International Association for the Study of Dreams

Welcome to IASD, the world’s premier dream organization. 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.

Save the Dates! Local Host & Conference Director: Bob Hoss
It’s still very early, and more information about this international annual conference will be made available soon. Discounted block room rates $115 singles or doubles, good three days before and after conference. The Venue will be the spectacular Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Discover a magical perspective high above Tucson’s Catalina Mountains, where this stunning natural retreat offers a variety of activities, signature services and experiences to relax, energize and inspire guests.

Attention Registered Attendees:
Although the interactive part of the conference is now over, your password to the portal will be active 90 days post conference in order to access recorded presentations. Check out IASD Conference 2021 for more information.

For the second year in IASD’s history, members and non-members alike can join the IASD Dream Study Groups Program (DSGP), where like-minded individuals will be able to meet and interact in our “DSGP Tea Room” and will follow course content together over the period of one year in an engaging and interactive way, with access to forums and discussion questions.The cost for participation in the DSGP, $50 for IASD members and $75 for non-members, includes:

Access to the “DSGP Tea Room”, a global forum for dreamers.
Access to either the DSGP Foundation Series, or the DSGP Research Series, detailed below.
A one-year membership in either series, where members will interact on forums and discuss course content over the year.

The DSGP Foundation Series brings together courses on A History of Dreaming, The Science and Psychology of Dreaming, and Dreamwork Methods.

The DSGP Research Series offers dream research courses including some from IASD’s First Online Dream Research Conference, which featured some of the best-known dream researchers in the world.

Both the DSGP Foundation Series and the DSGP Research Series include video presentations and discussion questions to prompt conversations in forums with other DSGP members. You will take a quiz after each presentation to earn a certificate of completion.

The next round of the DSGP will start September 1, 2021.
CLICK HERE – REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

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.

Click here for more information about online courses..

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.

Click here for more information about the new Dreams & Ethnicity committee and resources..

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.

Click here to access Covid 19 Dreams Portal.

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.

Check out Dream Links.

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.