The Time of Our Lives - At the Intersection of Biological and Psychological Time
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AIAS Auditorium, Building 1632
Time permeates life on every scale, yet the different disciplines that study it rarely meet. Biologists track the clocks ticking inside our cells, while physiologists ask how light, food, and movement can keep those clocks aligned. Psychologists and social scientist probe how we perceive and experience time, and examine how societies organize, share, and sometimes fracture our temporal lives.
The symposium - The Time of Our Lives – at the Intersection of Biological and Psychological Time - aims to bring these perspectives into a joint conversation.
Over the course of one day, the symposium moves from the chronobiology of circadian rhythms including zeitgebers such as light, the timing of meals and exercise, and the consequences of disrupted clocks in extreme environments, toward the phenomenological and societal dimensions of time: How does temporal experience vary across neurotypes, how is it reshaped by conditions such as dementia, and how do working hours, shift work, and shared social rhythms align or misalign us with one another. By placing temporal biology alongside the psychology and sociology of time, the meeting aims to highlight how biological and lived time interact, and where the most promising opportunities for interdisciplinary research lie.
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Programme | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | WELCOME by Ali Amidi, Sleep & Circadian Psychology Research Unit (SCaPE), AU |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | KEYNOTE I: Prof. Christian Cajochen, Basel University “Keeping Time: How Light Entrains the Human Clock” (Chair Ali Amidi) |
| 11:15 - 1230 | INVITED SPEAKERS SESSION: “TIME IN BODY” Moderated by Lisa M. Wu |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Clara Albinana, PhD, University of Oxford / AU ”Biobank-scale Prediction of Circadian Phase from Blood Biomarkers” |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Kirstin MacGregor, PhD, University of Copenhagen ”Tissue Specific Molecular Signatures of Time-of-Day Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes” |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Jonas Salling, PhD, Steno Diabetes Center, University of Copenhagen ”Timing of Food Intake in Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes" |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Alisha Guyett, PhD, Aarhus University ”Living Without Daylight: Circadian Disruption and Artificial Light in Submarine Crews” |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Frederic Gachon, PhD, Aarhus University ”Sex difference in Circadian Rhythmicity” |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | LUNCH (INCLUDED) |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | KEYNOTE II: Prof. Kathryn Reid, Northwestern University “Time to Intervene: Optimizing Timing for Better Health” (chair Lisa M Wu) |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | INVITED SPEAKERS: TIME IN MIND AND SOCIETY moderated by Ali Amidi |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Henrik Kolstad, PhD, Aarhus University ”Does Night Shift Work Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer?” |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Federica Cavaletti, PhD, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), AU ”Time Experience Across Different Neurotypes” |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Lotte Meinert, PhD, Aarhus University ”Time Poetics: Aging and Temporality” |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Jesper Sørensen, PhD, Aarhus University ”The Times of Our Time: Socio-Circadian Rhythms and Cooperative Alignment” |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | NETWORKING RECEPTION - Attendees will have the opportunity to connect informally. |
Organizors and support
The symposium is hosted by Professors Ali Amidi and Lisa M. Wu, the Sleep & Circadian Psychology Research Unit (SCaPE), Department of Psychology & Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus university, and supported by a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Grant 10.46540/4256-00108B).
Participation
All are welcome but registration is required. Register here