Theories of Experience Chairs Eric Arnould Aalto University

Theories of Experience • Chairs • Eric Arnould, Aalto University • Mikko Sams, Aalto University

Eric Arnould, senior fellow • Ph. D in social anthropology; Dr. h. c. in marketing • Research interests: Affective atmospheres, glocalization of service experience

Mikko Sams, professor • MA in Experimental Psychology, Ph. D in Human Neuroscience • Research interests: Auditory perception > Human cognitive functions > Emotions > Understanding others • Collaborations with others coming from Sociology, Philosophy, History, Engineering, Physics, Computational Methods, Arts (music)

General information The workshop is videoed and available for viewing in some form To maximize our short time together we hope for focused discussion Keep your mics closed when you do not talk Use chats, Eric will be following those Short comments please, maximum 2– 3 minutes On overview of the Workshop will be given by Eric in the wrap-up session

Working definition of Experience refers to understanding of events around us from the first-person point of view.

Introduction (6 min) Schedule of the workshop First topic: Do we need a commonly-agreed definition of experience? Is this important for interdisciplinary research on experience? (18 min) Second topic: Quantitative vs qualitative methods to study experience. Is there unnecessary tension? (18 min) Third topic: How could basic research be of help to those who study and engineer experiences in real-life applications? (18 min)