6-10 Mar 2017
Bochum, Germany
*Spring School 2017* March 6^th to 10^th 2017, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany *Social Cognition, Emotion and Joint Action:* *An interdisciplinary discussion of abilities, pathologies and mechanisms* The spring course aims to provide state-of-the-art scientific and research-oriented training for post-doctoral researchers and highly promising doctoral students from European and overseas universities and research institutes on central questions concerning ?Social Cognition, Emotion and Joint Action? *Organizers:*Prof. Albert Newen, Prof. Tobias Schlicht, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and Prof. Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis *For further information please visit* http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/springschool2017/ *Call for participation: *(Deadline 15^th November 2016)** Tuition is free, thanks to both the Humboldt Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation as well as the /Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution/ (Bochum). We invite applications from PhD students, and post-doctoral researchers. Applicants may also propose poster presentations. Accepted poster presenters who do not have their own institutional funding will receive support: 125 Euros for those based in Europe; 250 Euro for non-EU students or researchers. This support will be limited to 20 persons. Please see below for further details.** *Invited Speakers* Leading researchers from the fields of philosophy, experimental and developmental psychology as well as cognitive and social neuroscience will present state-of-the-art research in the following areas: (1) Emotion and empathy; (2) joint action; (3) pathologies in social cognition; (4) false belief understanding; and (5) Mechanisms of social cognition (e.g., predictive coding, mirror neurons). /Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order) include:/ István Aranyosi, Bilkent University, Ankara Giovanna Colombetti, University of Exeter Thomas Fuchs, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Heidelberg Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis Jakob Hohwy, Monash University, Melbourne Richard Menary, Macquarie University, Sidney Albert Newen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Elisabeth Pacherie, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris Josef, Perner, Universität Salzburg Tobias Schlicht, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Victoria Southgate, University of London Deborah Tollefson, University of Memphis Kai Vogeley, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Köln *Financially supported by:*Humboldt-Stiftung (Anneliese-Maier Research Award: Prof. Gallagher); VolkswagenStiftung (Lichtenberg-Professorship: Prof. Schlicht), Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution, Bochum (Director: Prof. Newen) Applicants are asked to submit the following by *15^th November, 2016:* *Completed online Application in Easy Chair by uploading /one/ PDF document which includes: * - Statement of Interest/Purpose (not more than 300 words) - A full curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, if any - If submitting a poster, an abstract of 500-700 words (We will arrange a dedicated poster session) http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/springschool2017/ -- Sekretariat Prof. Dr. A. Newen Institut für Philosophie II Ruhr-Universität Bochum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum Tel.: (0049) 234-32 28139 Tel.: (0049) 234-32 22711 Fax: (0049) 234-32 14963 sekretariat-newen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam