• We had approximately 729 individuals on-site for our Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece, and numerous others who presented virtually. This was ISPP’s first in-person conference since 2019 (due to the pandemic). We did have a few challenges, but we hope that everyone enjoyed themselves and found the conference to be beneficial and an overall positive experience.
• The ISPP website has been updated with current leadership, the Early Career Committee, award winners, and 2023 conference information. We are awaiting some content for the 2022 Annual Meeting page, which will then be posted under Past Meetings, and will include the program PDF. If you need access to the program PDF in the meantime, it can be accessed on the event website on THIS PAGE.
• Save the date for our 2023 Annual Meeting! We will be in Montréal, Québec (trying again for our original 2021 destination) on 9-11 July at the Omni Mont-Royal. The ISPP Academy will take place at the Omni on 6-8 July.
• Watch for the announcement that the submission process for 2023 is open in late September/early October 2022, and pay attention to the deadline! The submission deadline will likely be earlier than usual, so please make note when the submission process opens.
• The ISPP YouTube Channel is now populated with some content! We have posted some of the plenary sessions from Athens, as well as some of the Virtual Seminar Series recordings. More will be added to the channel over time, but you can check it out HERE.
• Have you checked the ISPP website Announcements page lately? There are a number of job openings posted on the page, along with some other announcements of interest.
• Are you aware of the ISPP Virtual Seminar Series? We have a series running monthly seminars (virtual) live in the Asia-Pacific region. Recordings will be posted to the ISPP YouTube Channel with approval.
• As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your ISPP membership or ISPP benefits or events, please feel free to contact the ISPP Central Office.
Sev Bennett, CMP, PMP
Executive Director, ISPP
Save the dates! ISPP's upcoming meetings
Our 2023 Annual Meeting is planned to be held 9-11 July 2023 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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 Twinning Program
Call for the Twinning Program in English [see below for the call in Arabic, French, Spanish and Turkish]
We are happy to announce that we are still accepting applications for our New Twinning Program among Scholars under Threat (ISPP 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). The New Twinning Program has been set up with the aim of facilitating scholarly collaborations between threatened political psychologists and 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. We are grateful to the 24 scholars who have already expressed their interest to work together with a scholar under threat as partners. We would kindly like to ask our members to reach out to those scholars within their networks around the world who may benefit from participating.
You can find more information about the Twinning Program here.
ISPP is committed to protecting its members whose academic freedom is at risk anywhere in the world due to the political context where they work or live. ISPP's Scholars Under Threat (SUT) Committee has been working to support ISPP's members at risk. Academic freedom as it relates to both research and teaching is absolutely essential for the advancement of scientific knowledge. The SUT can support academics by providing free membership to ISPP, access to emergency funds for scholars under threat to continue their livelihoods, and access to the ISPP twinning scheme for academics who wish to have mentorship or support from colleagues in less risky contexts. If you or someone you know has had their academic freedom put at risk and feel that you would benefit from ISPP support, please contact us.
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Wesleyan University, USA
The Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant professorship in social psychology. The specific area of research is open, although special consideration will be given to candidates with interests related to social justice, gender, race, violence prevention, health, and/or sustainable living. The candidate will be expected to incorporate undergraduates in their research program, and teach introductory social psychology, a department service course (e.g., introductory psychology, statistics, or research methods), a small seminar for first-year students, and specialized courses in an area of expertise. The typical teaching expectation is two courses per semester. Also welcome are interdisciplinary connections to fields such as communication, ethnic studies, gender studies, political science, cultural studies, and environmental science. Ph.D. in psychology or related field in hand by the time of application is required to be hired as an Assistant Professor; a successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of application, but will complete the Ph.D. in psychology or related field within one year of hire. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2023.
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Are you a social psychologist who is passionate about science and education? Do you publish high-quality research in the premier outlets of the field? Are you a dedicated and effective teacher? Per November 2022, we are seeking an assistant professor of social psychology.
Within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, the discipline of Psychology offers a range of Bachelor's and Master’s degree programmes, while its research is carried out at the Psychology Research Institute (Psyres). The successful candidate will be part of the Social Psychology program group..
Post-Doctoral Associate, New York University, Abu Dhabi
Dr. Anne Maass is hiring a Post-Doctoral Associate to work on a multifaceted project on the Psychology of Economic Inequality. Paradoxically, people desire, in principle, greater equality, but are reluctant to endorse specific redistribution policies to achieve it. The aim of this project is to address this paradox and to develop and test an overall model of how communication (in particular, modes of visualization) affect redistribution attitudes and actions concerning economic inequality both, within and between countries. The Post-Doctoral Associate will join Dr. Anne Maass’ Lab at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, University of Utah, USA
The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track ASSISTANT PROFESSOR faculty position in Social Psychology with an emphasis on diversity and/or culture, broadly defined. This proposed hire reflects the Department’s longstanding commitment to diversity (https://psych.utah.edu/diversity/engage.php), and its plan to build on and further develop a critical mass of scholars who focus on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Candidates from any area in social psychology are encouraged to apply. We seek candidates with expertise in core areas and methodologies of social psychology, including those whose backgrounds lead them to innovative questions and methods. Successful candidates will demonstrate programmatic research with the potential for generating extramural funding, have strong quantitative skills to capture complex research questions related to diversity, and will be able to contribute to core curriculum at undergraduate and graduate levels. Review of applications begins on Sept. 15, 2022, and will continue until position is filled. See job listing link for complete information; contact Carol Sansone if you have questions.
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader in Psychology, University of Essex, UK
We are looking for academics who can contribute to excellence in education through designing and delivering effective teaching and learning support, and who can develop an independent, high-quality research agenda that fits within our Department’s overarching framework of interdisciplinary collaboration and Open Science.
As a successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate an outstanding research profile, and experience of - and commitment to - education, commensurate with your career position, with demonstrable ability to contribute significantly to our Department’s research and teaching agenda.
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, Baruch College of the City University of New York (CUNY), USA
The Department of Psychology in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences atBaruch College, a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), invites applications for a tenure- track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in Social Psychology to begin August 2023. This is one of several hires the Department is conducting this year to expand research and teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses in research methods and/or statistics. Other courses will depend on the needs of the department and the candidate’s area of expertise. The candidate should be engaged in a productive program of research with the potential for top-tier publications and external funding and will be invited to participate in the doctoral program in the Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) area at CUNY’s Graduate Center where they would have the opportunity to teach and mentor doctoral students.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Social and/or Cognitive Psychology, Brown University, USA
The Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (CLPS) at Brown University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor in Social or Cognitive Psychology beginning July 1, 2023. We invite applications from researchers who address core questions regarding social and/or cognitive processes across research areas, including individuals who study, for instance, affect, memory, development, intergroup relations, individual differences, judgment and decision making. We particularly encourage experimental approaches that can integrate with other methodologies, including, but not limited to, data science, machine learning, cognitive neuroscience methods, naturalistic methods, or those that prioritize traditionally understudied cultures or populations. In addition to building an externally funded nationally recognized research program, a successful candidate will provide effective instruction and advising to a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students, and be willing to interact with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds. The department anticipates making up to two hires.
Call for unpublished data for a meta-analysis on the association between ideologies supporting the status quo and subjective wellbeing
We are conducting a meta-analysis on the relationship between ideologies supporting the status quo and subjective wellbeing. We are asking researchers for their results in any unpublished studies addressing this association.
Please send us copies of any of your unpublished articles and data. We would be grateful if researchers could reply to this posting by the end of December 2022.
Please send any unpublished data and papers to Salvador Vargas Salfate. If you have any questions or would like more details, please contact us.
Call for Resources: Open Access Modules for Peace Psychology
We are an independent, international group of peace psychologists developing a repository of online resources
for peace psychology courses. The project was initiated by the Peace Education Working Group of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence of the American Psychological Association.
We are soliciting on-line resource materials that authors/presenters are willing to make available to anyone
wanting to become more educated about peace psychology and to teachers wanting to develop or improve instruction on peace psychology. We expect to post these educational materials, or links to them, on the websites of organizations willing to make the materials available to anyone without cost.
What Types of Resources?
Video Lectures
Videos Describing Case
Studies, Methods, Theories
Interviews or Podcasts
Freely Available Readings
With Curriculum Integration
Assignments or Activities
Any Other Innovative Ideas!
PROJECT MEMBERS: Riyanti Abriyani, Daniel Christie, Christine Hansvick, Winnifred Louis, Caitlin Mahoney, Breeda McGrath, Linden Nelson, Rebekah Phillips DeZalia, Gabriel Velez. Questions or Ideas? Contact Us.
ISPP is seeking for a new Director of Communications for a three-year term starting in September 2022, with the transition from the current Director of Communications starting as soon as possible. The Director of Communications is a member of the Communication Committee within the ISPP Governing Council, which is chaired by the Vice President for Publications. The Director of Communications also works closely together with the Executive Director of ISPP and the Early Career Committee.
The Director of Communications is responsible for putting together the monthly newsletter ISPPNews, coordinates with the social media team of the Early Career Committee, and provides them with information for dissemination. In addition to these regular, ongoing tasks, the Director of Communications works on various other tasks pertaining to the society’s communication goals as needed. The Director of Communications follows ISPP policies as established by the Governing Council in carrying out these tasks.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your initial expression of interest as soon as possible. A full application, including your CV and a letter describing your motivation, experience, and ability to commit time to this position as well as ideas for diversity and inclusion related to ISPP's communications, are due by September 15, 2022. We can set up informal meetings via Zoom or Skype. Please send your application or any questions you have to the VP of Publications, Joanne Miller, and the current Director of Communications, Özden Melis Uluğ.
The next ISPPNews will be published in October 2022.
To submit your contributions for ISPPNews please send an email to the ISPP Central Office.
Benefits of your ISPP Membership
Online access to the journal of Political Psychology and Advances in Political Psychology; issues of ISPPNews; ISPP's Teacher's Corner; reduced registration fees at ISPP's Annual Scientific Meetings; discount on selected publications; access to ISPP's Members-only Portal; access to the online member directory; voting rights for ISPP leadership.
Your ideas for further improvements or additions to ISPPNews are welcome! Please let us know what you would like to see here in the future by sending us an email.
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