Professor Andreas Roepstorff

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Professor Andreas Roepstorff

Professor in Cognition, Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark; Director of the Interacting Minds Centre

Roesptorff is Professor in Cognition, Communication and Culture at Aarhus University in Denmark, and is the director of the Interacting Minds Centre. Trained in biology and social anthropology, his research explores human collaboration and interaction, using a multitude of approaches and methods. He also studies the workings of the brain, particularly at the levels of consciousness, cognition, and communication. He has been associated with the Mind & Life community for over a decade, and is on the board of Mind & Life Europe; he has published numerous studies on mindfulness from an interdisciplinary social cognition perspective. Roepstorff is often in the media and is involved in research administration and policy-making.

Andreas Roepstorff is invited to the Advisory Committee as an expert in interdisciplinary mindfulness research and as the leader of a successful university-based Centre.