The 15th Conference on Social and Community Psychology

The 15th Conference on Social and Community Psychology will this year be arranged by the Department of Psychosocial Science at the University of Bergen, Norway, 20 - 21 November 2013.

We hereby invite researchers and higher level students to attend and present their work at the conference.

Aims of the Conference

• To promote the opportunity for psychology students to gain experience with presenting scientific papers and posters as well as to get feedback on their work by experienced researchers in social and community psychology

• To give experienced researchers in these fields the possibility of an annual professional and social meeting, and to present their research

• To advance the communication between social and community psychology and other areas of research within psychology and the social sciences, as well as between researchers and practitioners  

Key-note Speakers

TBA

Call for Papers

The conference will include poster and oral presentations and we welcome submissions of abstracts for theoretical as well as empirical posters and oral presentations. There will be short oral presentations of the posters at the poster sessions.

Registration and Abstract submission

Deadline for abstract submission is 21st October 2013. Please state if you prefer a poster or oral presentation (due to space limitations the organizing committee may decide on presentation form). The abstract should contain 1) the title of the presentation, 2) name and affiliation of authors(s), 3) name of presenter, 4) a short summary of maximum 300 words about the presentation, 5) three to five key words, and 6) information whether poster/paper will be in Norwegian or English.

Register for paticipation and submit the abstracts here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=72017

If you experience any problems registering and submitting please send an e-mail to Amund.Soras@psysp.uib.no. Please state "Registering and abstract CSCP 2013" in the subject field.

Possible Topics Include, but are not Restricted to:

• Community Psychology
• Work- and Organizational Psychology
• Health Promotion
• Prevention
• Environmental Psychology
• Globalisation
• Discourse Analysis
• Critical Psychology
• Judgement & Decision Making
• Social Perception
• Social Cognition
• Applied Social Psychology
• Conflict Resolution
• Risk Perception and Risk Management
• Safety Psychology
• Mental Health
• Methodological Issues
• Child protection services

Conference languages

The conference languages are Norwegian and English. All abstracts will be included into the book of abstracts and should preferably be written in English.

Organizing Committee

Norman Anderssen

Hege Høivik Bye

Jon Christian Laberg

Sigurd William Hystad

Helga Marie Meling

Arne Magnus Morken

Hilde Slåtten

Simon Øverland

Welcome to Bergen November 20 – 21 November 2013!