It is time for me to write a few words updating you on the goings-on in the Governing Council of ISPP after our recent meeting in Ann Arbor. It was a very productive meeting overall, and it was gratifying to see how many members of the Council were able to travel very long distances to come together and deliberate. One of the main issues we discussed was our decision to visit Santiago, Chile for the 2022 ISPP meeting. We selected that site before the country began experiencing a significant student-led protest movement in the fall of 2019. Fortunately for us, we have two Chilean scholars serving now on the GC- Monica Gerber Pluss and Roberto Gonzalez- who helped us consider whether to postpone the visit to Santiago. Given how relevant this is to the Society in the near future, I asked Professor Gerber Plüss to recap our discussion and their recommendation here. She responded with the following brief statement:
"We had a long and fruitful discussion at the GC meeting in relation to whether -given the current social unrest- the 2022 ISPP meeting should be conducted in Chile or not. Since October 2019 Chile has been facing protests and social unrest as a direct response to an increase in transport fares and a long-winded irritation with the country's levels of inequality, living conditions and poverty. The protests developed with an increase of violence from a part of the involved activists as well as violent police repression of protesters in general. These days, several organizations are claiming that Human Rights have been consistently violated in Chile during these months. In the meantime, a process is starting to evaluate whether and how the current Constitution (approved during Pinochet’s military dictatorship) should be changed.
In relation to the ISPP meeting, Roberto González explained that the location originally contracted for accommodation and presentations was no longer available and that after a long search no other hotel/university combination fulfilled the requirements for such a big meeting. The case was also made that given that the constitutional process is taking place during the next two years in Chile, the situation will remain uncertain for some time. However, there was a strong interest among GC members to have the meeting in Chile and a decision was made to move the date to 2024 (since the EASP meeting is in Europe in 2023). We hope to see you all in Chile in 2024!
Our 2021 Annual Meeting will be held in Montreal, Canada | July 15-17, 2021 If you are interested in hosting a future conference of ISPP, please contact the Central Office to obtain the necessary guidelines and materials.
Call for the New Twinning Program
Call for the New Twinning Program
The twinning program aims to facilitate scholarly collaboration between threatened political psychologists and the program partners. These collaborations can offer the opportunity for threatened scholars to continue their academic activities, maintain and advance their careers, and integrate into international political psychology; furthermore, partners can engage in political advocacy on behalf of threatened scholar.
For more information about the Twinning Program and how to apply as a Partner or a Threatened Scholar click here.
ISPP's Scholars under Threat Fund
ISPP is committed to the protection of its members whose academic freedom is at risk anywhere in the world due to the political context where they work and/or live. Therefore, we offer emergency funds to members who lost their academic positions or their income in direct connection with political persecution and/or to members who have been displaced as a result of political persecution and are without an official affiliation or income in their current location. You can help by donating to the ISPP Scholars under Threat fund through this link.
ISPP has recently supported 17 scholars from Turkey. Therefore, at the moment we cannot accept applications for emergency funds. We are currently collecting donations in order to be able to reopen the emergency fund.
Three Lecturer positions in Psychology at University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is hiring three tenure track Lecturers Below the Bar (five-year fixed term). During the term of the contract, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to apply for tenure in accordance with the University's Policy and Procedures for Granting Multi-annual Status to Tenure Track Academic Staff. Application deadline: February 18th, 2020 | More information
Lecturer position in Social Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington
The School of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is seeking to make a permanent, full-time appointment at the Lecturer level (equivalent to North American Assistant Professor). The area of content specialisation for this position is Social Psychology and we welcome applications from individuals who have specialist research knowledge in this broad area. The School has established expertise in the areas of interpersonal and intergroup processes, feminist and discursive psychology, social cognition and decision making, and political psychology, utilising the full breadth of methodological and analytic approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, experimental, etc). Application deadline: March 16th, 2020 | More information
Call for submissions
33rd conference of the German Peace Psychology Association in Marburg
The 33rd conference of the German Peace Psychology Association, with the title "We have a dream – Positive peace as a way to a more peaceful and just society", will take place June 12-13, 2020 in Marburg, Germany. Application deadline: March 15th, 2020 | More information
Call for unpublished data for meta-analysis on effects of intergroup contact in disadvantaged groups
Nils Reimer and Nikhil Sengupta are conducting a meta-analysis of the effects of intergroup contact in disadvantaged groups. They are interested in the effects that have been referred to as the “ironic”, “sedative” or “demobilizing” effects of intergroup contact. They are currently gathering unpublished studies. | More information
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