. The Journal of Ethics, DOI: 10.1007/s10892-020-09357-9
Cuffari E, Di Paolo E, & De Jaegher H (2021) Letting language be: reflections on enactive method. Filosofia Unisinos – Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, 22(1), 117–124. doi: 10.4013/fsu.2021.221.14.
De Jaegher H (2020) Seeing and inviting participation in autistic interactions. Transcultural Psychiatry, preprint DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/bhjfc (peer-reviewed version, as accepted by journal, before proofing)
Martínez Quintero A & De Jaegher H (2020) Pregnant Agencies: Movement and Participation in Maternal–Fetal Interactions. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(1977). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01977
De Jaegher H (2019) Loving and knowing. Reflections for an engaged epistemology. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, doi:10.1007/s11097-019-09634-5 (pdf)
Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2019) Microphenomenology of first encounters: A sympathetic critique. Constructivist Foundations 14(2): 185–187.
Fletcher-Watson S, De Jaegher H, van Dijk J, Frauenberger C, Magnée M & Ye J (2018) Diversity computing. ACM Interactions, 25(5), 28–33.
De Jaegher H, Pieper B, Clénin D & Fuchs T (2017) Grasping intersubjectivity: an invitation to embody social interaction research. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 16(3), (491–523). doi: 10.1007/s11097-016-9469-8
De Jaegher H (2016) Deelnemend zin-geven. Een wetenschappelijke basis voor genuanceerde interacties. Systeemtheoretisch Bulletin, 34(2), 121-138.
De Jaegher H, Peräkylä A & Stevanovic M (2016) The co-creation of meaningful action: Bridging enaction and interactional sociology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371: 20150378.
De Jaegher H, Di Paolo E & Adolphs R (2016) What does the Interactive Brain Hypothesis mean for Social Neuroscience? A dialogue. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371: 20150379.
De Jaegher H (2016) Intersubjectivity in the study of experience. Constructivist Foundations, 11, 393-395.
De Jaegher H (2015) How we affect each other. Michel Henry’s “pathos-with” and the enactive approach to intersubjectivity. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 21(1-2), 112-132.
Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2015) Towards an embodied science of intersubjectivity: Widening the scope of social understanding research. [Editorial]. Frontiers in Psychology, 6.
Cuffari E, Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2015) From participatory sense-making to language: There and back again. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 14(4), 1089-1125. doi: 10.1007/s11097-014-9404-9
Fantasia V, De Jaegher H & Fasulo A (2014) We can work it out: An enactive look at cooperation. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00874
Di Paolo E, De Jaegher H & Gallagher S (2013) One step forwards, two steps back – not the Tango: comment on Gallotti and Frith. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(7), 303-304. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.05.003
De Jaegher H (2013) Embodiment and sense-making in autism. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 7(15), doi: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00015
De Jaegher H (2013) Rigid and fluid interactions with institutions. Cognitive Systems Research 25-26 (0), 19-25. doi:10.1016/j.cogsys.2013.03.002
McGann M, De Jaegher H & Di Paolo E (2013) Enaction and psychology. Review of General Psychology, 17(2), 203-209. doi:10.1037/a0032935
De Jaegher H & Di Paolo E (2013) Enactivism is not interactionism. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6(345). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00345
Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2012) The interactive brain hypothesis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6(163) doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00163
De Jaegher H, Di Paolo E & Gallagher S (2010) Can social interaction constitute social cognition? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14(10), 441-447. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2010.06.009
De Jaegher H & Froese T (2009) On the role of social interaction in individual agency. Adaptive Behavior, 17(5), 444-460.
Fuchs T & De Jaegher H (2009) Enactive Intersubjectivity: Participatory sense-making and mutual incorporation. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 8(4), 465-486.
[Translated into Japanese by Prof. Shogo Tanaka. In Philosophy of Disability & Coexistence: Body, Narrative, and Community. Kohji Ishihara and Minae Inahara (Eds.) UTCP-Uehiro Booklet 2, pp.193-221) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, 2013]
McGann M & De Jaegher H (2009) Self-Other Contingencies: Enacting Social Perception. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 8(4), 417-437.
[See also the special issue on participatory sense-making in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (2009).]
De Jaegher H (2009) Social understanding through direct perception? Yes, by interacting. Consciousness and Cognition, 18(2), 535-542.
De Jaegher H (2009) What made me want the cheese? A reply to Shaun Gallagher and Dan Hutto. Consciousness and Cognition, 18(2), 549-550.
De Jaegher H & Di Paolo E (2007) Participatory Sense-Making: An enactive approach to social cognition. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 6(4), 485-507.

Edited Special Issue (also eBook):

Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2015) Towards an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity: Widening the Scope of Social Understanding Research, Lausanne: Frontiers Media, 2015.

Book chapters:

De Jaegher H (2018) The intersubjective turn. In: Newen A, Gallagher S & de Bruin L (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognition: Embodied, Embedded, Enactive and Extended, Oxford University Press. pp. 453–468.
Schiavio A & De Jaegher H (2017) Participatory sense-making in joint musical practice. In: Lesaffre M, Maes P-J & Leman M (eds.) Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction, London: Routledge
Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2017) Neither individualistic, nor interactionist. In: Durt C, Fuchs T & Tewes C (eds.) Embodiment, Enaction, and Culture—Investigating the Constitution of the Shared World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
De Jaegher H (2014) “Enacción y autonomía: cómo el mundo social cobra sentido mediante la participación” Autonomía con otros. Ensayos sobre bioética, ed. Casado da Rocha A. Plaza y Valdés, Madrid, pp. 111-131
De Haan S, De Jaegher H, Fuchs T & Mayer A (2011) Expanding perspectives: The interactive development of perspective-taking in early childhood. In: Tschacher W, and Bergomi C (eds.) The implications of embodiment. Cognition and communication, pp.129-150. Imprint Academic, Exeter
Di Paolo E, Rohde M, and De Jaegher H (2010) Horizons for the enactive mind: Values, social interaction, and play. In Stewart J, Gapenne, O & Di Paolo E (Eds.), Enaction: Towards a New Paradigm for Cognitive Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
De Jaegher H (2010) Enaction versus representation: an opinion piece. In Fuchs T, Sattel H & Henningsen P (Eds.), The Embodied Self: Dimensions, Coherence and Disorders. Stuttgart: Schattauer.
Fuchs T, and De Jaegher H (2010) Non-representational intersubjectivity. In Fuchs T, Sattel H & Henningsen P (Eds.), The Embodied Self: Dimensions, Coherence and Disorders. Stuttgart: Schattauer.
De Jaegher H, and Fuchs T (2010) Meaning, subjectivity and coordination. In Fuchs T, Sattel H & Henningsen P (Eds.), The Embodied Self: Dimensions, Coherence and Disorders. Stuttgart: Schattauer.
De Jaegher H, and Di Paolo E (2008) Making sense in participation. An enactive approach to social cognition. In Morganti F, Carassa A & Riva G (Eds.), Enacting Intersubjectivity: A Cognitive and Social Perspective to the Study of Interactions. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Book reviews:

- - De Jaegher H (2009) “Not a single story about intersubjectivity. Review of Vasu Reddy’s How Infants Know Minds.” Journal of Consciousness Studies, 17(1-2), 240-244

Interviews:

- - Di Paolo E & De Jaegher H (2012) “Sense-making with Ezequiel Di Paolo and Hanne De Jaegher.” Avant, 3(2), 147-159

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