EFPSA European Summer School 2009 2 What is EFPSA ESS 2009? It is a summer school that provides students with a unique oportunity of designing and conducting a cross-cultural research and conducting an international publication Arcalia, Romania (19-26th July 2009) 4 lectures, 6 research groups, 30 participants 100 fee (covers accommodation, food, scientific programme and excursion) Deadline for application: extended to 16 th May, 2009 3 Social Inequalities th July, 2009 Arcalia, Romania The topic is taken from various perspectives in Psychology (such as social, organisational, clinical, educational, Psychology of prejudice etc.) Organised by EFPSA ESS Team and Cognosis Sponsored by Babes-Bolyai University 4 4 wonderful Lecturers: Dr Adrian Opre, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, "Women in science sterotype threat Dr Larisa Buhin, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA, "The potential (and promise) of multicultural psychology to address social inequalities Prof Thomas Kieselbach, University of Bremen, Germany, Psychological unemployment research as part of research into inequalities Dr David Harper, University of East London, UK, Paranoia, the implicit assumptions of professional discourse and the social construction of plausibility 5 6 wonderful research groups: Vita Postuvan (Slovenia) Human Rights in Mental Health Nihan Tezer (Turkey) The psychological reactions and danger appraisals towards terrorism from different countries Marina Nekic (Croatia) Perceived fairness in close relationships Katarzyna Jasko (Poland) Democratic system justification from psychologica l perspective Kai Ruggeri (Ireland) School Inequalities: how literacy, funding, and conflict affect development Ewa Krokosz (Poland) Social inequality of people isolated from society due to different forms of therapies, treatment or resocialisation Participants select three research groups which they are interested in the most and the ESS team will try their best to assign you to your favourite research group. 6 Draft schedule 7 What is EFPSA ESS? It provides a platform for all European psychology students to conduct cross- cultural research and meet others who have similar research interests. It has been previously held in Estonia and Slovakia. 8 How to apply? Deadline: 16 th May, 2009 Download the application form at it with your CV to ESS team at Apply now! 9 The ESS team and Cognosis welcome you in Arcalia!