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Affective Sciences

University of Geneva , 1 or 2 semesters

Research on emotion and other affective phenomena, and their impact on cognition, behavior and society at large.

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Many phenomena, ranging from individual cognitive processing to social and collective behavior, cannot be understood without taking into account affective determinants. Moreover, affective phenomena are complex episodes integrated in social and cultural contexts that require study from different perspectives. The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences brings together disciplines to study the biological, psychological, and social dimensions of affect. The different scientific projects aim to provide a better understanding of affective phenomena (e.g., emotions, motivations, moods, stress, well-being) from various research perspectives and multiple levels of analysis. With scientists stemming from various backgrounds such as psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, economics, ethology, or computer science, the Center places a particular emphasis on the interdisciplinary and integrative collaboration between these different domains of research. Field of interest: Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Economics, Education, Political Science, Ethology, Communication, Computer Science, Literature, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Humanities.

In order to find the most adequate supervisor, prospective applicants are encouraged to specify their research interests and disciplinary skills.

Number of places available: 4-5 per semester.
Fall and Spring semester.

Prerequisites

High level (3rd / 4th year) undergraduate student
Minimum GPA 3.4
Interest in emotion and interdisciplinary research.

Important note:

Students must remain registered as an undergraduate student at their U.S. or Canadian home institution while participating in the program. The student's home institution must complete the Learning Agreement after acceptance into a project, even if credits will not be transferred to that institution. Transfer of credits is decided by the students' home institution.

Submitting an application, does not guarantee that the student will be offered a placement. The research projects are also available to our domestic degree students; therefore, projects may already be full at the time of applying. Final decision on your admission is solely taken by the Research Supervisor at the host institution.

I am about to graduate and start a full time at a medical software company. EuroScholars gave me the opportunity to independently lead, conduct, and complete a research project, which gave me very important skills that showed through my job application process and helped me stand out as an applicant. Being able to conduct a research project from start to finish on my own and having formed a close relationship with an experienced researcher.

Maria

Tulane University

Faculty Department

Swiss Center for Affective Sciences / Centre Interfacultaire et Sciences Affectives (CISA).

The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (also known as CISA due to its name in French) is an interdisciplinary research Center at the University of Geneva bringing together researchers from a variety of domains. The main disciplines represented in the Center are psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, although research collaborations exist also with other domains such as computer science, political science, ethology, literature or economics. The Center hosts a number of professors from the University of Geneva working on the role of emotion and other affective phenomena in cognition and society. In order to find the most adequate supervisor, prospective applicants are encouraged to specify their research interests and disciplinary skills.

Swiss Center for Affective Sciences