The personal and the political in social psychology.

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1 Social Psychology Sectio 2014 Aual Coferece 9 11 September, Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity The persoal ad the political i social psychology Sposorship & Exhibitio Brochure socialcoferece@bps.org.uk Follow the coferece o #spscof

2 About the coferece ad why you should be there This year s Social Psychology Sectio Aual Coferece will be held at Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity. The coferece as well as the exhibitio will be held o the Uiversity s largest campus, North Holmes Campus. The accommodatio will be based at the brad ew St George s Cetre i the city cetre, with a welcome BBQ ad the coferece dier beig held at Augustie House, which has wo several architectural awards for its cotemporary desig. Caterbury is also a World Heritage Site. The Social Psychology Sectio Aual Coferece is a three-day evet at which academics, practitioers ad studets preset their views ad work. The theme of this year s evet is The Persoal ad the Political i Social Psychology. Cotributios iclude papers, symposia ad posters, as well as more iovative dissemiatio methods such as Pecha Kucha ad Five miute challege sessios. This is a excellet opportuity for delegates to meet ad lear from leadig professioals both from the UK ad overseas. The 2014 Coferece will have four keyote speakers icludig: Professor Kriste Moroe Professor of Political Sciece ad Philosophy, Political Sciece, School of Social Scieces, Uiversity of Chicago Professor Ia Parker Professor of Maagemet, Uiversity of Leicester Professor Gia Vittorio Caprara Sapieza Uiversita di Roma Professor Orla Muldoo Professor of Psychology, Uiversity of Limerick, Irelad The Social Psychology Sectio is part of the British Psychological Society (BPS), which is a o-profit-makig educatioal ad professioal orgaisatio for psychologists i the UK. The Social Psychology Sectio aims to: ecourage social psychological research; facilitate the developmet of social psychological kowledge; facilitate ad promote the applicatio of social psychological kowledge i a variety of settigs; support ad facilitate the professioal developmet of social psychologists; promote social psychological resposes to social problems at atioal ad iteratioal level; icrease public uderstadig of social psychology; ad safeguard a cetral place for social psychology i the curricula of psychology degrees. Prices start from as little as VAT. The 2013 Coferece was a big success ad attracted over 180 delegates from all over the world. Social Psychology Sectio 2013 Aual Coferece l Uiversity of Exeter

3 Beefits of sposorship & exhibitig Exposure geerate iterest from potetial cliets, icrease awareess of your compay, gai publicity, make sales ad share research. Icreased profile for your compay/orgaisatio. Showcase ad lauch products ad services. Stay ahead of the competitio. Media exposure ad support dedicated members of the Society s Media Cetre team will act as media liaiso before, durig ad after this evet. Material relatig to research preseted at the evet will be featured i the atioal press as well as i psychology publicatios. The evet will be publicised o the British Psychological Society s website, social etworkig sites (Twitter ad Facebook) ad i The Psychologist magazie, the mothly publicatio set to over 49,000 members of the Society. The Social Psychology Sectio values the cotributio made to the Aual Coferece both by sposors ad exhibitors, ad appreciates how much this adds to the coferece experiece for delegates. Discout o advertisig i The Psychologist Oce you have booked your exhibitio space at our coferece, save 20 per cet o advertisig rates* i The Psychologist. Cotact Giorgio Romao at RedActive ( ; giorgio.romao@redactive.co.uk) for further iformatio. * Not available with ay other offers. The veue Caterbury s skylie is domiated by the stuig Cathedral, the oldest i Eglad. But the cathedral is oly part of the story; the aciet ruis of St Augustie s Abbey ad St Marti s Church form Caterbury s UNESCO World Heritage Site, while other aciet ruis such as Caterbury Castle are remiders of the city s history, heritage ad culture. Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity celebrated its 50th aiversary i 2012, established as a cetre for teacher traiig fouded i 1962 by the Church of Eglad is ow a world class uiversity. The mai Caterbury campus is located i a World Heritage Site ad is recogised as the secod safest uiversity i Eglad ad Wales. The mai sessios, registratio ad exhibitio, alog with caterig, will be located i the North Holmes Campus. This campus is Five miutes walk from Caterbury city cetre ad the cathedral. The welcome barbecue ad Coferece dier will take place at Augustie House. With a city cetre locatio ad outdoor terraces, oe of which overlooks the cathedral, this is the ideal locatio for our social activities. With excellet trasport liks, Caterbury is oe hour from St Pacreas via Ashford o the high speed trai. Social Psychology Sectio 2014 Aual Coferece l Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity

4 Delegate testimoials The Social Psychology Sectio Aual Coferece 2013 offered a excellet opportuity to liste to cotemporary work from colleagues i the most beautiful of settigs. Symposia presetatios were of the highest quality ad the ambiece amogst delegates was cordial ad ivigoratig i exchage. I would suggest that if you have ot atteded this coferece yet, put a date i your diaries for ext year s evet. The coferece offered a exceptioally rich variety of cotributios from a wide rage of theoretical ad methodological traditios. A very erichig experiece. Particularly impressed by the high quality of keyote addresses. As a ew PhD studet this was my first attedace at a social psychology coferece. I was delighted to fid a welcomig ad supportive commuity of researchers who were sharig ad ispirig valuable social research. I was excited to see commoalities across methodological paradigms, thus scaffoldig a bright future for British social psychology. Supporters of the 2013 coferece Social Psychology Sectio 2014 Aual Coferece l Caterbury Christ Church Uiversity

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