ISPPNews December 2018

ISPPNews vol. 29.8

December 2018

Update from ISPP's Early Career Committee (ECC)

I am very honored to lead the Early Career Committee (ECC) for 2018-2019 and have the immense responsibility of representing ISPP Early Career Scholars during this year. I can assure you that I will do my best to face this challenge, especially in behalf of those who (like myself) come from underrepresented cultural backgrounds and geographical areas within ISPP.

Click here to read Patricio Saavedra Morales' column

Fred Greenstein
1930 - 2018

Fred Greenstein, a leading expert on political psychology and presidential decision making and leadership died on December 3, 2018, aged 88.

Fred Greenstein is gratefully remembered as President of ISPP (1996-1997).

New York Times Obituary

Availability of ISPP's Central Offcie in December

Please be informed that ISPP's Central Office will be closed for the holidays from 22 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.

ISPP's Central Office will reopen full time on Wednesday January 2, 2019.

ISPP supports scholars whose academic freedom is at risk!

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.

ISPP will match any contribution, up to $40,000, until December 31, 2018.

Several sister organizations generously offered support by sharing ISPP's call for donations among their membership.

It is now possible to request funds for immediate emergency support for personal living needs. The funds are also available for supporting scholars under threat to continue scholarly activities.

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Observe trials in Turkey

On behalf of ISPP, four international observers attended the trials of two young academics from Turkey who signed the Peace petition in 2016 and were charged with spreading terrorist propaganda. In both courtrooms we observed many irregular procedures, it is hard to describe the proceedings as “justice.” Although the trials and the convictions were devastating, we were inspired by the solidarity among Turkish academics and the dignity of their defence. We had the opportunity to learn about Turkish colleagues’s top priorities and the ways that members could be supportive.

Colleagues in Turkey as well as the case lawyer have stressed the impact of international observers on the court process. Observers also serve in boosting morale. For ISPP sending observers to Turkey is an opportunity to get first-hand information about the current situation and to jointly plan support actions. Colleagues in Turkey have therefore asked us to send observers for other trials of ISPP members. The trials have up to now been held in Istanbul and ISPP has allocated some funds to support travels of observers. If you are interested in joining the pool of observers get in touch with us via info@ispp.org.

Upcoming trial dates:
January 16, 2019
February 7, 2019
March 1, 2019
March 7, 2019
March 13, 2019
April 4, 2019

Gender Studies under threat in Hungary

ISPP's leaderhip has been watching the developing situation in Hungary regarding gender studies, and they have sent a statement of concern to the Hungarian government. Read the statement here.

See our Scholars under Threat webpage for an overview of our initiatives and information on how YOU can help.

ISPP 2019 Awards
Call for nominations

The 2019 ISPP award nomination deadlines are approaching! By giving out awards, ISPP acknowledges each year junior and senior members who have made important contributions to the field of political psychology with their research, with practical application of their research, or by serving ISPP. The nomination process for the Harold Lasswell Award for distinguished scientific contributions, Nevitt Sanford Award for professional contributions, Jeanne Knutson Award for service to ISPP, Erik Eriksson Early Career Award, Roberta Sigel Early Career Paper Award and the Best Dissertation Award is open until January 15, 2019.

To provide the award committees with a diverse nominee pool, take a moment to think broadly of people who you could nominate or encourage to self-nominate for the different awards.

Click here for more information on our awards!

Save the dates!
ISPP's upcoming meetings

Our 2019 Annual Meeting will be held in Lisbon, Portugal | July 12-15, 2019 | The submission portal is now closed. Notifications are expected to go out in February 2019 or before.

Our 2020 Annual Meeting will be held in Berlin, Germany | July 14-17, 2020

Our 2021 Annual Meeting will be held in Montreal, Canada | July 14-17, 2021

If you are interested in hosting a future conference of ISPP, please contact the Central Office to obtain the necessary guidelines and materials.

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The next ISPPNews will be published in February 2019.
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Table of Contents of the December 2018 issue of Political Psychology, a special issue on The Political Psychology of European Integration: Brexit and Beyond is now available! Click here.

Accepted articles are available ahead of print in Early View!

Table of Contents of the January 2019 issue of Advances in Political Psychology now available! Click here.

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Call for Papers & Chapters

Prosocial Development in Risky and Vulnerable Contexts.
Special Issue of the International Journal of Behavioral Development (IJBD)
Submission deadline: February 15, 2019
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Call for Applications

2019-2020 Scholars Program
APA Division 39 (Psychoanalysis)
Deadline: January 1, 2019
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Position
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Deadline: January 2, 2019
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Seeking PhDs and Postdoctoral researchers for Junior Research Programme (JRP)
Deadline: January 31, 2019
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Requests for literature & data

Meta-Analysis on Terrorism and Socio-Political Attitudes
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Looking for Political Psychologists in Germany

Political Psychology is a growing research field, also in Germany, but there is little exchange between researchers of different disciplines.

In order to tackle this we would like to improve the communication between political psychologists in Germany and, at the same time, examine the need for such an action. Please take part in our short survey and join our mailing list!

Summer Institute in Political Psychology

Stanford University is pleased to announce that it will again be hosting the Summer Institute in Political Psychology during the first three weeks of August, 2019.

August 4 to 24, 2019 | More information

Conferences, Workshops and Summer schools

MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019: Practicing New Standards in Transparency and Reproducibility
January 25-27, 2019, Mannheim Germany | More information

3rd World Conference on Personality
April 2-6, 2019, Hanoi Vietnam | More information

77th Annual MPSA Conference
April 4-7, 2019, Chicago, IL. | More information

Hellenic conference of political science: New Challenges, New Answers (HEPO2019)
April 17-20, 2019, Athens Greece | More information

SASP-SPSSI Group Meeting on Intergroup Contact
Submission deadline: January 27, 2019
April 29 - May 1, 2019, Newcastle, Australia | More information

The evolution, emergence, development, and maintenance of stereotypes
Submission deadline: February 28, 2019
June 27-30, 2019, Eyba/Saalfeld, Germany | More information

ISPP Summer Academy 2019
July 9-11, 2019, Lisbon Portugal | More information

ISPP 2019: Empowering Citizens in Illiberal Times: The Political Psychology of Oppression and Resistance
July 12-15, 2019, Lisbon Portugal More information

Summer Institute in Political Psychology
August 4 - 24, 2019 | More information

Consult our calendar of events in the field of Political Psychology around the globe.

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