Conferencias invitadas
14 de Octubre del 2026
CONFERENCIA DE APERTURA DEL CONGRESO
The new generation of intergroup psychological interventions
Biografía:
An award-winning researcher of emotional processes and field experimentalist, Dr. Halperin’s research uses psychological and political theories to investigate causal factors driving intergroup conflicts. More specifically, his work develops new approaches for modifying the psychological roots of intolerance, exclusion, and intergroup violence. The unique case of Israeli society in general, and that of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular, motivates much of his work, and most of his studies are conducted in that «natural laboratory.» Halperin has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in journals that include Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and Psychological Science. He has received competitive research awards totaling more than $6M in the last five years, including grants from the European Research Council. He earned his Ph.D. from Haifa University (summa cum laude) and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University on a Fulbright scholarship. In 2013 he received the Erik Erikson Early Career Award from the International Society of Political Psychology.
Prof. Dr. Eran Halperin
Utiliza teorías psicológicas y políticas para investigar los factores causales de los conflictos intergrupales. Más concretamente, su trabajo desarrolla nuevos enfoques para modificar las raíces psicológicas de la intolerancia, la exclusión y la violencia intergrupal.
16 de Octubre del 2026
CONFERENCIA DE CLAUSURA DEL CONGRESO
Segregation: A social and environmental psychological perspective
Prof. John Dixon
John Dixon es profesor de Psicología Social en la Open University, anteriormente trabajó en la Universidad de Lancaster, la Universidad de Worcester y la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo.
Biografía:
John Dixon is professor of social psychology at the Open University, having previously worked at Lancaster University, the University of Worcester, and the University of Cape Town. His publications include Racial Encounter: The Social Psychology of Contact and Desegregation, co-authored with Kevin Durrheim, and Beyond prejudice: Extending the social psychology of intergroup conflict, inequality and social change, co-edited with Mark Levine. He has also published numerous articles and chapters on the relationship between place identity, segregation and social change, focusing particularly on relations in post-apartheid South Africa and post-accord Northern Ireland.
Despite decades of legal reform and policies promoting integration, segregation remains an enduring feature of social life in many historically divided societies. This keynote argues that understanding its nature, persistence, and consequences requires a psychological level of analysis – one that situates individuals’ lived experiences within the material and symbolic landscapes they inhabit. Drawing on a 25-year research programme in post-apartheid South Africa and post-accord Northern Ireland, I outline a social and environmental psychological perspective, linking everyday spatial practices and perceptions of place to broader processes of intergroup division and inequality. This perspective helps to explain why segregation often endures long after its formal dismantlement by elucidating how people perceive, navigate, and emotionally invest in the symbolic boundaries that separate groups. I also consider how psychologically-informed research might support efforts to foster more inclusive communities. Ultimately, in order to promote social change, psychologists need to move beyond disciplinary siloes, working collaboratively with geographers, sociologists, and practitioners in urban planning to transform both the psychological and material conditions of everyday life.
Biografía:
John Dixon is professor of social psychology at the Open University, having previously worked at Lancaster University, the University of Worcester, and the University of Cape Town. His publications include Racial Encounter: The Social Psychology of Contact and Desegregation, co-authored with Kevin Durrheim, and Beyond prejudice: Extending the social psychology of intergroup conflict, inequality and social change, co-edited with Mark Levine. He has also published numerous articles and chapters on the relationship between place identity, segregation and social change, focusing particularly on relations in post-apartheid South Africa and post-accord Northern Ireland.
Despite decades of legal reform and policies promoting integration, segregation remains an enduring feature of social life in many historically divided societies. This keynote argues that understanding its nature, persistence, and consequences requires a psychological level of analysis – one that situates individuals’ lived experiences within the material and symbolic landscapes they inhabit. Drawing on a 25-year research programme in post-apartheid South Africa and post-accord Northern Ireland, I outline a social and environmental psychological perspective, linking everyday spatial practices and perceptions of place to broader processes of intergroup division and inequality. This perspective helps to explain why segregation often endures long after its formal dismantlement by elucidating how people perceive, navigate, and emotionally invest in the symbolic boundaries that separate groups. I also consider how psychologically-informed research might support efforts to foster more inclusive communities. Ultimately, in order to promote social change, psychologists need to move beyond disciplinary siloes, working collaboratively with geographers, sociologists, and practitioners in urban planning to transform both the psychological and material conditions of everyday life.
Prof. John Dixon
John Dixon es profesor de Psicología Social en la Open University, anteriormente trabajó en la Universidad de Lancaster, la Universidad de Worcester y la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo.
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