Call for Registration RTG ‘Situated Cognition’ Spring School (SCSS) 2025 Bochum
RTG ‘Situated Cognition’ Spring School (SCSS) 2025:
‘Situated Cognition in Human Minds, Animal Minds and AI Systems’
– Call for Registration –
March 24 – 27
ZEMOS, Ruhr University Bochum
Abstract
This spring school brings together a diverse range of researchers working on mind and cognition, and how they relate to the body and environment. We strive to provide an extensive overview of state-of-the-art theorizing, experimenting, observing and surveying of all kinds of situated phenomena in humans, non-human animals and AI systems. The relevance and impact of these advancements is then also reflected upon for the scientific domain and beyond. We are therefore delighted to have a lineup of excellent keynotes coming from diverse backgrounds and with different interests ranging from, but are not limited to, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, animal research, sociology, and artificial systems. To give us insights into the interdisciplinary topics, we are delighted to announce the diverse range of speakers guiding us through their work:
Keynote Speakers (alphabetical order)
- Zanna Clay (Durham University)
- Anna Ciaunica (University of Lisbon)
- Andreas K. Engel (UKE Hamburg)
- Anja Gampe (University Duisburg-Essen)
- Fiona Macpherson (University of Glasgow)
- Celine Riera (Cedars-Sinai, LA)
- Tobias Thelen (Osnabrück University)
- Somogy Varga (Aarhus University)
The full schedule and all further information can be found on our website at: situated-cognition.com/scss-2025/
Participation and Registration
The keynote talks will be streamed via Zoom (link posted on the website). Online participation is free and requires no registration. The Zoom details will be posted on our website before the event.
If you would like to participate as a guest listener on-site, please register via email to Rebecca Watzlawek (rwatzlawek [at] uos DOT de) by March 3rd at the latest so that we can prepare the venue location accordingly. Attendance is free as we are a DFG-funded Research Training Group located at Ruhr University Bochum and Osnabrück University.
Organizers
This workshop is organized by members of the RTG “Situated Cognition”:
- Julia Wolf (Scientific coordinator, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- Albert Newen (Speaker; Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- Nikola Kompa (Deputy speaker; Universität Osnabrück)
- Louis Loock (Deputy scientific coordinator; Universität Osnabrück)