The Time of Our Lives

The Time of Our Lives — At the intersection of biological and psychological time

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.

Programme

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 Independent Research Fund Denmark (Grant 10.46540/4256-00108B). 

All are welcome but registration is required. Register here