Aesthetics 2025

We are thrilled to announce that, in collaboration with Congressi Stefano Franscini and ETH Zurich, the Social Brain Sciences Group is organizing the Arts Engagement and Aesthetic Experience – Bridging the Gap between Arts and Science conference, September 28th to October 2nd, 2025, at Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.
The main aims of the conference are to

Create a multidisciplinary platform to exchange cutting-edge research findings and practices on the topics of arts engagement and aesthetic experience to foster a dynamic and productive academic environment for the dissemination of empirical knowledge.
Encourage multidisciplinary collaboration between academic scholars from different disciplines, such as the arts and science to enable constructive discussions and a holistic understanding of biological and psychological factors that contribute to arts engagement and aesthetic experience.
Promote metascience research methodologies, and practices to enhance to the transparency, reproducibility and efficacy of research work within the scientific community investigating the arts engagement and aesthetic experience.

Program (details will be announced soon)