BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference:
15th-17th September 2009
University
of Sheffield
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Professor J. R. Eiser,
University of Sheffield
,
UK
Professor R. H. Fazio,
Ohio State University
,
US
Professor A. Dijksterhuis, University of Amsterdam, NL
Professor W. Wood,
Duke University
,
US
Dr J. Dixo
n, Lancaster University, UK
Submissions for papers, symposia and posters will be open from February 2009.
For up to date conference information, please see the conference website @ http://www.socialpsychology.org.uk
Interested in organising a future social section conference?
If so, please see the attached document on submitting an 'expression of interest'. The point of contact is Dr Kevin McKee. Email: k.j.mckee@sheffield.ac.uk
Expression of interest (annual conference)
Expression of interest document.
Member-run events: Pump-priming funding
The Section committee is seeking to encourage a greater range of social psychology related events throughout the academic year, and would like to offer financial and advisory support to Section members who wish to organise such events outside of the cycle of the Annual Conference. The Section is able to offer pump priming (a loan to the level of £1500-£2000 in any given year) for an event that focuses on a particular social psychological theme or topic. Please see the attached document below for full details. Interested parties should contact the Section Conference Officer for informal discussions on this matter: Dr Kevin McKee,Email: k.j.mckee@sheffield.ac.uk
Support for pump priming.doc
Pump priming document
Annual Conference 2007 report
The Department of Psychology at the
University
of
Kent
hosted the BPS Social Psychology Section’s annual conference from 5 - 7 September 2007, with a postgraduate pre-conference event which started on 4 September 2007. The conference was organized by Professor Diane Houston, Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura, and Dr Tim Hopthrow, and was set around the theme of "Groups, Politics, and Organizations". The invited keynote talks and many of the symposia were most pertinent to this theme, for example "Psychology at Work", "Social Inclusion and Exclusion", and "Intergroup Contact".
The organizers’ core aim was to provide a platform for researchers to link theoretical and applied social psychology. Keynote speakers were Professor Marilynn Brewer (
Ohio
State
University
), Professor Robin Martin (
Aston
Business
School
), and Professor Ervin Staub (
University
of
Massachusetts
). All in all there was a packed academic programme with seven parallel sessions over three days. The conference was also one of the largest BPS Social Psychology Section conferences - with around 270 delegates.
The postgraduate pre-conference was made up with a range of workshops relevant for postgraduates with some great contributors including Professor Dominic Abrams (University of Kent), Michael Carmichael (Sage Publications Ltd., London), Professor Richard Crisp (University of Kent), Dr Roger Giner-Sorolla (University of Kent), Professor Mile Hewstone (University of Oxford), Professor Norb Kerr (Michigan State University), Professor Melanie Killen (University of Maryland), Professor Craig Parks (Washington State University), Dr Clifford Stott (University of Liverpool), and Professor Mark Van Vugt (University of Kent). Workshops included topics such as "What to expect from your viva"; "How to publish in social psychology: A panel of experts"; and "How to secure research funding". The Social Psychology Section thank the BPS Wessex regional branch for providing £300 sponsorship towards the postgraduate event.
Alongside the academic programme the delegates also had lots of fun, not least of which with the conference dinner with Ceilidh dancing on Thursday evening. The evening started with a champagne reception on the field between Eliot and Rutherford colleges overlooking the cathedral; this was sponsored by Sage Publications Ltd and was a special celebration of 10 years of the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (Editors: Professors Dominic Abrams and Michael Hogg).
Georgina Randsley de Moura: G.R.de-Moura@kent.ac.uk
Tim Hopthrow: T.Hopthrow@kent.ac.uk
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