I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy, author and presenter. As a philosopher I am working in aesthetics and ethics. My main fields of interest are aesthetic experience in all its varieties, perspectivity and perspective shifting, empathy, attention, and emotions.

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• New Article: "Warum wir helfen" for Spiegel Online, 03.04.2022. 

• New Interview: "Empathie ist selektiv" for NZZ, 24.03.2022. 

• New Publication: Schmetkamp, Susanne, 2022:  “Aesthetic Attention and Change of Perspectives” in: Wehrle, M / D’Angelo, D. / Solomonova, E. (eds.), Access and and Mediation – Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Attention | Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter.

• Video of my talk at UZH: "Ästhetische Aufmerksamkeit und psychedelische Erfahrungen", 06.12.2021.