Who We Are

The story begins in Paris, where we did our Research Master’s degree in Cognitive Science. Coming from various backgrounds and having radically different beliefs, we couldn’t end the thrilling talks we had about consciousness. But after graduating, scattered around the world and stuck at home due to the pandemic, we wanted to recreate the environment of friendly discussion we miss through these seminars. That’s how MESEC was born in 2021.

Since then, researchers from all over the Mediterranean and beyond have joined, and MESEC grew to become an association nurturing the community of early career researchers in consciousness science. Aside from organizing workshops and summer schools under the Mediterranean sun, we also wish to help early-career researchers interested in this field of research to take the leap. If you want to know more, please drop us a message at

please drop us a message at ulysse.klatzmann@mesec.co :) !