Princeton Graduate Student Conference on Psychology and Policymaking

Dates: October 24th-25th, 2008
Call for Papers Deadline: August 29th, 2008
Location: Princeton University
Website: www.princeton.edu/~psychpol

The Organizing Committee for the Princeton Graduate Student Conference on Psychology and Policymaking invites empirical and theoretical papers that examine the role of psychological phenomena in policymaking, political leadership, elite decision-making or political institutions.

This conference aims to provide an exciting intellectual forum for graduate students in the social sciences who are interested in the ways that psychological processes influence policymaking and whose research integrates ideas and methods from both Political Science and Psychology. The conference will feature eight workshop-style panels, each focused on developing and critiquing a single paper. Presenters will have the opportunity to showcase the details of their work, receive feedback from dual graduate student discussants from Princeton’s Departments of Politics and Psychology, and field questions from graduate students and faculty from Princeton and other leading research universities.

In addition, paper presenters and discussants will enjoy numerous informal opportunities for networking and exchanging ideas, including catered meals, a reception, and a keynote address by a leading scholar in the field of political psychology.

Instructions for submissions are available on the conference website, www.princeton.edu/~psychpol. Applicants must be graduate students or post-doctoral students during the 2008-2009 academic year. All submissions must be received no later than August 29th, 2008, and should consist of a complete draft (though not necessarily the final draft) of the paper to be presented in PDF format. Papers may not exceed 8,000 words in length and may not include identifying information (personal or institutional) on any page except the title page.

Papers will be refereed on a blind basis by current graduate students in Princeton’s Departments of Politics and Psychology, and decisions will be announced by email no later than September 26th. Accepted papers will be posted to the conference itinerary website. Applicants who are not selected to present will also have the option to have final drafts of their papers showcased on the conference website.

Graduate students in Princeton’s Departments of Politics and Psychology will house invited presenters on the night of the 24th. Additional travel support for invited presenters will also be available after decisions are announced.

Please direct all questions to psychpol@princeton.edu, or visit the conference website at www.princeton.edu/~psychpol for more information.
Best,

Nick Carnes, Dan Myers, and Ann Marie Russell Organizing Committee

Sponsored by:
The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics The Princeton University Department of Politics The Princeton University Department of Psychology