Call for Abstracts
The Centre for Research in Political Psychology (CResPP) at Queen’s University Belfast will hold its inaugural conference between 14-16 April 2010. This is expected to be the first of a bi-annual series of conferences which will aim to:
- invite critical engagement with theoretical and epistemological debates in political psychology;
- facilitate dialogue between political psychologists and researchers from other social sciences and humanities;
- facilitate dialogue between political psychologists with other political and community actors who work on solutions to societal problems; and
- bring together researchers in this area from different cultural and national contexts.
We welcome individual papers, symposia, poster presentations and suggestions for roundtable discussions in any area of political psychology which contribute to the above aims. We particularly encourage submissions on topics related to the following themes:
Intergroup conflict and peace building
- What does peace mean?
- What are the necessary social and psychological conditions for peace following chronic conflict?
- Truth, reconciliation and forgiveness: psychology or politics?
- How can prejudice be reduced?
Social memories, symbolic representations and emotions
- What is the role of constructions of the past in maintaining collective continuity in political life?
- What is the role of affect in understanding political phenomena?
- Political participation and mobilisation?
- What factors facilitate and hinder various forms of political participation in different groups in society?
- How are groups mobilised?
Citizenship and national identity in the 21st century
- What is the meaning of citizenship in a Western society in face of globalization, immigration and terrorism?
Beyond Belfast and the Western World
- Ethnocentrism in political psychology, taking the local global: What can political psychology learn from the Northern Ireland experience?
- The politics of psychology of aid – What can political psychology add to our understanding for Fair Trade from both beneficiaries’ and benefactors’ perspectives?
Happy ever after? The marriage of politics and psychology
- What does political science offer psychology?
- What does psy-chology have to offer political science?
- The tension between the individual and the social in political social psychology
Keynote Speakers:
- John Brewer
- Helen Haste
- Christine Liddell
- Duncan Morrow
- Felicia Pratto
We look forward to receiving submissions from different disciplines and cultural contexts and encompassing a diverse range of methodologies.
Extended deadline for submissions: 15 February 2010
Registration Fee: £130
Student and QUB staff Registration Fee: £60
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