EUROPEAN EMERGENCY CIRCLE · GENEVA, SWITZERLANDINTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
European Emergency Circle

Humanitarian preparedness. International cooperation.

EEC Academy · Programme

Higher Diploma in Applied Neuroscience

In institutional cooperation with the European Advanced Institute (EAI).

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Programme objective

Understand the brain. Improve decisions in crisis.

Develop an applied understanding of the neuroscience of stress, cognition, emotion and human behaviour to strengthen resilience and decision-making in complex situations.

Learning objectives

  • Explain the neurobiological foundations of stress and threat responses.
  • Understand attention, cognitive narrowing, bias and decision-making under pressure.
  • Apply evidence-informed approaches to self-regulation and resilience.
  • Analyse leadership, team behaviour and communication in crisis contexts.
  • Translate neuroscience concepts into practical interventions and learning scenarios.

Programme syllabus, duration, eligibility and certification terms are provided through official admissions communications.

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Researchers fit an electroencephalography cap with sensors and wires on a participant in a neuroscience laboratory.
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