Forthcoming EPS Research Workshops

For information about conferences organised by EPS, see Meetings.

The relativity of value: From science to policy.  9-10 September 2010 at University College London.
Organised by Nick Chater (Professor of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, UCL) and Chris Olivola (Royal Society Newton Fellow, UCL).
This two day conference will bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to present empirical and theoretical work emphasizing the relativity of mental processes. The conference is open to all interested EPS members, as well as researchers and students in psychology and related areas (e.g., economics, neuroscience, and philosophy).
Further information. 
There is no registration fee for this workshop, but to register your interest in attending please contact Chris Olivola at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it



Serial and parallel processing in reading (in honour of Alan Kennedy). University of Dundee
9 October 2010
An EPS Research Workshop, organised by Martin Fischer and Ben Tatler, will be held at the School of Psychology of the University of Dundee to honour Alan Kennedy’s contribution to eye movement research.  The event is open to all EPS members, postgraduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, with no registration fee.
Full details of the programme for the workshop.
To register your interest in attending, please contact Elizabeth Evans on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it



EPS Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Workshop
Promoting Excellence in the use of Event-Related Potentials in Psychological Research: A Hands-on Neuroimaging Workshop
25-26th November 2010.  Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
This two-day EPS-funded workshop is aimed at graduate students and junior scientists who are just beginning to use ERPs in their research. The workshop will cover key aspects of ERP design, processing and analysis with a mixture of lectures and hands-on practice, including keynote talks from international ERP experts.
A limited number of travel bursaries will also be available.
For more details please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Other Conference announcements

IUPsyS International Meetings list: http://www.am.org/iupsys/mtg.html.

Applied Vision Association Meetings list: http://www.theava.net/meetings/meetings.html


Small Molecule Bioactivity Resources At The EBI
14-18 February 2011
Venue: EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, Nr Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK
Organisers: John Overington, Anne Hersey, Vicky Schneider
Admin Support: Alison Barker, Holly Foster, Frank O'Donnell
Registration Opens: 14th August 2010
Registration Deadline: 14th January 2011
For further information please see the workshop website


Summer school in bioinformatics
20-24 June 2011
Venue: EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, Nr Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK
Organisers: Vicky Schneider, James Watson
Admin Support: Alison Barker, Holly Foster, Frank O'Donnell
Registration Opens: 5th January 2011
Registration Deadline: 20th May 2011
For further information please see the workshop website


Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience, Oxford
Tuesday 28th September 2010 - Friday 1st October 2010
For further information please see the website
Or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Emotions and Feelings in Psychiatric Illness
8th-11th September 2010
Collingwood College, Durham University
Further details available online incuding Conference Programme and Conference Registration
Places at the conference are limited, so please book soon in order to guarantee a place.
Poster abstract submissions - In addition to talks by invited speakers, there will be a submitted poster session.  If you are interested in presenting a research poster, please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   by 31st July 2010 at the latest.

Workshop on Metacognition, Hull, 5-6 November 2010
An interdisciplinary workshop, entitled "Metacognition:  Where Next?", organized by Prof. Giuliana Mazzoni, will be held at the University of Hull, UK, on November 5 and 6, 2010.  The aim is to bring together scholars
interested in metacognition who work in different areas, such as basic research, neuropsychology, education, brain imaging, and forensic psychology.
Confirmed speakers include Prof. Tim Perfect; University of Plymouth; Prof. Amina Memnon, Royal Holloway University; Dr. Phil Higham, University of Southampton; Dr. Chris Moulin, University of Leeds; Dr.
Celine Souchay, University of Leeds. Prof. Asher Koriat, University of Haifa, Israel, will give the keynote
address.
For further information contact Prof. Giuliana Mazzoni, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 
 

Other Announcements

Call for Symposium Proposals for Behavior 2011
We invite preproposals for symposia for Behavior 2011, the joint meeting
of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological
Conference (IEC) to be held on 25-30 July 2011 at Indiana University in
Bloomington IN, USA.
If you are interested in organizing a symposium, please prepare a 1-2
page preproposal that briefly describes the symposium, highlighting any
integrative aspects. This preproposal should include a tentative list of
speakers (unconfirmed) giving up to six 30-min talks. We will accept only
one symposium proposal from each individual. Please send the preproposal
to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  by 30 November 2009.

We especially welcome symposia organized by two or more scientists from
different countries and that include speakers representing a diversity of
backgrounds and sub-disciplines. Preproposals will be reviewed by a
scientific committee that may suggest alternative speakers or encourage
organizers working on relate themes to combine efforts. More information
about the meeting is available on the conference website. 



EPS members may be interested in a web-based resource for working memory
research hosted by Lancaster University. Researchers with an interest in
the topic are welcome to register with the system, which enables them to
describe both their in-press and published articles, as well as
contribute to discussions, information about research resources etc. A
monthly digest of in-press papers is distributed by email to all those
registered with the forum. More details can be found on the website. 
 

Last updated 23 Aug 2010