CeSCuP virtual seminar – Towards a Psychology of Refugee Integration (October 20th)
Towards a Psychology of Refugee Integration Pr. Gerald Echterhoff, WWU Münster Abstract. Worldwide numbers of refugees have surged again, now exceeding 26 million. In the foreseeable future, most refugees will not be able to return to their homes. The integration of refugees in receiving countries is the most promising and decent response to this situation, […]
CeSCuP virtual seminar – Narcoculture in Mexico: The psychosocial implications of drug trafficking (October 13th)
Narcoculture in Mexico: The psychosocial implications of drug trafficking Dr. David Moreno Candil, Department of Humanities and Behavioral Cience (Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades) of The Universidad Autonoma de Occidente (Sinaloa, Mexico) Abstract: Drug trafficking is a social phenomenon with strong historical roots in Mexico, throughout its history this activity has gone from being permitted to […]
CeSCuP virtual seminar – Justifying Atrocities: Moral Disengagement, Ingroup Glorification and Essentialism in Post- War Sri Lanka (May 19th)
Justifying Atrocities: Moral Disengagement, Ingroup Glorification and Essentialism in Post- War Sri Lanka Kulani Abendroth-Dias (PhD candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva) & Johanna Ray Vollhardt (Associate professor, Clark University, Massachusetts) Abstract. The psychosocial mechanisms by which individuals cognitively restructure and disengage themselves from moral transgressions is vital to the study […]
CeSCuP virtual seminar – Does resistance to immoral orders increase in the aftermath of a genocide? A social neuroscience study in Rwanda (tuesday 28th of April)
Does resistance to immoral orders increase in the aftermath of a genocide? A social neuroscience study in Rwanda Emilie Caspar, PhD (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Abstract. The history of Mankind is plagued by acts of obedience that lead to the loss of countless lives, cultures and civilizations. History has fortunately shown that some individuals do […]
Virtual CeSCuP seminar (Microsoft Teams) – How do dispositions-prejudice associations differ around the globe? (Tuesday 21st of April)
How do dispositions-prejudice associations differ around the globe? Jasper van Assche (PhD, Ghent University) Abstract: Ample research in social, personality, and political psychology has examined the dispositions that lie at the basis of individual differences in prejudice. Such studies revealed strong, positive, and robust associations of right-wing attitudes and religiosity with various kinds of […]
CeSCuP seminar – The Human Swarm: collective intelligence through simple interactions (Tuesday 25th of February)
The Human Swarm: collective intelligence through simple interactions Nicolas Coucke (PhD Student, ULB) Abstract. A single ant has got little idea of how it’s actions influence the processes happening at the level of its colony. Yet, through a combination of local interactions, a large number of individuals can lead to seemingly intelligent behaviour at the […]
Séminaire CeSCuP – Détection du mensonge à l’écrit, mémoire de travail, et charge cognitive audio (mardi 10/02/20, 12:30)
Détection du mensonge à l’écrit, mémoire de travail, et charge cognitive audio Frédéric Tomas (Université Paris VIII) Abstract : La détection du mensonge est un phénomène socio-cognitif complexe, dont la réalisation nécessite une quantités non-négligeable de ressources pourtant limitées en mémoire de travail. En effet, le mensonge requiert l’inhibition de la vérité, la construction d’une […]
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[CANCELLED] CeSCuP seminar – Justifying Atrocities: Moral Disengagement, Ingroup Glorification and Essentialism in Post- War Sri Lanka (Tuesday 18th of February)
Justifying Atrocities: Moral Disengagement, Ingroup Glorification and Essentialism in Post- War Sri Lanka Kulani Abendroth-Dias (PhD, Institute for European Studies, Belgium) & Johanna Ray Vollhardt (PhD, Clark University, Massachusetts) Abstract. The psychosocial mechanisms by which individuals cognitively restructure and disengage themselves from moral transgressions is vital to the study of violent intergroup relations. Yet, very […]
