International Association for the Study of Dreams

Do you have a question about dreams or nightmares? Post your request on our Facebook Group Page. If you are studying dreams in depth, check out our booklist or search our pages for articles by dream experts. Popular topics include lucid dreaming, dream films, dream telepathy and our Dream FAQ. We highly recommend that you attend one of our Regional or International Conferences.

The 2025 Conference will be Virtual: In order to be able to reach the broadest global audience this year at low cost to participants, the main conference will be virtual over Zoom using Zoom Events platform.

2025 DREAM CONFERENCE!
Call for Presentations
Call for Volunteers
Online Registration
Student Research Grant Opportunity

For detailed information, please visit the conference website

“LET’S TALK DREAM RESEARCH” FREE EVENT IN FEBRUARY

Free research talks continue! In the “Let’s Talk Dream Research” series, experienced IASD researchers discuss major developments in dream studies. The talks are organized once or twice a year, aimed at anyone interested in dreams, free of charge, via Zoom, and are recorded and later accessible on IASD’s YouTube channel. The talks are approximately 40 minutes, followed by a 20-minute interactive discussion period.

The first speaker in 2025 is Deirdre Barrett, PhD, current President of IASD.

Click here to register for “Let’s Talk” with Deirdre Barrett

Currently there are many people around the globe reporting “Covid-19 dreams”, which reflect the unexpected situation in which we all find ourselves. Esteemed IASD members have been contributing interviews, articles and research on dreams during the pandemic. We hope you will find this compilation of information to be useful.

This portal includes photos and bios of IASD’s DAC members; a “Diversity Response” contact email; resources in the form of websites, publications, podcasts; and links to Diversity-related exercises for dreamers such as the powerful and healing dream-incubation exercise Dolores Nurss has initiated in the IASD Facebook Group.

Interest in dreams seems to be increasing all the time while, at the same time, people have to be very selective about what they want to read. The basic idea of dreamlinks is to provide links to articles on dreaming, dream research and other dream-related topics (rather than the articles themselves) to make selecting easier: one just has to click on the link to access the webpage of interest.

IASD is happy to offer online courses in the science and psychology of dreaming and in the science of lucid dreaming for those IASD members and non-members who would like to take these as part of an independent study program.

MISSION STATEMENT: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DREAMS IS A NON-PROFIT, INTERNATIONAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PURE AND APPLIED INVESTIGATION OF DREAMS AND DREAMING. OUR PURPOSES ARE TO PROMOTE AN AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF DREAMS IN BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC ARENAS; TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, FUNCTION, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DREAMING; TO ADVANCE THE APPLICATION OF THE STUDY OF DREAMS; AND TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE ECLECTIC AND INTERDISCIPLINARY EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND INFORMATION.