Curriculum Vitae - Sanneke de Haan
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E-mail address: Sannekedehaan@gmail.com | Website: Sannekedehaan.nl
Research interests
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How do we make sense of the world, ourselves, and others? And what can go wrong? Psychiatry provides
a good entrance to investigate these questions. In my research, I focus on patients’ experiences, and how
to connect these with the physiological processes and socio-cultural influences that play a role in
psychiatric disorders. In my PhD thesis, I have explored to what extent an enactive paradigm could help
provide an encompassing and coherent theoretical framework for psychiatry. In another recent project, I
examined the phenomenological effects of Deep Brain Stimulation treatment with Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder patients. I have also been concerned with the phenomenology of schizophrenia and ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder, and what these conditions may tell us about issues regarding embodiment,
autonomy, and free will. Other topics that interest me are: the relation between body and mind; the
concept of emergence; the phenomenology of anxiety, trust, estrangement, and hyper-reflexivity; social
interactions; affordances; authenticity; and values. I mainly draw on phenomenology, philosophical
anthropology, enactivism, qualitative research, and cognitive neuroscience.
Academic employment
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2015
Postdoctoral researcher, investigating the logic and limits of neuro-reductionism in
psychiatry and its alternatives. The Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt
University.
2011-2014
Researcher, investigating the phenomenological changes of Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder patients after treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation. Department of Psychiatry,
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam.
2010
Visiting Scholar, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen.
2007-2011
Fellow Marie Curie EU Research Training Network DISCOS (Disorders and
Coherence of the Embodied Self). Conducting the EASE (Examination of Anomalous
Self-Experience) interview with first onset schizophrenic patients. Department of
Psychiatry, Section Phenomenological Psychopathology, Heidelberg University.
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Education
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16.06.2015
Ph.D. Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude), An Enactive Approach to Psychiatry (supervisors:
Thomas Fuchs & Gerrit Glas), Heidelberg University
2004-2006
Research MA Philosophy (Cum Laude), University of Amsterdam
2002-2004
BA Philosophy (Cum Laude), University of Amsterdam
1998-2004
BA Humanistic Studies (Cum Laude), University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht
Courses & Training
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2012
Psychology Specialisation courses in Brain & Cognition, University of Amsterdam
2011
Qualitative Healthcare Course, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
2008
EASE (Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience) Course, University of Copenhagen
2006-2007
Traineeship Humanistic Existential Counsellor, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda
Publications – Journal papers
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In preparation S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, M. Stokhof, D. Denys, Deep Brain Stimulation and
personality changes: Experiences of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.
In preparation S.E. de Haan, An enactive approach to psychiatry.
Under review
J. Luigjes, V. Lorenzetti, S.E. de Haan, G.J. Youssef, L.F. Fontenelle, C. Murawski,
Z. Sjoerds, W. Van den Brink, D. Denys, M. Yücel, Defining compulsive behaviour
and disentangling it from impulsive behaviour and habit.
2015
S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, M. Stokhof, D. Denys, Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation on
the lived experience of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients: In-depth interviews
with 18 patients. PLOS ONE 10-8, pp. 1-29.
2014
D. Núñez, R. Oelkers-Ax, S.E. de Haan, M. Ludwig, H. Sattel, F. Resch, M. Weisbrod,
T. Fuchs, Do deficits in the Magnocellular priming underlie visual derealization
phenomena? Preliminary neuro-physiological and self-reports in first episode
schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia Research 159, 2-3, pp. 441-9.
2014
S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, D. Denys, Stimulating good practice: What an Embodied
Embedded Cognition approach could actually mean for Deep Brain Stimulation practice.
American Journal of Bio-ethics Neuroscience 5-4, pp. 46-48.
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2013
S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, M. Stokhof, D. Denys, The phenomenology of Deep Brain
Stimulation-induced changes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients: An enactive
affordance-based model. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7, pp. 1-14.
2013
S. E. de Haan, De existentiële dimensie van de psychiatrie: een enactivistische
benadering. Psyche & Geloof 24-2, pp. 130-140.
2013
E. Rietveld, S.E. de Haan, D. Denys, Social affordances in context: What is it that
we are bodily responsive to? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36, p.436.
2012
G.B. Van der Kraats, S.E. de Haan, G. Meynen, Zelfbeleving in de vroege fase van
psychose: een fenomenologisch benadering. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie 54-12, pp. 1021-1029.
2012
L.C. de Bruin, S.E. de Haan, Enactivism and social cognition: In search for the whole
story. Journal of Cognitive Semiotics IV (1), pp. 225-250.
2010
S.E. de Haan, T. Fuchs, The ghost in the machine: Disembodiment in schizophrenia.
Psychopathology 43, pp. 327-333.
2010
F. Laroi, S.E. de Haan, S. Jones, A. Raballo, Auditory verbal hallucinations: dialoguing
between the cognitive sciences and phenomenology. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
9, pp. 225-240.
2009
S.E. de Haan, L.C. de Bruin, Reconstructing the minimal self, or how to make sense of
agency and ownership. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 9, pp. 373-396.
Publications – Book chapters
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2015
S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, D. Denys, Being free by losing control: What ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder can tell us about free will. In: W. Glannon (ed.), Free will and the
brain: Neuroscientific, philosophical, and legal perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
2013
S.E. de Haan, Te veel denken is gevaarlijk. In: M. Schermer, M. Boenink, G. Meynen
(eds.), Komt een filosoof bij de dokter. Amsterdam: Boom, pp. 35-49.
2013
S.E. de Haan, E. Rietveld, D. Denys, On the nature of obsessions and compulsions. In:
D. Baldwin & B. Leonard (eds.), Modern Trends in Pharmacopsychiatry – Anxiety Disorders.
Basel: Karger, pp. 1-15.
2011
S.E. de Haan, Fenomenologie van de lichaamservaring. In: D. Denys & G. Meynen
(eds.), Handboek voor Psychiatrie en Filosofie. Utrecht: De Tijdstroom, pp. 213-229.
2011
S.E. de Haan, H. De Jaegher, T. Fuchs, A. Mayer, Expanding perspectives. The
interactive development of perspective-taking in early childhood. In: W. Tschacher & C.
Bergomi (eds.), The implications of embodiment: cognition and communication. Exeter: Imprint
Academic, pp. 129-151.
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2010
S.E. de Haan, The minimal self is a social self. Comment on Zahavi’s ‘Minimal self and
narrative self: A distinction in need of refinement’. In: T. Fuchs & H. Sattel, & P.
Henningsen (eds.), The embodied self. Dimensions, coherence, and disorders. Stuttgart: Schattauer
Verlag, pp.12-18.
Teaching experience
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2009-2014
Incidental (guest) lectures at bachelor’s and master’s level in philosophy of mind
(Heidelberg University) and psychopathology (University of Amsterdam).
2003-2006
Teaching Assistant of the programme ‘Meaning: Identity and Existence’, University of
Humanistic Studies, Utrecht. This included curriculum development, weekly workgroups,
examinations, and grading. Bachelor level, enrolment: circa 20 students.
2002-2003
Teaching Assistant of the programme ‘Body and Meaning’, University of Humanistic
Studies, Utrecht. This included weekly workgroups, examinations, and grading. Bachelor
level, enrolment: circa 20 students.
2001
Teaching Assistant of programme ‘Introduction to Humanistic Studies’, University of
Humanistic Studies, Utrecht. Weekly workgroups, bachelor level, enrolment circa 20
students.
Presentations
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13.08.2015
Causality in psychiatric disorders: How to avoid neuro-reductionism. Invited talk;
Summer school ‘Neurophilosophy: Self, Science, and Society, Radboud University
Nijmegen.
10.08.2015
Deep Brain Stimulation and personality changes: experiences of ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder patients. Invited talk; Summer school ‘Neurophilosophy: Self,
Science, and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen.
26.05.2015
Mind-body dualistic tendencies in psychiatry: their rationale and how to overcome them.
Invited talk; Workshop ‘The philosophy and the science of mind’, Ghent University.
23.04.2015
Does explanation require the uncovering of underlying mechanisms? Invited talk;
Workshop ‘Modeling minds’, Radboud University Nijmegen.
20.04.2015
The importance of being spontaneous. Invited talk; Workshop ‘The importance of being
planful’, Utrecht University.
11.02.2015
What is a psychiatric disorder? Invited public lecture; Duck-Rabbit Lectures, Amsterdam.
26.11.2014
Combining philosophical and empirical research methods. Invited talk; PhD lecture
series, Philosophy Students Association Amfibi, University of Amsterdam.
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16.07.2014
Phenomenological effects of Deep Brain Stimulation with Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder patients: a non-reductionist perspective. Invited talk; Colloquium Cognitive
Science Institute, University Osnabrück.
25.06.2014
Becoming a different person? Phenomenological effects of Deep Brain Stimulation with
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients. Invited talk; Colloquium Health Ethics and
Society, Maastricht University.
22.05.2014
Hyper-reflexiviteit, lichaamsbeleving, en neuro-reductionisme. Invited talk; Symposium
‘Lijf en Lichaam’, Stichting Psychiatrie en Filosofie, Amsterdam.
21.02.2014
Autonomy for relational agents. Invited talk; Workshop ‘Self-management as
management of the self’, NIAS Wassenaar.
06.02.2014
There’s meaning everywhere. Beyond erklären vs. verstehen in psychiatry. Invited talk;
Workshop ‘The contemporary relevance of the erklären/verstehen distinction in
psychiatry and biology, Utrecht University.
13.12.2013
Phenomenological effects of Deep Brain Stimulation with Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder patients: An enactive affordance-based approach. Invited talk; Workshop
‘Situating and emoting the embodied mind’, Free University Berlin.
05.11.2013
Wie is er eigenlijk (niet) gek? Invited public lecture; Filosofisch Café Nijmegen.
23.10.2013
An enactive approach to psychiatry: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Deep Brain
Stimulation as a test case. Invited talk; Seminar ‘Philosophy, psychology, and Informatics’,
University of Edinburgh.
25.09.2013
An enactive approach to psychiatry: lessons from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and
Deep Brain Stimulation. Invited talk; Workshop ‘Embodied embedded cognition and
psychiatry’, Radboud University Nijmegen.
22.05.2013
Phenomenological effects of Deep Brain Stimulation. Invited public lecture & debate;
‘Hacking the brain’, University of Amsterdam.
04.04.2013
An enactive approach to psychiatry. Presentation; Workshop ‘Re-conceptualizing mental
illness’, AISB Conference, University of Exeter.
06.05.2012
An enactive approach to psychiatry. Presentation; Conference Association for the
Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry ‘The bio-psycho-social and other models for
psychiatry’, Philadelphia University.
07.01.2012
Daring to be indifferent: The impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on the Phenomenology
of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients. Invited talk; Colloquium SMART Cognitive
Science with Daniel Dennett, University of Amsterdam.
19.05.2011
An enactive approach to psychiatry. Presentation; Workshop Embodied embedded
cognition & Neurophenomenology, University of Antwerp.
19.05.2011
The Phenomenology of Deep Brain Stimulation: An interdisciplinary study on the effects
of DBS on the mood of psychiatric patients (with Damiaan Denys and Erik Rietveld).
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Presentation; Workshop Embodied embedded cognition & Neurophenomenology,
University of Antwerp.
19.06.2010
Case studies from the Heidelberg EASE Study. Presentation; Conference
‘Intersubjectivity and the Self’, University of Budapest.
23.03.2010
The phenomenology of intersubjectivity: from conflict to play. Presentation; Colloquium
Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen.
25.02.2010
Phenomenological background of EASE (with Thomas Fuchs). Presentation; Workshop
‘Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE)’, Heidelberg University.
28.01.2010
Exploring embodied resonance and its role in social interaction (with Leon de Bruin).
Invited talk; Winter symposium ‘Meaning and Interaction: Dynamic models and social
interaction’, Århus University.
21.01.2010
The intersubjective development of perspectives and boundaries (with Hanne De
Jaegher). Invited talk; Workshop Plastic human boundaries, Heidelberg University.
22.10.2009
Towards a dialectical psychopathology: the case of schizophrenia. Presentation;
Conference Philosophy & Psychiatry ‘Understanding mental disorders’, Lisbon
University.
22.10.2009
Schizophrenic ‘as-if’ experiences at the level of sense and attribution (with Leon de
Bruin). Presentation; Conference Philosophy & Psychiatry ‘Understanding mental
disorders’, Lisbon University.
09.10.2009
Expanding perspectives: From the monadic Theory of Mind to the interactive experience
of persons (with Hanne De Jaegher). Presentation; Fall Academy ‘Embodied
Cognition & Embodied Communication’, Bern University.
27.09.2009
A dialectical account of autonomy. Presentation; Summer school ‘The Social Self’,
Alghero University.
17.06.2009
The body and its selves. Comment on Corrado Sinigaglia and Vittorio Gallese; Summer
school ‘Self, Agency & Neuroscience’, University of Parma.
04.04.2009
Distinguishing normal from pathological self-disturbance in adolescence. Presentation;
Conference World Psychiatry Association ‘Treatments in Psychiatry: A new update’,
University of Florence.
12.03.2009
Reconstructing the minimal self - or how to make sense of agency and ownership (with
Leon de Bruin). Presentation; Workshop ‘The relation between minimal and extended
self’, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen.
24.01.2009
Hallucinations: Philosophical interpretations and existential effects. Presentation;
Conference 17th European Congress of Psychiatry, Lisbon University.
21.01.2009
How to make sense of agency and ownership (with Leon de Bruin). Presentation;
Workshop ‘Embodied embedded cognition & Neurophenomenology’, Groningen
University.
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12.11.2008
Introduction into phenomenology through foot massage. Presentation; Workshop
‘Practical Phenomenology’, Heidelberg University.
01.09.2008
Being yourself without being in control. Poster; Workshop ‘Enactive approaches to Social
Cognition’, Battle.
02.07.2008
Being yourself without being in control: implications of schizophrenia for concepts of
autonomy. Presentation; Graduate Conference ‘Phenomenology and Philosophy of
Mind’, Durham University.
30.06.2008
Being yourself without being in control. Poster; Conference ‘Consciousness, Agency and
the Will’, University of Edinburgh.
12.04.2008
Sense of agency, spontaneity, and schizophrenia. Presentation; Workshop
‘Neurophilosophy’, Mainz University.
Organization
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22.05.2014
Symposium ‘Lijf en Lichaam’, Amsterdam. With Stichting Psychiatrie en Filosofie.
24-28.10.2011 International Fall School ‘Theoretical and empirical implications of embodied and
embedded approaches to the self in psychiatry, philosophy, and psychosomatic medicine’,
Heidelberg University. With Stefan van Geelen.
2008-2010
Research Seminar of the Section ‘Phenomenological psychopathology and psychiatry’, biweekly, Heidelberg University.
2008-2010
Reading Group ‘Phenomenology and Psychiatry’, bi-weekly, Heidelberg University.
25-26.02.2010 International Workshop ‘Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE)’,
Heidelberg University.
19.05.2009
International Workshop ‘How to write a Grant Proposal’, Heidelberg University.
12.11.2008
International Workshop ‘Practical Phenomenology’, Heidelberg University. With Hanne
De Jaegher and Joel Krüger.
Grants
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3-4.04.2013
AISB Bursary (Artificial Intelligence Society Britain) £ 100, University of Exeter.
24-28.10.2011 DFG Grant (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) € 20.620 (with Stefan van Geelen) for
the organisation of a Fall School on Theoretical and empirical implications of embodied and
embedded approaches to the self in psychiatry, philosophy, and psychosomatic medicine, Heidelberg
University.
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Academic service
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2016
Member of the board of Stichting Psychiatrie en Filosofie (Psychiatry and Philosophy
Foundation)
2015
Guest-editor of a special issue of Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology on ‘An enactive
approach to psychiatry’, together with Hanne De Jaegher and Thomas Fuchs.
2013
Co-supervision of one BA Thesis (with Damiaan Denys), and one internship (with Erik
Rietveld)
2013-2014
Member of AISB Program Committee ‘Re-conceptualizing mental ‘illness’’, University of
Exeter, Goldsmiths University of London
2009-present
Reviewer for Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Philosophical Psychology, Topoi
2004-2006
Chairman of the Education Committee of the Philosophy Research Master, University of
Amsterdam.
Languages
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Dutch (native), English (fluent), German (fluent), French (intermediate level)
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