Cfp: "Overcoming Political Violence, Injustice, and Deprivation," International Society of Political Psychology, Dublin, July 14-17, 2009.

Political psychology covers a wide diversity of approaches and theories. It has close ties to disciplines such as social and cognitive psychology, political science, neuroscience, philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, sociology, communications, international relations, political economy, and formal theory, To address this year’s theme, the Program Chairs seek to create a culture of informed discussion and exchange of ideas focused around dealing with political violence, injustice and deprivation in their many guises. Ireland and Dublin offers an ideal backdrop for our meeting focusing on these topics as Ireland, North and South has been actively facing up to these challenges and developing solutions which offer models for other countries. In the spirit of Irish hospitality, the 2009 ISPP Annual Scientific Meeting aims to create a friendly forum to facilitate constructive dialogue between political psychologists, politicians, and intellectuals, regarding the challenges facing our world. Such collaboration can pave the way toward an improved political psychology, one that not only scrutinizes its progress, but is also able to demonstrate the relevance of our work beyond the academic boarders of our discipline. Proposals are particularly welcomed from junior scholars, members and non-members who share the passion for understanding the psychological underpinnings of politics. In short it’ll be a great time to catch up with old friends, create new ones, challenge some of our ideas and attempt to create solutions to the problems the world currently faces. Further information may be found here: http://ispp.org/meet.html.