ISPPNews February 2018

As you may be aware, ISPP has been closely following the situation in Turkey for some time now. We are deeply concerned by the persecution by the Turkish government of our colleagues in Turkish universities who signed the ‘Peace petition’ in 2016. We regard the dismissals by executive decree, without due process and legal recourse, and the decision to bring academics to trial as profound violations of academic freedom.

ISPP's "Scholars under Threat" Fund

 

ISPP is committed to keeping colleagues from Turkey connected to the international community of political psychologists. You can help by donating to the ISPP Scholars under Threat fund through this link or when registering for the San Antonio ISPP conference.

ISPP will match any contribution, up to $40,000, until June 30, 2018.

The funds will be used to support colleagues in Turkey. Guidelines for applications will be posted shortly on the ISPP website. All requests will be kept confidential.

The ISPP Governing Council has voted for ISPP joining the Scholars at Risk Network as a contributing member. By joining this network, ISPP wants to support threatened scholars and promote academic freedom. Moreover, we hope this membership will encourage individual ISPP members to seek possibilities to provide temporary sanctuaries for threatened scholars at their home institutions.
 

The ISPP Summer Academy aims to train interested faculty and students in both foundational and cutting-edge reserach in the area of political psychology. The Summer Academy's central objective is to spread interest and promote training in political psychology around the world.

The 2018 Summer Academy will feature 8 lectures and several Q&A sessions with prominent political psychologist from around the world. This year's instructors are: Johanna Dunaway, Neil Ferguson, Nehemia Geva, Peg Hermann, Catarina Kinnvall, Howard Lavine, Joanne Miller, and Dave Redlawsk.  

The 2018 Summer Academy will take place July 2nd - July 4th, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas at the Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel. More information

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