NCCR Guide 2013 - Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

Topics
This interdisciplinary NCCR
investigates a phenomenon
playing a central role in
human behaviour and social
interaction, emotion,
on several levels of analysis
from the perspectives of
many different disciplines:
psychology, neuroscience,
economics, philosophy, law,
comparative anthropology,
as well as the humanities
and the social sciences.
The following research
questions illustrate some of
the central topics currently
addressed by the NCCR
Affective Sciences:
- How are emotions elicited
and differentiated into different
response patterns?
Topics: the role of brain
structures, individual predispositions,
cognitive appraisals,
and situational
Heads of Individual Research Projects and Associates
Betrancourt Mireille, Prof.
Borgeaud Philippe, Prof.
Clement Fabrice, Prof.
Deonna Julien, Prof.
Fehr Ernst, Prof.
Grandjean Didier, Prof.
Griener Pascal, Prof.
Kaiser Susanne, Prof.
Lombardo Patrizia, Prof.
Nelis Damien, Prof.
Pun Thierry, Prof.
Sander David, Prof.
Schwartz Sophie, Dr.
Scherer Klaus, Prof.
Schmid Mast Marianne, Prof.
Semmer Norbert, Prof.
Teroni Fabrice, Dr.
Tschan Franziska, Prof.
van der Linden Martial, Prof.
Vuilleumier Patrik, Prof.
Members of the International Scientific Council
Manstead Tony, Prof.
Niedenthal Paula, Prof.
Robinson Jenefer, Prof.
Stemmler Gerhard, Prof.
factors; the patterning and
synchronisation of emotional
responses and action
tendencies; the expression
and communication of emotion;
- How are emotions regulated?
Topics: the control of
bodily reactions and feelings
by social norms and interpersonal
expectations; the
ability to cope with emotions
to avoid stress and burnout;
the loss of control as a risk
factor for affective disorders
such as pathological anxiety
and depression; the role of
individual personality traits
such as impulsivity;
- What role does emotion
play in social relations and
interactions? Topics: the
central role of empathy,
affective processes in the
family, the workplace, and
society as a whole; the role
of social norms and values,
such as justice, in shaping
the nature of the emotional
response; the role of
religion, myths but also fiction;
the socializing function
of moral emotions such as
shame; effects of economic
and socio-political changes
on affective experiences
and well-being.
Special emphasis is being
placed on the application
of research findings as well
as joint research activities
with transfer partners in
order to deal with social issues
in the areas of health,
work and organizations, the
family, law, the problem of
violence, economics, and
the arts. The NCCR is also
committed to training the
first generation of “affective
scientists”.
TECFA-FPSE, Université de Genève
Faculté des Lettres, Université de Genève
Cognitive Science Center, Université de Neuchâtel
Faculté des Lettres/Département de Philosophie,
Université de Genève
Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Zürich
CISA et Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l‘ Education,
Université de Genève
Institut d‘histoire de l‘art & de muséologie, Université de Neuchâtel
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l‘Education,
Université de Genève
Faculté des Lettres, Université de Genève
Faculté des Lettres, Université de Genève
Faculté des Sciences, Université de Genève
CISA et Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l‘Education,
Université de Genève
Faculté de Médecine, Centre Médical Universitaire, Genève
CISA et Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l‘Education,
Université de Genève
Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations,
Université de Neuchâtel
Institut für Psychologie, Universität Bern
Institut für Philosophie, Universität Bern
Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations,
Université de Neuchâtel
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l‘Education,
Université de Genève
Faculté de Médecine, Centre Médical Universitaire, Genève
School of Psychology,Cardiff University, GB
Departement of Psychology, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Departement of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, US
Departement of Psychology, University of Marburg, DE
Public Relations
• Newsletter
• Website
• Participation in radio
and TV programs
• Newspaper, magazine
interviews and articles
• Nuit de la Science
• Cité des Métiers
• Semaine du Cerveau
• Salon de l’étudiant
• Le temps d’une découverte,
Université de Genève
• Journée des filles
• Journée des Collégiens
• Museum exhibitions
and workshops
• Montreux Festival Jazz
Third Party Cooperation
Programmes
• BridGE
• ENABLE
• FIGVRA
• ICCRA
• IFAPO/ UMR 7571 PROTASI
• IFAO/UMR 5140 (Ermant)
• INTACT
• Properemo
• SSPNet
Research Institutions
• Abteilung Arbeits- und
Organisationspsychologie,
Universität Frankfurt, DE
• Adaptive Systems Research Group,
University of
Hertfordshire, Hatfield, GB
• Affective Neuroscience Lab,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, US
• Behavioural and Clinical
Neuroscience Institute, Cambridge
University, GB
• Brain Research Unit, Low
Temperature Laboratory, Aalto
University, FI
• Brain and Creativity Institute,
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, US
• Center for Neuropolicy,
Emory University, Atlanta, US
• Centre for the Study of Emotion at
the University of Portsmouth, GB
• Cognitive psychopathology Unit,
University of Liège, BE
• Computation and Neural
Systems, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena CA, US
• Computational Neuroscience
Group, Kings College of
London, GB
• Department of Classics,
University of Chicago, US
• Dept. Of Classics, University of
Edinburgh, GB
• Department of Clinical Medicine -
Center for Functionally Integrative
Neuroscience, Aarhus University, DK
• Department of Comparative
Literature, University of Bergen, NO
• Department of Economics. Ludwig-
Maximilians-Universität, Munich, DE
• Department of Economics,
University of Konstanz, DE
• Department of History and
Archaeology, University of Crete, GR
• Department of Medical Sociology,
Heinrich Heine Universität
Düsseldorf, DE
• Depatment of Music, University of
Jyväskylä, FI
• Department of Philosophy,
University of Adelaide, AU
• Department of Philosophy,
University of Lund, SE
• Department of Philosophy,
University of Montreal, CA
• Department of Philosophy,
University of Toronto, CA
• Department of Psychiatry,
University of Cambridge, GB
• Department of Psychiatry,
University of Geneva, CH
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