Short presentation

The International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) is a non-profit organization founded on March 25, 26 1984 by Francois Bresson, Joe Campos, Matty Chiva, Paul Ekman, Nico Frijda, Serge Moscovici, Klaus Scherer, and Robert Zajonc. It brings together scholars from different disciplines that share an interest in emotions, moods and other affective phenomena. A distinctive feature of the society is that it tries to offer a productive discussion forum for emotion researchers in both affective sciences and humanities. ISRE holds a very successful international conference every two years to showcase the latest research in anthropology, business, computer science, economics, history, law, linguistics, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, sociology and other fields. In 2009, ISRE launched its own flagship journal, the Emotion Review, which in a few years has established itself as a top journal in emotion research. It was initially edited by Jim Russell and Lisa Barrett and it is currently edited by Jerry Parrott. For more information about ISRE and its history, click here.

ISRE Board of Directors

Elected Officers
President: Disa Sauter (Psychology), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Webpage
Past President: Ursula Hess (Psychology), Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany, Webpage
Treasurer: Eric Walle (Psychology), University of California, Merced, the United States of America, Webpage
Secretary: Milica Nikolic (Psychology), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Webpage
Membership Secretary: Tanja Wingenbach (Psychology), University of Reading, the United Kingdom, Webpage
ISRE Early Career Researcher Group Liaison: Manuel F. Gonzalez, Montclair State University, the United States of America, Webpage
Members of the Board: Jonathan Gratch (Computer Science, Psychology and Media Arts and Practice), University of Southern California, the United States of America, Webpage; Olivier Luminet (Psychology), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Webpage; Magdalena Rychlowska (Psychology), Queen’s University Belfast, the United Kingdom, Webpage; Mikko Salmela (Political Science), University of Helsinki, Finland, Webpage; Eric Vanman (Psychology), University of Queensland, Australia, Webpage

Appointed Officers

Editor-in-Chief of Emotion Review: Brian Parkinson (Psychology), University of Oxford, the United Kingdom, Webpage
Editor-in-Chief of Emotion Researcher: Rebecca Dickason (Psychosociology and Management), University of Rennes, France, Webpage
Webmaster: Alessio Giarrizzo (Psychology), University of Geneva, Switzerland, Webpage
Content Manager: Teerawat Monnor (Neuroscience and Affective Science), University of Geneva, Switzerland

Previous ISRE Officers

President: Ursula Hess (Psychology), Humboldt University – Berlin, Germany
Membership Secretary: Disa Sauter (Psychology), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Treasurer: Jody Clay-Warner (Sociology), University of Georgia, USA
Members at Large:
 Julien Deonna (Philosophy), University of Geneva, Switzerland
; Agnes Moors (Psychology), Ghent University, Belgium
; Jan Stets (Sociology), University of California, Riverside, CA
, USA; Louise Sundararajan (Psychiatry), Rochester Psychiatric Center, NY
, USA; Michelle Yik (Psychology), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Webmaster: Ursula Hess (Psychology), Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Emotion Researcher Editor: Cain Todd (Philosophy), Lancaster University, UK; Eric Walle (Psychology), University of California, Merced, USA

Opinions expressed in the Emotion Researcher are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of ISRE or its officers.