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Siblings
Dear RP friends, We continue our blog articles on the Psychology of Close Relationships, the official Research Programme Theme for 2025/2026. In this review, we delve deeper into sibling relationships. In our announcement of the Research Program 2025/2026 (Hugs and Hypotheses: Psychology of Close Relationships), we noted that birth order can influence relationships, making it an important issue to discuss with clients on the couch and to examine scientifically. Alfred Adler was one of the first theorists to connect birth order with client understanding. Adler highlighted psychological birth order, focusing on children’s perceptions of their family roles over their ordinal positions. He stated, “It is not the child’s number in…
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2025/2026 Research Programme Supervisors Open Call
Attention psychology professors, PhDs and PostDoc Researchers! The EFPSA Research Programme is excited to announce the search for the Research Programme Supervisors of 2025/2026! Who: PhD Candidates, PhDs, Professors or PostDoc researchers in Psychology! What: To become a Supervisor at EFPSA’s Research Programme and work on a year-long research on the topic of your choice with student researchers from all over Europe! When & Where: 13th of July 2025 to 20th of July 2025 in Viseu, Portugal Number of supervisors: 6 experts, each guiding a group of 6-8 students Duration: 12 months (including fully-covered 7 days of Research Summer School with a travel reimbursement up to 100€) Application Deadline: 9th of May…
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Theories of love
Dear RP friends, We continue our blog articles on the Psychology of Close Relationships as an official Research Programme Theme for 2025/2026. “Relationships with others are central to the human experience: we are born into them, live through them, and their impact continues even after we die, influencing the lives of those who remain.” (Berscheid, 1999, as cited in Finkel et al., 2017). In this review, we delve deeper into the main theories of relationship science, focusing on romantic relationships as a topic of interest. In our theme announcement of Research Programme 2025/2026 (Hugs and Hypotheses: Psychology of Close Relationships), we mentioned that the three most influential theoretical frameworks are…
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Research Programme 2025/2026 Theme Announcement: Hugs and Hypotheses: Psychology of Close Relationships
Dear Psychology Students and Academic Workers, We are pleased to inform you of the theme for the 2025/2026 Research Programme – Hugs and Hypotheses: Psychology of Close Relationships. Research Programme 2025/2026 Theme: Hugs and Hypotheses: Psychology of Close Relationships The research of close relationships is a broad and rich field in psychology. The development of a unified science focused on understanding human relationships only began in the 1980s. Today, relationship science is an interdisciplinary field that uses various empirical methods to explore how interpersonal relationships begin, develop, are maintained, and eventually dissolve. It examines the structure and progression of relationships, the dynamics of how they function, and how individual characteristics…
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Call for Research Programme Student Researchers 2024-2025
The Call for EFPSA Research Programme 2024/25 Participants is now open! Are you a motivated European Bachelor or Master-level psychology student? And are you interested in conducting a one-year cross-cultural research project together with students from all over Europe? Do you want to gain experience in every aspect of research, from designing the study to data collection to communicating the results? If your answer is yes, apply to become a student researcher in the EFPSA Research Programme! Who: European Bachelor’s and Master-level students in psychology! What: Research Programme Deadline: 14th of June, 23:59 CEST What is EFPSA Research Programme? The EFPSA Research Programme (EFPSA RP) is an EFPSA Service, consisting…
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EXTENDED: 2024/2025 Research Programme Supervisors Open Call
Attention psychology professors, PhDs and PostDoc Researchers! The EFPSA Research Programme is excited to announce the search for the Research Programme Supervisors of 2024/2025! Who: PhD Students, PhDs, Professors or PostDoc researchers in Psychology! What: To become a Supervisor at EFPSA’s Research Programme and work on a year-long research on the topic of your choice with student researchers from all over Europe! When & Where: 12-19 July 2024, Szklarska Poręba, Poland Number of supervisors: 6 experts, each guiding a group of 6 students Duration: 12 months (including fully-covered 7 days of Research Summer School) Application Deadline: 13th March 2024, 23:59 pm (CET) Are you a PhD or PostDoc researcher in psychology who…
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The Research Programme 2024/2025 Theme Announcement
Dear Psychology Students and Academic Workers, We are very excited to announce the Research Programme 2024/2025 theme. In this article, you can read more about Viewing mental health through the lens of culture: The Importance of understanding diversity that will guide us through the upcoming edition of the EFPSA Research Programme. Research Programme 2024/2025 Theme: Viewing mental health through the lens of culture: The Importance of understanding of diversity While culture plays a significant role in shaping the functioning of individuals in society and influencing their values, beliefs and behaviours throughout their lives, it is also possible to observe that culture plays an important role in shaping the mental states…
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Call for the Research Summer School Organising Committee Coordinator 2023/2024
Are you a psychology student or a recent graduate interested in research? Do you like planning and organising things? Do you want to participate in an unforgettable adventure? Do you have a group of friends who are ready to work with you? If your answer is yes, then apply for EFPSA’s Research Programme 2023/2024 Organising Committee! Who: Psychology Students or recent graduates (up to 2 years from graduation) What: To chair and coordinate the Organising Committee in their tasks related to Administration, Logistics, Marketing, Finances and the Social Programme of the EFPSA Research Summer School which will take place in July 2024 When: September 2023 – July 2024 Where: In a city of…
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EFPSA Research Programme 2022/2023 experience
Research project – Dance Therapy for migration-affected women with psychological trauma: Socio-demographic Barriers and Facilitators Our team is part of the EFPSA Research Programme 2022-2023 and consists of six members and our supervisor. The title of our Research Project is ‘Dance Therapy for migration-affected women with psychological trauma: Socio-demographic Barriers and Facilitators’. The objective of our study is to identify the variables contributing to the development of stress, PTSD, anxiety and/or depression for migration-affected women participating in dance therapy workshops. Our journey during this past year has been truly rewarding and we already had the chance to enjoy some positive outcomes of our work. So far, we have written the…
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EFPSA Research Programme 2023/2024 announcement
Dear Research Community, As the new mandate had started, the new journey begins. We would like to kindly welcome you to our blog as the new Research Programme Team for the 2023/2024 mandate. This year will be full of changes and surprises for both us and you, our fellow scientists. First of all, we would like to shortly introduce ourselves to you. The Research Programme Team for this mandate is made by Kinga Meler – Research Programme Coordinator, overseeing our work, Gina Cheung – Research Programme Team Member, who will be taking care of our social media and Olivia Szwinge – Research Programme Team Member, responsible for this blog. Unfortunately,…
