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Alexander Berezkin

@birchalexander.bsky.social

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PhD Candidate in Psychology, CIIS (CA). Research interests: micro-phenomenology · embodied consciousness & 4EA cognition · intersex/VSC & migration · posthumanism. Intersex (47,XXY Ks) 💛💜· they/he · partnered 🏳️‍🌈👬 · hiking, art, cinema, board games.

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · May 13

Great news! After 1.5 months of revisions and waiting, I’ve received HRRC approval to begin my dissertation research: A Micro-phenomenological Inquiry into Lived Embodied Experience and Consciousness of Intersex Migrants. I’m excited to start this important work!
#PhDStudent #AcademicSky

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 1d

#posthuman

Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 1d

The silent c’s of the sea world, cnidarians and ctenophores, have DNA architecture that is more similar to humans than their single-celled ancestors. www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...

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Philosophy and the Mind Sciences @phimisci.bsky.social · 2d

A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism and the science of consciousness: “Neurophenomenal Structuralism as a General Theory of Consciousness?” by Jakub Mihálik and Tomáš Marvan.

Neurophenomenal structuralism as a general theory of consciousness? | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 3d

#intersex studies 💛💜

Claudia Astorino @claudistics.bsky.social · 3d

new article is up in full-text in #AJBA @bioanth.org! 🧪 💀

I predicted expression levels for skeletal sex indicators for 9 forms of #intersex, based on what we know ab these intersex variations (and which traits are most likely to affect bone growth, development, & remodeling) #SexualPolymorphism

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations with publication!

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 4d

Today I attended the 2nd session of the #Micro-Phenomenology Laboratory with Claire Petitmengin.

We explored the experiential dynamics of evocation via self-interviewing. I observed an authentic process of #embodiedcognition process: how my nervous system enacts the body and constructs meaning.

My notes trace how attention, ocular micro-movements, and somatic shifts enact meaning

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats European Union 🇪🇺 on protection of #intersex rights

“prohibiting intersex genital mutilation (IGM), as well as recognizing sex characteristics as a necessary protected ground for discrimination.” #Europe

www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/07/c...

Council of Europe approves ‘comprehensive’ intersex rights framework

Advocacy groups praised recommendation's unanimous adoption

www.washingtonblade.com

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Papers: First Valence Asymmetries Conference
📍 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
🗓️ 19–20 March 2026
Deadline: 13 October 2025

Topics: valence in perception, emotion, morality, language & cognition.

CFP & details: eventum.upf.edu/go/valenceas...

#CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Psychology

"VALENCE ASYMMETRIES" CONFERENCE

Valence Asymmetries Conference DATES: 03/19/2026 TO 03/20/2026 UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA | CAMPUS DEL POBLENOU, CARRER DE ROC BORONAT, BARCELONA, ESPANYA Organized by the Factultat de Traducció i Ciè...

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for sharing

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 6d

One of my acquaintances, James Pacello, gave a presentation last Friday titled “From Topic to Research Question: #Teaching Responsible Use of Generative #AI” at Baruch College.
A thoughtful and timely talk, especially since #metacognition is integral to teaching

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From Topic to Research Question: Teaching Responsible Use of Generative AI, by James Pacello

As part of my presentation at the TYCA Northeast Conference on October 3, 2025, I compiled resources that have helped shape my thinking about what Marc Watkins calls being an "AI Aware Professor." Thi

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 9d

Strengthening Migration Studies through Community Engagement

The deadline for submissions is October 8, 2025 (23:59 CEST)!

June 29 – 2 July 2026, Girona (EU) and online
#MigrationStudies #Migration #Conference #Research #AcademicSky

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23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference - IMISCOE

IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 9d

Unfortunately, it is such common practice to call autism or any other human genetic condition a disease without thinking about the people behind that labeling

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 10d

Well till the moment when you need interpretation of data and construct the meaning of it :)

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 10d

As a person with Klinefelter (47, XXY Ks) I had the same experience and I understand why it happens (trauma, fear, shame). It is important to find your people. And it takes a lot of strength to protect your choice 🫂.
Maybe this community will be helpful for you: www.facebook.com/share/17GM53...

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, I can relate. It is so difficult to find a doctor who accepts who you are without shaming or labeling, especially for intersex/dsd adults.

Sorry for your previous experience, and congratulations on your new doctor!

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 10d

“So I ask myself: Should I lie to my students? Should I deny that intersex people exist as a biological reality?”

Excellent interview from Georgiann Davis, an #intersex scholar-activist at the University of New Mexico
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

www.latimes.com

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 11d

Interesting podcasts on #intersex issues organized by Psychological Studies Intersex International. There are topics such as #Hypospadias surgeries, the impact of US Presidential Executive Orders on people with Variation of Sex Characteristics.

psiinternational.wixsite.com/home/podcast...

Podcasts | PSI International

A professional network promoting psychological well-being in people with variations in sex characteristics.

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 12d

#AcademicSky #research

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 13d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 13d

On Sat 9/26 I attended the Sloan–Menninger–Shevrin Award Ceremony online, organized by the #Neuropsychoanalysis Association.
Three fantastic talks on how cognitive neuroscience and #memory studies informs therapeutic care by Thomas Rabeyron, Pierre Magistretti, and Cristina Alberini. 🧠🤝

Memory, Individuality, and Unconscious: a biological perspective by Christina Allberini

Transference between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience by Thomas Rabeyron

Neuronal plasticity, homeostasis and somatic states by Pierre Magistretti

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Wenner-Gren Fellowship @wennergrenorg.bsky.social in Anthropology & Black Experiences supports underrepresented voices, open to PhDs & independent scholars. $50K/9 months, flexible residency at SAR, Santa Fe. Deadline: December
👉 www.profellow.com/fellowship/w...
#blackscholars #AcademicSky

Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences | ProFellow

The purpose of the Wenner-Gren Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences is to expand the anthropological conversation and build capacity in

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 16d

How do sex hormones influence organ development?

ADIs Mijo Simunovic, @elhamazizi.bsky.social, and José L. McFaline-Figueroa are searching for the answers by making an in-vitro platform that combines stem cells, genome editing, and AI. #FrontierScience

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Sex hormone morphogenesis: a new frontier in studying organ development

In this project, researchers will develop an in vitro platform that combines stem cell models of human development, high-throughput genome editing at the single cell level, and novel machine learning ...

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 18d

What if there is no unified theory of consciousness? What if there is just a motley crew of multiple generators?

Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Morten Overgaard and I investigate what this would mean for consciousness studies. (Thanks to both of you!)

academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

The multiple generator hypothesis of consciousness

Abstract. It is well known that in interdisciplinary consciousness studies there are various competing hypotheses about the neural correlate(s) of consciou

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 16d

A couple of days ago I watched #ScavengersReign. It’s astunning #sci-fi animation on posthuman life.

It echoes Katherine Hayles (From Bacteria to AI): cognition as a spectrum from microbes to machines. Vesta + Levi embody this continuum of intelligence as relationship, not a human monopoly.

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 18d

Sad news – one of my favorite European actresses, Claudia Cardinale, has passed away today. away. Her performances were always mesmerizing.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Claudia Cardinale, glamorous star of The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West, dies aged 87

The husky-voiced, chain-smoking actor had a reputation as a fiercely independent, free-spirited woman

www.theguardian.com

Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 19d

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Alexander Berezkin @birchalexander.bsky.social · 19d

This article is an example that opens a critical space for phenomenological interdisciplinary inquiries like mine, which deepen the study of #consciousness “by virtue of embodying our correlative participation in the world” in a field still marked by the prevalence of neuro-reductionist paradigms.

Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 20d

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Why quantum mechanics needs phenomenology | Aeon Essays

The role of the conscious observer has posed a stubborn problem for quantum measurement. Phenomenology offers a solution

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