1st Workshop on Research on Humans' Response to Flowers (24 - 26th June 2026)Info Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionThis workshop will launch a multidisciplinary network to unite currently fragmented research on how people perceive, experience and respond to flowers across disciplines such as psychology, horticulture, neuroscience, sociology, food science and the arts.
By consolidating these diverse strands into an integrated scientific community, the workshop aims to pioneer a new interdisciplinary field, bridging the natural, social and behavioural sciences, and https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/the-1st-workshop-on-research-on-humans-response-to-flowers/
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ContactDr Heber Rodrigues h.rodriguessilva@surrey.ac.uk More InformationThe 1st Workshop on Research on Humans’ Response to Flowers will inaugurate a new, multidisciplinary network dedicated to understanding how humans perceive, experience, and respond to flowers. Although research involving flowers appears in many fields: psychology, horticulture, neuroscience, sociology, environmental science, design, art, and anthropology, it remains fragmented and under-recognised. To date, there is no academic journal or international conference dedicated to this theme. Scholars conduct their work in isolation, often unaware of related findings or complementary methodologies across disciplines.
This workshop seeks to pioneer a coherent scientific community around this topic, integrating diverse perspectives to generate shared frameworks and collaborations. Flowers hold unique significance as biological, aesthetic, and cultural artefacts that shape human emotion, cognition, and behaviour. They are central to art, wellbeing, ritual, and environmental sustainability, yet remain scientifically underexplored as a unifying subject. By connecting researchers who study these dimensions separately, the workshop will help define a new interdisciplinary field that bridges the natural, social, and behavioural sciences.
Please note that registration must also be completed via the IAS webpage https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/events/
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