A collaboration between the Psychology Department (PSI) and the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
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The current international political climate with an increased attention to refugee and migrant flows, extremist movements, as well as tightened security measures within and between, states calls for considerable psychological and political reflection. New questions emerge with great urgency. For instance; how do different transitional measures following armed conflict, social upheaval and serious human rights violations influence reconstruction and peacebuilding? What is the meaning of justice in a context of post-conflict, and how can cycles of violence be broken? What are the social and psychological elements that form the backdrop of decision-making in extreme situations? How are men and women, boys and girls, recruited to extremist groups? What does it take for the same men and women, boys and girls, to leave? On what basis do refugees and migrants decide to flee or move and where to go? And what do new security measures within and between states do to the perception of wellbeing for old and new citizens?
In order to better understand and respond to these and other challenges there is a need for an integrated political psychological scholarship. While political challenges need political responses there is a need to better grasp what the implications are on group and individual levels. Further, there is a need within psychological scholarship to better integrate the political parameters in people’s lives and what these mean for identity development, perceptions, belonging and wellbeing.
This one day conference has an exploratory aim; to discuss what a scholarly agenda for an interdisciplinary political and psychological could look like in a Nordic setting. What would be the core questions, methodologies and implications and how to build networks and collaborations for future research?
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Program 25.October, 08:30 – 15:00 (16:30)
| 08:30–09:00 | Registration and morning coffee |
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| 09:00–09:10 | Welcoming remarks |
| Torkel Brekke, Deputy Director, PRIO | |
| 09:10–09:20 | Introductory remarks |
| Nora Sveaass , Associate Professor in Culture and Community Psychology and at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), UiO Inger Skjelsbæk, Research Professor II at PRIO and Associate Professor in Culture and Community Psychology and at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo (UiO) |
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| 09:20–09:50 | Key Note Address: Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Gunnar Stålsett, Bishop Emeritus, President of Religions for Peace; Special Advisor, Peace and Reconciliation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 09:50–10:30 | Examples of Political Psychological Research at the Psychology Department at UiO Lotte Thomsen, Associate Professor in Psychology and C-REX Jonas Kunst, Post doc in Psychology and C-REX Sigrun Marie Moss, Associate Professor in Psychology Nora Sveaass, Associate Professor in Psychology and C-REX |
| 10:30–10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45–11:05 | Cultural psychology looks at political psychology: Intellectual twins reared apart? Professor Jaan Vaalsiner, Director of the Centre for Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Professor II at the Psychology Department, UiO |
| 11:05–12:20 | Panel discussion: Conflict, Extremism and Migration – Can political psychological scholarship improve understanding and policies Torkel Brekke, Deputy Director, PRIO Trine Waaktaar, Professor/Head of education, Psychology Department, UiO Siri Erika Gullestad, Professor, Psychology Department, UiO Anne Julie Semb, Institute Director, Political Science Department, UiO Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Research Director, PRIO Chairs: Nora Sveaass and Inger Skjelsbæk |
| 12:20–13:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20–14:20 | Publication trends in relevant journals Reflections by Orla Muldoon, Professor, University of Limerick, and co-editor of "Political Psychology" Reflections by Christopher Cohrs, Professor, Jacobs University Bremen, and co-editor of "Journal of Social and Political Psychology" |
| 14:20–15:00 | What are the research gaps in political psychology? Karen Brounéus, Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Department, Uppsala University Laura Taylor, Associate Professor School of Psychology, Queen's University, Belfast |
| 15:00–15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15–16:30 | For invited guests only: Collaborations in political psychology – how can we move forward? Open discussion in closed session for selected invitees |
Please note: Registration for this conference has now closed.
