PROGRAMME Friday, 12 June 12.00-13.00 13.00-13.15

Registration and lunch Introduction and Welcome: Sandra Jovchelovitch, LSE

13.15-14.15

14.15-15.15

The history and future of Social Psychology Chair: Ivana Markova, University of Stirling Susan Condor, Loughborough University Is that a fact? Social psychological knowledge exchange between epistemic communities Jonathan Potter, Loughborough University Social Psychology - what kind of discipline is it, how can it change? Ann Phoenix, Institute of Education Dealing with difference: The recursive and the new Steve Reicher, University of St Andrews Self-made minions? On the social exclusion of social psychology One hour open discussion

15.15-15.35

Tea/coffee break

15.35-16.35

16.35-17.35

Raising the profile of Social Psychology: the REF, research funders and partners for impact Chair: Tom Reader, LSE Antony Manstead, Cardiff University Social Psychology and the REF Miles Hewstone, Oxford University Designing social psychological research for impact Nicholas Hopkins, University of Dundee Three reviews and a press release: A tendency to over-claim? Dominic Abrams, University of Kent What social psychology really has to offer: Understanding our basic messages One hour open discussion

17.35-17.50 19:30

Closing remarks: Alex Gillespie, LSE Dinner nearby

Saturday, 13 June 9.30-10.00

Registration

10.00-11.00

11.00-12.00

The value and challenges of transdisciplinarity Chair: Martin Bauer, LSE Helene Joffe, UCL Core offerings of social psychology to other disciplines Steve Brown, University of Leicester Social psychology and the humanities: Disruption and innovation Sonia Livingstone, LSE Being a social psychologist in an inter/multidisciplinary space Cristian Tileaga, Loughborough University Social psychology and history: perils and promises of interdisciplinarity One hour open discussion

12.00-13.00

Lunch break

13.00-14.00

14.00-15.00

Criticality and applicability in real world research Chair: Catherine Campbell, LSE Paul Stenner, The Open University A transdisciplinary vision of social psychology Rupert Brown, University of Sussex A modest agenda for a pluralistic and practical social psychology John Dixon, The Open University Increasing the real world applicability of social psychological research Helen Haste, University of Bath Some flawed, and dangerous, myths of political psychology One hour open discussion

15.00-15.15

Closing remarks: Caroline Howarth, LSE

The conference is free for all but there are limited numbers, and so registration is required. Please RSVP by email: [email protected]