We have been very busy this spring with the School of Psychology hosting and collaborating with some fantastic colleagues from the Boston, Massachusetts area with QUB strategic partners Boston College and Northeastern University, with thanks to the support of Megan McBurney and Carolyn Largey, and the Internationalisation Committee.

From Boston College, we hosted Professor Rebekah Levine Coley (May 10-17) who gave a talk on 'Transmitting economic disadvantage to children's development: Pathways through communities and families' and liaised with our colleagues at Queen's Community and Places. 

We also had a productive visit from Professor John Coley, Northeastern University (May 10-17), to collaborate with Jocelyn Dautel, Aidan Feeney and Hannah Kramer on papers resulting from collaboration as part of the international Developing Belief Network and a new grant in the works investigating 'Intuitive thinking about nationality categories.'

The following week (May 23-35), Dr. Katherine McAuliffe visited as an invited Enhancing Global Research Opportunities: Speaker Seminar Series (ENGROSS) speaker. She gave a seminar on 'The influence of norms on fairness in childhood.' We had great collaboration talks about research collaboration as part of the international Developing Belief Network with Jocelyn Dautel, Hannah Kramer, and Bethany Corbett and further partnership and exchanges with Boston College, and a fabulously informative tour of Belfast thanks to Dominic Bryan.

Stay tuned for one last Massachusetts visitor: Professor Linda Tropp, University of Massachusetts Amherst who is giving a public lecture and keynote talk 22nd June 2023 6-7pm in Riddel Hall on 'Broadening the lens of intergroup contact theory and research: Examining contact processes and outcomes in divided societies. Professor Tropp’s research focuses on expectations and outcomes of intergroup contact, identification with social groups, interpretations of intergroup relationships, and responses to prejudice and disadvantage. She received the 2012 Distinguished Academic Outreach Award from the University of Massachusetts Amherst for excellence in the application of scientific knowledge to advance the public good. Tropp has also received the Erikson Early Career Award from the International Society of Political Psychology, the McKeachie Early Career Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and the Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

We hope to see you there-- Please register here if you wish to attend.