Anna Bergqvist

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Dr Anna Bergqvist

Reader in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of the Values-Based Theory Network at St Catherine’s Col

Anna Bergqvist is Reader in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of the Values-Based Theory Network at St Catherine’s Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on metaethics and aesthetics, the philosophy of psychiatry and public mental health, and creative health. She is editor of Philosophy and Museums (2016), Evaluative Perception (2018) and Lived Experience in Philosophy and Mental Health (2023),and has published widely on objectivity and value across disciplines. She is currently writing a monograph on narrative particularism and the self, and co-editing two major volumes: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Public Mental Health (Oxford University Press) and A Handbook of Phenomenology, Values-based Practice and Shared Decision-Making in Personalised Mental Health Care (Springer Nature).

Anna Bergqvist is Reader in Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of the Values-Based Theory Network at St Catherine’s Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on metaethics and aesthetics, the philosophy of psychiatry and public mental health, and creative health. She is editor of Philosophy and Museums (2016), Evaluative Perception (2018) and Lived Experience in Philosophy and Mental Health (2023),and has published widely on objectivity and value across disciplines. She is currently writing a monograph on narrative particularism and the self, and co-editing two major volumes: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Public Mental Health (Oxford University Press) and A Handbook of Phenomenology, Values-based Practice and Shared Decision-Making in Personalised Mental Health Care (Springer Nature).

Last updated 29 January 2026