Dear RP friends, The Research Office Webinar reviews have returned! The November webinar on the 27th was on radicalization and extremism, with our speaker Cátia Moreira de Carvalho. Cátia Moreira de Carvalho is a Marie Curie Fellow at Dublin City University, School of Law and Government. She is also an integrated researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She was recently selected as a member of the Thematic Panel on Foreign Fighters of the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation (European Commission), and is a member of the European Researcher Community on Radicalisation. The webinar first introduces the concept of terrorism with emphasis…

Dear RP friends,    Research Office webinar season continues! The December webinar on the 19th was on The Complex Ring of Jingle Bells, with our speaker, Maximilian Primbs.  Maximilian Primbs is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is also the Assistant Director for Translation and Cultural Diversity at the Psychological Science Accelerator. His research interests include implicit bias, prejudice reduction, stereotypes and visual perception, statistics and meta-science, and open science. He is interested in how social and cultural environments shape attitudes and beliefs. Primbs discussed findings from his recent research endeavour in the study called The Complex Ring of Jingle…

Dear RP friends,    Research Office webinar season continues! The November webinar, which took place on 26th November, explored the theme of  Men and psychotherapy with  our wonderful speaker Fredric E. Rabinowitz, Ph.D.  Dr. Rabinowitz has been actively involved in the academic study and clinical practice of masculinity and psychotherapy with men for the past 40 years, working with other psychologists from the American Psychological Association (APA) to bridge the gap between psychological theory and applied clinical practice of the same topic.  Dr. Rabinowitz has been a professor of psychology at the University of Redlands in California since 1984, writing many articles, book chapters and five books about working within this…

Dear RP friends,    Research Office webinar season has officially begun! We kicked off with a webinar on Open Science 101 that took place on 21st of October.  Our speaker was Dr. Nicolás Alessandroni, a Postdoctoral Fellow working at the Concordia Infant Research Laboratory (Concordia University, Canada). His work explores the intersection of open science and infant research. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), where he investigated the relationship between object use and the early development of conceptual thinking using an ecological-enactive approach to cognition. In 2023, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Piaget Society’s Doctoral Dissertation Award (USA). Dr. Alessandroni co-leads the…

Dear readers, We hope everyone is doing well in this busy academic time. We are honoured to extend our invitation to the upcoming webinar that will concentrate on data collection in your studies. As we all know, methodology is often the most challenging aspect of research projects and it is imperative to ensure proper sampling to achieve accurate results. The webinar will take place on 1st December at 17:30 CEST and will be delivered by Aliye Canan Taşlıoğlu Sayıner, a psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher from Turkey. The presentation will follow the topic of “Methodological and Practical Aspects of Experience Sampling Studies in Contemporary Psychological Research”.  We plan it to last…

Dear readers, We hope everyone is doing well in this busy academic time. We are honoured to extend our invitation to the upcoming webinar that will concentrate on data collection in your studies. As we all know, methodology is often the most challenging aspect of research projects and it is imperative to ensure proper sampling to achieve accurate results. The webinar will take place on 1st December at 17:30 CEST and will be delivered by Aliye Canan Taşlıoğlu Sayıner, a psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher from Turkey. The presentation will follow the topic of “Methodological and Practical Aspects of Experience Sampling Studies in Contemporary Psychological Research”.  We plan it to last…

It has been a month since we, the EFPSA Research Programme, conducted our third webinar. This time we had a chance to focus on the topic of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. During the hour-long meeting, participants had the opportunity to learn about recent findings related to OCD. The webinar had around 30 active participants. It was led by Fulya Özcanlı, Ph.D. Here are some key takeaways from the meeting.  Basic facts you need to know The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, known as OCD, “is characterised by the presence of persistent obsessions or compulsions, or most commonly both. Obsessions are repetitive and persistent thoughts, images, or impulses that are intrusive, unwanted and are…

Dear RP Friends,      As future psychologists, it’s essential that we stay up-to-date on the latest research and clinical insights in our field. That’s why we’re excited to announce an upcoming webinar that promises to deliver just that. On October 25th at 18:00 CEST, we’ll be hosting a lecture led by Fulya Özcanlı, Ph.D. – a researcher, academic professional, clinical psychologist, and psychotherapist from Turkey. This seminar will delve into the realm of cultural variations within Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In today’s diverse clinical landscape, mental health professionals must strive for cultural competence to provide effective care. The time has come for you to join our October webinar about Translating…

Dear Young Researchers,   We hope your summer is as beautiful as ours and that you all had a chance to take a break from your studies. First, we would like to thank again those who joined our July webinar. You can read more about it here. We are excited to invite you again to meet us during our next webinar featuring a guest speaker from Hong Kong, Mark Greene, Ph.D. This multicultural event will be a great opportunity to learn about the use of Jungian Typology in modern therapy.   The upcoming webinar will focus on the use of Jungian Typology in therapy and explore the theoretical foundations of…