International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference

The annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology will convene in Istanbul from 9 - 12 July 2011. The conference theme "Cooperation and Human Societies: Towards a Multidisciplinary Political Psychology" reflects growing interdisciplinary evidence of cooperation as a critical foundation for the development of human societies. Frequently, political psychology has focused on the negative aspects of human nature, examining the political implications of intergroup conflict, violence, nationalism, prejudice, and discrimination. Yet across numerous social science subfields including evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, political economy, political theory, and social psychology there is growing awareness of the pervasiveness of human cooperation and its centrality to group life. Participants are asked to consider how conflict and cooperation are opposing but omnipresent and often co-existing features of human societies. Please see the conference website for more information.