Sara Heinämaa

Sara Heinämaa is Academy Professor (2017– 2021) of the Academy of Finland, leading a five-year research project in phenomenology of normality and experiential norms. She holds a chair for philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä and is docent of theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki. In her systematic work, Heinämaa investigates the nature of embodiment, intersubjectivity, temporality, and normality. She has published widely in phenomenology, existentialism, philosophy of mind and history of philosophy.