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C-SPI: Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland |
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| Posted by: | Eric R. Igou |
| Title/Position: | Lecturer |
| School/Organization: | University of Limerick |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | February 24th, 2009 |
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Dear Colleagues:
There is something new in the Republic of Ireland!
We would like to announce the first Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland (C-SPI). The conference will take place at the end of May (Thursday 28 to Friday 29) on the campus of the University of Limerick: http://www.ul.ie/
We are proud to announce the two keynote speakers of the first C-SPI:
Professor Constantine Sedikides (University of Southampton)
Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St. Andrews)
For more details, please have a look at the announcement below.
We hope to see you in Limerick.
Best wishes,
Eric Igou & Orla Muldoon
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RE: Invitation to the 1st Conference on Social Psychology in Ireland (C-SPI)
Dear Colleagues,
In the last 10-15 years the interest in social psychological research has received tremendous attention worldwide, in and outside of academia. The combination of basic psychological processes with contextual and social reality has resulted in creative and inspiring research and in applications for social change. The success of our field is reflected in increasing funding by governmental and private research organizations and in an increasing amount of social psychologists in academia, governmental organizations, and companies. Indeed the development of our Department of Psychology committed to the field of Social Psychology at the University of Limerick (UL) can be seen as a direct result of these developments.
Importantly, social psychological research is a broad field, ranging from intra-individual processes to inter-group dynamics, and it includes many different areas of social life such as interpersonal and intergroup behaviour, attitude change, conflict resolution, collective action and much more. In the spirit of explaining social phenomena and discussing implications for social change we invite all psychologists and psychology students to the first conference on social psychology in Ireland. We believe this conference is a timely opportunity to come together in order to exchange research ideas and get to know each other better.
To this end we are planning a conference every alternate year in the Spring semester at UL. It could take on the character of a small group meeting with a theme around a particular issue every year. For this years event we have invited two eminent keynote speakers. We are delighted to announce that this year Professor Stephen Reicher (St. Andrews University) and Professor Constantine Sedikides (University of Southampton) have agreed to address our meeting. Our theme for this year's conference is: "Self and Identity Processes in Context."
We want to encourage you to join us for this conference and we encourage you to give a presentation, whether it is an oral presentation (20 min & 5 min discussion) or a poster presentation. We would also like you to encourage your visiting scholars, postdoctoral researchers, and postgraduate students to attend the conference and to give presentations. Proposals for oral presentations will be reviewed and organized into themes.
The conference will be held on Thursday, May 28th, and on Friday, May 29th, at the University of Limerick. Throughout the conference we will offer snacks, coffee, soft drinks, & wine in exchange for a low conference fee. Specifically, the fees are:
-> EUR 25,- for each faculty member
-> EUR 20,- for visiting scholars & postdoctoral researchers
-> EUR 10,- for students (postgraduates & undergraduates)
After the event, late afternoon on Friday, visitors are welcome to participate in a walking tour in the nearby lakeside village of Killaloe (Co. Clare) followed by a casual dinner.
Attendance: If you plan to attend the conference, please send an email by April 10, 16:00 to: Sharon.Barrett@ul.ie, with "C-SPI" in the subject line of your email. Fees will be paid onsite.
Proposals: Proposals should be submitted via email to Eric.Igou@ul.ie, with "C-SPI presentation" in the subject line. The deadline is: March 27, 20:00. Please add the following information to your email: title of presentation, authors (incl. affiliation), abstract (80 words), presentation type (oral or poster). The official programme of the conference will be posted in late April on the website of our department:
http://www.ul.ie/psychology/
Social event: If you want to join us and the keynote speakers for the social event in Killaloe, please send an email to: Eric.Igou@ul.ie, with "C-SPI Killaloe" in the subject line.
We hope to see you at the conference!
Dr. Eric R. Igou & Professor Dr. Orla Muldoon
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