The Institute for Projective Sciences advances the study of projective phenomena — how internal structures shape external reality — through rigorous interdisciplinary research.
Our Mission Explore the CollectionsThree active research streams investigating the boundaries of projective phenomena and their implications for human cognition.
Examining whether digitised projective stimuli maintain perceptual fidelity to physical originals. Paired-administration protocols compare response patterns across physical and digital presentations.
Learn moreInvestigating whether projective assessment constructs maintain consistent factor structures across culturally and linguistically distinct populations. Builds on foundational cross-population variance research.
Learn moreThe Institute holds over 12,000 catalogued projective assessment instruments spanning eight decades of methodological development, including the TAT, Holtzman, and Blacky Pictures collections.
View collectionsSelected specimens from our permanent collection.
A lacquered wooden panel recovered from a private collection in Bern. Exhibits non-uniform surface refraction under controlled observation.
View detailsApproximately 2,400 items spanning the Thematic Apperception Test from its 1943 first-edition plates through later revisions and international adaptations.
View collectionA heterogeneous collection of more than 1,100 instruments developed for specific populations, languages, and clinical contexts. Cataloguing in progress.
View collectionSymposia, lectures, and reading room sessions.
The Institute will convene its next biennial symposium in Zürich. Registration is by invitation only. Programme under development by the Committee on Succession.
The Institute Reading Room is available to registered researchers. Advance booking is required for access to archival materials. Written requests only.