The Social Aspects of Pain Special Interest Group (SocSIG) aims to:

• Raise awareness and understanding of the social context of pain within the IASP community and the community at large.
• Provide a forum for interdisciplinary researchers with a common interest in social aspects of pain and pain management to connect with each other, exchange ideas, and discuss advances in our understanding of social contributors to and consequences of acute and chronic pain.
• Foster collaboration between basic and clinical researchers to demonstrate how social factors can be harnessed to improve pain management.
• Facilitate international and interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers and clinicians with a common interest in the social context of pain.

For more information, visit the Social Aspects of Pain SIG website.