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Call for Papers

Over the last few decades, insights from the fields of social and cognitive psychology have proven tremendously valuable to the study of public opinion and mass behavior. Less attention has been paid to psychological theories’ implications for the study of political institutions, elite behavior, and other elements of the policy making process. This conference aims to bring together research on the frontiers of both of these areas. The 2^nd Annual Princeton Conference on Psychology and Policymaking solicits papers from graduate and post-doctoral students from across the social sciences whose research focuses on the intersections between psychology and the policy-making process. The conference will be held on February 19^th and 20^th at Princeton University. The goal of the conference is to provide feedback for papers that are in progress. As such, it will employ a workshop style format with eight panels, each offering rigorous consideration of a single paper. The conference will also include a keynote address by John Jost of New York University’s Department of Psychology. We hope to build on the success of last year’s conference to bring together a diverse group of psychologists, political scientists and other social scientists as paper presenters and discussants.

Submissions should consist of a complete draft (though not necessarily the final draft) of the paper to be presented. Please submit two copies, one without identifying information for blind review. Papers should not exceed 8,000 words in length. Complete papers are preferred but extended abstracts of 750-1000 words (not counting tables and figures) that include some discussion of the study’s results will also be considered. Submissions are due via email to psychpol@princeton.edu by November 15^th, 2009. All authors will be informed of the decision by January 8^th, 2010.  Papers not accepted for full presentations may be accepted for a poster session.

Assistance for invited participants’ travel and lodging is available by application. The organizing committee acknowledges the support of the Princeton University Departments of Politics and Psychology and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.

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