Tsakiris Hands

Manos Tsakiris studied psychology, philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience. He is currently the Director of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, where he is dedicated to the interdisciplinary understanding of emotions and politics. In addition, he is a professor of psychology and directs the Action and Body Laboratory at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a visiting professor at the Warburg Institute.

Her research is interdisciplinary and uses a wide range of methods to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms that shape the experience of embodiment and self-identity. He received the Young Mind and Brain Award in 2014, the 22nd Society for Experimental Psychology Award in 2015, and the NOMIS Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award in 2016.

Since 2016, she has led the interdisciplinary project Body & Image in Arts & Science (BIAS) at the Warburg Institute, and since 2017 the INtheSELF ERC Consolidator project at Royal Holloway investigating the role of interception for social self-awareness.