Political Psychology in Europe and the World: Advances, Theoretical Debates and Empirical Applications

This Section brings together scholars from political science, psychology, international relations, sociology and political communication from Europe and the world, who share a common passion: the understanding of psychological determinants of political decision making. The Section surveys hot topics in political psychology for the tenth year running, following the successful tradition of our Political Psychology Sections since 2005. We invite scholars to explore the formation and change of public opinion, political preferences, attitudes, emotions and behavior, identity and conflict, at the individual, group, national and international levels, focusing on psychological processes and mechanisms. The Section hosts Panels with theoretically driven empirical research Papers from senior and junior international scholars and highlights cutting-edge research developments in the field. We propose to host the following 8 Panels: 1. Leaders and Followers: the political psychology of electoral politics 2. Media, Audiences and Campaigns: the political psychology of message perception 3. How we know what we know: the political psychology of learning and socialization 4. How we feel what we feel: the political psychology of emotions and affect 5. What brings us together: the political psychology of identification, identity, multiculturalism 5. What pulls us apart: the political psychology of extremism, radicalism, terrorism 6. Living with fear and anger: the political psychology of crises, threats and phobias 7. Trusting the enemy: the political psychology of conflict and international cooperation 8. Advances in Political Psychology: methodological and theoretical contributions The Section invites research-based papers investigating personality and leadership, political ambition and motives, political decision-making, political scandals, crises, political marketing, political communication and the Internet, image making, political knowledge, party and candidate preferences, ideology, identification, political values, political emotions, terrorism, radicalism, extremism, cooperation and reconciliation, neuropolitics and biopolitics. In addition, the section invites papers on political socialization structures and processes, political identity development, political distrust and cynicism, political violence and terrorism, radicalism, extremism, multiculturalism, fanaticism, group identification, and civic competence. The purpose of the Section is to further scientific discussion and research across scientific communities in Europe and the world on the above topics. Upon completion of the conference, the authors of selected Papers from the Panels will be invited to contribute to the second volume of Advances in Global Political Psychology (first volume now published under the title Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology).