Rebekka Hufendiek completed her PhD in philosophy in 2012 at Humboldt University of Berlin. She has published numerous papers and a book on embodied emotions (2015). After postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Fribourg (2012) and Basel (2013) and research stays at the University of Exeter (2016) and the Alfried Krupp Kolleg in Greifswald (2020), she was awarded an Eccellenza Grant by the SNSF (2020). As Assistant Professor at the University of Bern, she led the research group “Explaining Human Nature: Empirical and Ideological Dimensions.” Since 2023, she has been Professor of Philosophy at Ulm University, working mainly on science, values, and ideology.