Special Interest Groups

ESCAN fosters Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that are tasked to bring together our members working in areas of common interest. Our SIGs can be made up of researchers, scholars, or other professionals with relevant expertise brought together by the interest in a common topic, offering knowledge exchange, various activities and collaboration opportunities. The SIGs have their own governance structure, mission and activities, ultimately serving as a forum for more specialised discussion and exchanging ideas under the overall scope of ESCAN. You need to be a member of ESCAN to form part of a ESCAN SIG.  You can find out more about each of the SIGs below. 

SIG ESCAN-Social Neuroscience

This SIG gathers scientists dedicated to promoting the field of social and affective neuroscience in Europe and beyond, and offers a platform to share and critically discuss scientific ideas and methods, to combine knowledge and experience, to improve the quality of research and models, and to establish lasting collaborations in a cooperative environment. This SIG was formerly known as ESSAN (European Society of Social and Affective Neuroscience) and merged with ESCAN in 2024.

ESCAN-Social Neuroscience offers a platform to share and critically discuss scientific ideas and methods, to combine knowledge and experience, to improve the quality of research and models, and to establish lasting collaborations in a cooperative environment.

ESCAN-Social Neuroscience organizes regular meetings and trainings and provides information about scientific events and projects, as well as job and funding opportunities via this website and mailing list. Learn more about the SIG activities here.

Current Committee Members

Frank Van Overwalle (Belgium), chair

Lasana Harris (UK), vice-chair

Grit Hein (Germany), vice-chair

Henryk Bukowski (Belgium), secretary/treasurer, conference officer

Jan Engelmann (Netherlands), conference officer

Claus Lamm (Austria), conference officer

Daniel Campbell -Meiklejohn (UK), communication officer

Carolina Pletti (Germany), communication officer

Isabella Wagner (Austria), communication officer

Susanne Quadflieg (UK)

Founding Members ESSAN

Van Overwalle, Frank (Belgium)

Brass, Marcel (Belgium)

Samson, Dana (Belgium)

D'Argembeau, Arnaud (Belgium)

Achtziger, Anja (Germany)

Tomelleri, Silvia (Italy)

Apperly, Ian (UK, England)

Blackwood, Nigel (UK, England)

Dumontheil, Iroise (UK, England)

Gilbert, Sam (UK, England)

Mobbs, Dean (UK, England)

Macrae, Neil (UK, Scottland)

Turk, David(UK, Scottland)

Your SIG here?

If you are interested in setting up a Special Interest Group, please contact us here outlining your reasons, the mission, likely governance and membership and activities: escan@escaneurosci.eu

The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience aims to promote scientific enquiry within the field of human cognitive, affective and social neuroscience, particularly with respect to collaboration and exchange of information between researchers in different European countries through scientific meetings, workshops, summer schools, and such other activities.