Track Code
RC29
Track Chairs
Prof. Paul Dekker
Dr. Cornelia Sindermann
Promotes the use of psychology in understanding political phenomena. A variety of perspectives are encouraged, including those found in psychoanalytic psychology, personality theory and social psychology. The committee aims to keep people informed in various parts of the world on the kind of research that is being done in countries and regions other than their own. Members study governmental institutions and international relations, though the emphasis is on political behaviour.
Open Panels
- Advances in the Political Psychology of How Ordinary Citizens Relate to Government
Chair: Dr. Hongna Miao - Intergroup Relations and Conflict
Chair: Prof. Paul Dekker - Personality and Emotions in Relation to Political Opinions, Attitudes, Ideology, and Behaviors
Chair: Prof. Sonja Zmerli - Polarization, Populist Attitudes, and Attitudes toward Democracy
Chair: Dr. Cornelia Sindermann - Political Involvement of Children and young Adolescents
Chair: Prof. Simone Abendschön - Profiling Political Leaders and the Analysis of Political Leadership: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Personality and Behavior
Chair: Prof. Ofer Feldman - Recent Developments in Political Psychology
Chair: Dr. David Redlawsk - Talking Politics: How Politicians and the Media Construct and Shape Public Discourse and Public Opinion
Chair: Dr. Jogile Ulinskaite
