The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences ( French: '' Centre Interfacultaire en Sciences Affectives'' or " CISA" ) is a multidisciplinary and

interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...

research center based at the

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, Switzerland). The center was founded in 2005 under the direction of Prof. Klaus Scherer at the

as the host institution of the National Center for Competence in Research (NCCR) '' Affective Sciences'' supported by the

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(SNSF). The center has been directed by Prof. David Sander since 2011. The Center brings together researchers from the

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, and

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s around the common goal of understanding emotions and other affective phenomena such as moods, stress, or well-being. It also develops methodologies and tools to study the neural, psychological, bodily and social underpinnings of affective phenomena. With this respect, the Center plays a role in the rise of
affectivism
' in academia and beyond. Likewise, the Center carries out applied research in collaboration with public and private partners. In addition, the center offers a
Education & Training
program for researchers in affective sciences. It coordinates training activities for the members of the center and the academic community at large. The most important of them is the Internationa
Summer School in Affective Sciences
(ISSAS), organized mainly for PhD students in the affective sciences from all over the world. Lastly, thanks t
outreach activities
such as festivals and museum exhibits, the Center cooperates with Swiss and international cultural institutions to better communicate to society current knowledge about emotion. ----

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External links

*Official website – https://www.unige.ch/cisa/ *Official website -Teaching activities – https://www.unige.ch/cisa/education/education/ *Official website – Current specific research groups: https://www.unige.ch/cisa/research/research-groups/cisa-groups/ *Official website - Outreach activities – https://www.unige.ch/cisa/partnerships/sharing-research-public/ *Official website – Affectivism – https://www.unige.ch/cisa/research/current-specific-research-projects/affectivism/ *Alias website �
affective-sciences.org
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