International Summer School in the Affective Sciences (ISSAS)

Website: https://www.unige.ch/cisa/education/summer-school-issas/issas-2024/

Dates: 05-Jul-2024 - 12-Jul-2024
Location: Geneva, Geneva

Focus: Emotional Intelligence
Minimum Education Level: MA

Description:
We are delighted to announce the 10th edition of our International Summer School in Affective Sciences (ISSAS 2024), which will take place from July 5th to 12th 2024 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 topic of the summer school, organized by the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (CISA), is “EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI): Theory and research on the perception, use and regulation of emotions, with implications for education, health, and organizations”.

ISSAS represents a very exciting opportunity to address the theme in an interdisciplinary manner, with contributions from leading scholars in several areas of psychology and neuroscience. The school will explore the latest theories, insights, and applications in the field. It will cover topics such as emotion regulation, the assessment of EI, the development of emotional competencies across the lifespan, the interaction between different emotional competencies and clinical conditions, and the role of EI in organizations.

The list of confirmed invited speakers includes:
1. Stéphane CÔTÉ (University of Toronto)
2. Isabel DZIOBEK (Humboldt University of Berlin)
3. Yasemin ERBAŞ (Tilburg University)
4. Marina FIORI (Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training)
5. John “Jack” MAYER (University of New Hampshire)
6. Moïra MIKOLAJCZAK (Catholic University of Leuven)
7. Susanne SCHEIBE (University of Groningen)
8. Klaus SCHERER (University of Geneva)
9. Astrid SCHÜTZ (Bamberg University)
10. Maya TAMIR (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

The scientific program for 2024 comprises plenary lectures, workshops and group work in which the students will design an interdisciplinary research project that will be presented and discussed on the last day.

The varied program and its hands-on orientation make ISSAS 2024 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.

We invite applications form young researchers in any field interested in the topic. The application procedure and more information about the school is available on the ISSAS 2024 website. The deadline for applications is March 24, 2024.

Application deadline: March 24 (at 23:59 of your local time)
Decision communicated: April 19
Registration deadline: May 24
ISSAS 2022: July 5-12, 2024
Applications received after the deadline will not be processed.

Tuition: 1800.0 EURO
Tuition Explanation: The registration fee for ISSAS 2024 is 1’800.- CHF . It covers accommodation and board for the duration of the school.

Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 24-Mar-2024
Partial fee waivers are available for a certain number of applicants whose applications meet specific criteria, as described on our website.

Financial Aid Instructions:
To apply for a waiver, applicants must provide evidence that they have already obtained/ been denied funding from other institutions. Therefore, participants interested in requesting a waiver during the school application, should contact their funding agencies ASAP.

To apply for a waiver from us at ISSAS, participants are required to:
(1) Send us the result (acceptance/rejection) of their funding applications with their home institution AND national funding program,
or
(2) proof that they have already applied for funding with their home institution AND national funding program, and the date when they expect to hear back from them (or concrete proof that the rules of the relevant agencies preclude the person from applying yet).

If at the time of application you cannot yet provide answers from your funding agencies, please send them as soon as they are available.

Given the large number of anticipated applications, only those applications that have been successfully completed in accordance with these guidelines will be processed. Thank you for your understanding

Registration: 02-Feb-2024 to 24-Mar-2024

Contact Person: Cristina Soriano
Email: [email protected]

Registration Instructions:
At the end of the online application survey applicants will be asked to upload, via a secured file browser dialog box, pdf copies of the following documents:
1) a letter of motivation explaining their specific interest in ISSAS 2024 (1 page),
2) Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum including any publications),
3) a letter of recommendation from their advisor (1 page),
4) a copy of their identification card or passport (1 page)

Applicants for a visa waiver will also have to upload
5) proof of the funding that they have received/ been denied from third-parties (home institution AND national funding program, combined into 1 pdf document only),
or
6) proof that they have applied for funding from third parties (home institution AND national funding program, combined into 1 pdf document only), and date when the applicant expects to hear from them (or concrete proof that the rules of the relevant agencies preclude the person from applying yet).

Please note that all of these documents must be in pdf format. Please make sure that these documents are ready on your desktop before you start the application process.