Emotion, Morality and Value

We are pleased to announce the fifth edition of our International Summer School in Affective Sciences (ISSAS’ 2013), which will take place this year from July 5 to 13 at the Château de Bossey, an 18th-century manor house located in an outstanding natural environment overlooking Lake Geneva and the French Alps.

This year the central topic of the summer school is "Emotion, Morality and Value", organized by the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (SCAS).

The scientific program for 2013 comprises (i) plenary lectures in which leading scholars from different disciplines who have made crucial contributions in the area will present the conceptual foundations of their approach, their methodological procedures, recent results, and their ideas on promising future perspectives, (ii) practical workshops in which students will discuss key topics of interest in the domain and become familiar with various research methodologies, and (iii) group work in which the students, throughout the course of the summer school and with the help of the faculty, will design an interdisciplinary research project that will be presented and discussed with the plenary on the last day.  

The varied program and its hands-on orientation make ISSAS 2013 highly attractive to young researchers from different disciplines. In addition, they will enjoy an opportunity to form strong professional ties with each other, as well as with the invited faculty members. They can use these contacts to build a substantial scientific network even at an early stage in their careers.

Important dates 

Application deadline: March 24, 2013
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2013
Registration deadline: June 15, 2013
Conference: July 5-13, 2013

More information (including the application procedure) can be found on the ISSAS 2013 website: