BAMΞ aims to support and advance research in the field of Consciousness Science, wherever mathematical questions are concerned. To this end, we host workshops, discussion sessions, invited talks, and residencies.
BAMΞ’s research is organized in sprints. Each sprint is dedicated to a specific open question or topic of interest in or around Mathematical Consciousness Science. Sprints typically last two months and may include a range of workshops and talks.
Whenever possible, BAMΞ’s workshops, talks, and discussion sessions are held in hybrid form. If you would like to join an event, please reach out.
Upcoming Sprints
We are currently working on the following sprints:
Mathematical Phenomenology Sprint
- October 25 – December 15, 2025 & March 22 – 29, 2026
- Mathematical Phenomenology Sprint
Measurement Theory Sprint
- Est. January 15 – April 15, 2026*
- Measurement Theory Sprint
AI Consciousness Sprint
- Est. April 15 – June 15, 2026*
- AI Consciousness Sprint
*Dates to be confirmed.
Conferences
Outside of sprints, BAMΞ is a co-organizer of the following conferences:
Models of Consciousness 6
September 30 – October 4, 2025
Hokkaido University
Updates
We share updates about our scientific activities via our mailing list and Google calendar.
Upcoming Workshops
We are happy to share the following list of upcoming workshops. For details and additional activities, please refer to the sprint websites linked above.
Past Workshops
We are grateful to all participants and speakers who contributed to our past workshops.
Previous Speakers

Megan Peters
Prof. Dr.
Experimental Psychology Department, University College London
On the Proximity of Minds and Machines in Developing Tests for Artificial Consciousness

Johannes Fahrenfort
Prof. Dr.
Cognitive Psychology Section, Free University Amsterdam
Subjective and Objective Approaches in the Study of Conscious Perception

Jolien Francken
Prof. Dr.
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam
From Fragmentation to Integration in Consciousness Science

Riet van Bork
Prof. Dr.
Psychological Methods Department, University of Amsterdam
Measurement Theories in Psychology: Mental Attributes as True Scores, Latent Variables or Networks

Matthias Michel
Prof. Dr.
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
PAS: Boo! Confidence: Hooray!

Camila Valenzuela-Moguillansky
Dr.
A MATHA, Escola de Fenomenologia Corporal
A Measurement Theory for Consciousness: Some Reflections from Experience Research

Andrew Y. Lee
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Consciousness & Continuity

Wanja Wiese
Dr.
Institute for Philosophy II, Ruhr University Bochum
Can We Measure Consciousness in Artificial Systems?

Jorge Morales
Prof. Dr.
Department of Psychology & College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University
What We Talk About When We Talk About Mental Images

Noam Miller
Prof. Dr.
Collective Cognition Lab, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
Social Tests of Consciousness in Animals

Anat Arzi
Prof. Dr.
Department of Medical Neurobiology & Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Dynamics of (Un)Consciousness: Insights from Olfaction and Respiration

Johannes Kleiner
Dr. Dr.
Bamberg Mathematical Consciousness Science Initiative & Institute for Psychology, University of Bamberg
Representational Measurement Theory and the Measurement of Consciousness

Luca Mari
Prof. Dr.
Measurement Science, Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC, Castellanza
How Can We Justify the Epistemic Prestige of Measurement?

Jo Wolff
Prof. Dr.
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
In What Sense does RTM Provide 'Foundations' of Measurement?

Leah Feuerstahler
Prof. Dr.
Director, Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology Program, Fordham University
Item Response Models and Psychological Measurement

Michael Miller
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Measurement, Uncertainty, and Precision

Matthias Borgstede
PD Dr.
Institute for Educational Science, University of Bamberg
Theory-Based Measurement in Psychology

Alistair Isaac
Prof. Dr.
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh
Norms for Successful Measurement

Miguel Ohnesorge
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, Boston University
Lessons for Human Science Measurement from the Quantification of Earthquake Size

Cristian Larroulet Philippi
Dr.
School of Historical And Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne
Quantifying the Human?

Olha Sobetska
Centre Leo Apostel (CLEA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Methodological Misalignment in Cognitive Measurement
- 15 January⋅19:00 CET

Cordelia Mühlenbeck
Dr.
Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Measurement of Ego Development and Its Relation to Aesthetic Experience
- 28 January⋅20:00 CET

Michael Levin
Prof. Dr.
Department of Biology, Tufts University
Novel Embodiments of Mind: Natural, Bioengineered, and Hybrid Interfaces
- 29 October⋅17:00 CET
This talk is co-organized together with AMCS.

Sabrina Coninx
Prof. Dr.
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Constructing a Phenomenal Space for Pain Experiences
- 6 November⋅13:30 CET

Rachel Denison
Prof. Dr.
Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University
Attentional Distortions of Subjective Perception
- 19 November⋅19:00 CET

Pascal Fischer
Prof. Dr.
Institute for English and American Studies, University of Bamberg
Categorical Differences between Human Experience and Artificial Intelligence Highlighted by Literature
- 27 November⋅18:00 CET


Aran Nayebi
Prof. Dr.
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Reverse-Engineering Natural Intelligence with Embodied Agents
- 8 December⋅19:00 CET
This talk is co-organized together with AMCS.

Jeffrey Yoshimi
Prof. Dr.
Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University of California, Merced
Mathematical Phenomenology: What it Is, How to Do It, and Where Things Stand

Mirja Hartimo
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki
Husserlian Philosophy of Mathematics

Yuko Ishihara
Prof. Dr.
College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University in Osaka
Beyond Infinite Reflection: Nishida’s Mathematical Models of Self-Consciousness

Robert Prentner
Prof. Dr. Dr.
Institute of Humanities, ShanghaiTech University
Mathematized Phenomenology as Transcendental Interface to the World

Andrew Y. Lee
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
The Future of Consciousness

Mary Leng
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Objectivity without Objects: Lessons from the Phenomenology of Imaginative Engagement

Ken Williford
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy & Humanities, The University of Texas at Arlington
Mathematical Phenomenology: Prospects & Challenges

Mark Ettinger
Dr.
Independent
“Mathematical Phenomenology” and “Computational Phenomenology”: A Study In Contrasts


Ishan Singhal
Dr.
Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex
Time as an Essential Property of Experience

Geoffrey Lee
Prof. Dr.
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
Phenomenal Magnitudes and Phenomenal Measurement: Towards a Moderate Realism

Larissa Albantakis
Prof. Dr.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Your Experience is a Causal Structure

Wanja Wiese
Dr.
Institute for Philosophy II, Ruhr University Bochum
Impossible Conscious Experiences

Lukas Kob
Dr.
Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
Substrate-Hybrid Systems in the Context of Artificial Consciousness

Nao Tsuchiya
Prof. Dr.
School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
The Qualia Structure Paradigm: Towards a Construction of a Qualia Periodic Table for the Dissolution of the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Nicolás Hinrichs
Dr.
Embodied Cognition Science Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) & Cognition and Plasticity Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Geometric Neurophenomenology

Tim Ludwig
Dr.
Philosophy of Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Models, Concepts, and Real Systems: From Physics to Consciousness Science

Michel Bitbol
Prof. Dr.
Directeur de Recherche Émérite au CNRS, Archives Husserl, École Normale Supérieure
Consciousness, Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenology. A Global Challenge to the Naturalistic Paradigm

Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Prof. Dr.
Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego
Consciousness as the Nexus of Awakening: Tibetan Buddhist Insights

Adam Frank
Prof. Dr.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Beyond The Blind Spot. The New Physics of Life, The New Life of Physics

Romy Beauté
Sussex Center for Consciousness Science, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex
Mapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): A Discovery-First (“Wide-Angle”) Approach in Consciousness Science

Sascha Benjamin Fink
Dr.
Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Paradigms in Consciousness Research

Rony Hirschhorn
Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University
Naturalistic Methods in Consciousness Research: What does it mean to study consciousness “for real”?

Michael R. Sheehy
Prof. Dr.
Director of Research, Contemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia
A Buddhist Nondual Model of Consciousness

Matthias Michel
Prof. Dr.
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Magical Room Problem: Why Most of Consciousness Science is Probably Wrong

Tom Froese
Prof. Dr.
Embodied Cognitive Science Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Mathematical Signatures of Irreducible Consciousness

Jacopo Colelli
Dipartimento di Filosofia, Comunicazione e Spettacolo, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Phenomenological Neurocognitivism: From Consciousness Layers to Structure-Preserving Neurocognitive Models
- 3 December⋅12:00 CET
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