Lecture: Prof. Tobias Brosch – Emotions. Art as a catalyst for engagement?
Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 7 – 8:30 PM
Doors open at 6:45 p.m., free admission upon registration, registration possible on site subject to availability
How do emotions influence our decisions and commitments? This lecture explores how art can awaken emotions that can transform our relationship with the world and encourage sustainable behavior.
Through a dialogue between art and science, Prof. Tobias Brosch, psychologist and researcher at the University of Geneva, questions the role of emotions in decision-making when faced with environmental issues. Drawing on research in cognitive neuroscience and the psychology of sustainable behavior, he shows how emotions guide our choices, values, and actions.
Taking Khalil Berro's work as a starting point, notably Toxic Inaction and the BREATHE project, this lecture invites us to reflect on the emotional power of art as a lever for raising awareness. How do certain installations manage to elicit empathy, anger, or hope? And how can these emotions, in turn, fuel ecological engagement?
Tobias Brosch, professor and head of the Consumer Decision and Sustainable Behavior Lab, devotes his work to understanding the affective and cognitive mechanisms that support the transition to more sustainable societies.
The conference will be held in French.
A conference in partnership with Climate Week, HES-SO Geneva and the Interfaculty Centre in Affective Sciences of the University of Geneva.
This event is free, but places are limited. If you have reserved a ticket and are unable to attend, please notify art-werk (contact@art-werk.ch).