Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode is Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy in the Humanities Research Institute, University of Buckingham, and Director of Graduate Research in Philosophy at the University. He is also a Research Fellow in Philosophy at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. Dr Sławkowski-Rode specialises in philosophy of mind, phenomenology, philosophy of culture and philosophy of religion. His most recent book The Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death Loss and Grief (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023) received personal acknowledgement from the Dalai Lama. He is a founding member of the Humane Philosophy Society, which organises the New Generation Research Exchange for Central and Eastern Europe.