On 20 and 21 March 2025, the international symposium ‘The Sense of Self: One Body, Multiple Mechanisms’ was held at the Dental Surgery Centre. Organised by Anne Giersch, Iris Trinkler and numerous members of the Psychiatry team, the symposium provided an opportunity to discuss the concept of the ‘sense of self’ in philosophy and phenomenology, as well as its empirical study in psychology and neuroscience.