Founded in 2015, the International Association for the Study of Affective Touch (IASAT) is a scientific society dedicated to advancing research on affective touch — the social, emotional, and hedonic aspects of tactile experience.
The IASAT community is interdisciplinary and international, bringing together researchers, academics, clinicians and practitioners working across psychology, neuroscience, medicine, engineering, social sciences, and therapeutics.
IASAT members host regular international meetings, including our biennial conference.
Our next meeting – IASAT2027 – will take place between 8th – 10th June
at the University of Messina, Sicily.