„Join us at the upcoming conference and workshop, where researchers and practitioners from diverse fields of community psychology across Europe come together. This event offers a unique opportunity to present your work, share your research, and draw inspiration from one another in a supportive and collaborative environment. Don’t miss the chance to connect, collaborate, and be inspired in this vibrant gathering of minds and ideas.“

Conference and workshop dates: November 23rd – 24th, 2026
Abstract submission deadline: September 30th 2026
Full-text submission deadline: November 30th 2026

Please send your submissions to the conference mail: communitypsychology@fses.uniba.sk, in order to be reviewed and published online prior to the conference.

Conference submission fee: no fee

Conference and workshop language: English

Community Psychology in Slovakia

Supported by ECPA & SCRA

Der Beitrag 13th Conference and Workshop in Community Psychology in Slovakia 2026 erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..

Der Beitrag ECPA Conference 2027 erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..

Hinweis auf die 9th European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education (9ECSLHE).
7.–9. Oktober 2026 | Universität Bamberg
Wie können Hochschulen demokratische Kompetenzen gezielt fördern und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung strukturell verankern?
Die #9ECSLHE widmet sich unter dem Titel “Strengthening Democracy through Service-Learning and Civic Engagement” genau dieser Frage. Gesucht werden wissenschaftliche und praxisorientierte Beiträge zu:
Service-Learning und Demokratiebildung
Strategien der Institutionalisierung
Curriculumentwicklung und Kompetenzorientierung
Kooperationen zwischen Hochschulen und Zivilgesellschaft

Call for Abstracts verlängert bis 7. Mai

u.a. mit Beiträgen europäischer Gemeindepsycholog*innen!

Der Beitrag “Strengthening Democracy through Service-Learning and Civic Engagement” erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..

Am 23.-25 Juli 2025 fand die Conference der European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) 2025 in Lissabon statt. Monika Bobzien und Wolfgang Stark u.a. waren als Mitglieder der GGFP aktiv vor Ort mit Workshops und Roundtable-Diskussionen vertreten. Im Folgenden wird der Newsletter und die Stellungnahme vom 28.07.25 (inkl. der Links) der ECPA wiedergegeben:

Our four-day collective journey is over, but we leave Lisbon inspired, connected, and ready to keep up with our work, together building more radical futures! In the opening session, chaired by ECPA’s President Francesca Esposito, we remembered and honored Community Psychology’s legacy.  Our amazing keynote speaker, Dr. Samah Jabr, led us on a grounding reflexion on Palestine and the role of psychologists in addressing colonial violence.   In the following days we had many thought-provoking plenaries, working groups, workshops and a poster session, which engaged us in powerful conversations on deinstitutionalisation, community diversity and inclusion, climate justice,creative expression, mobility, border violence, participatory approaches, resistance, digital methodologies, change in universities and how to navigate uncertain times in solidarity and resistance. Wolfgang Stark chaired an important roundtable on how to address the rise of authoritarianism, which will certainly inspire much-needed follow-up conversations and collaborations. Our field visits were important moments of shared experiences, memories and stories of resistance, which sparked us with hope for more brilliant common futures. We closed our beautiful journey with a session called  „Envisioning Radical Futures“ where we heard Iolanda Évora, Zaida Morais de Freitas, and Moshood Olanrewaju share inspiring reflexions and new imaginaries of resistance, community collaboration and epistemic justice. Bruna Zani was awarded the ECPA Lifetime Career Award — a well-deserved recognition for her outstanding contributions to community psychology – We will soon send out a dedicated note to all our ECPA 2025 awardees! The host city for ECPA 2027 was also announced — The next conference will be organized together with our colleagues and friends in… Barcelona! A heartfelt thank you to all participants for co-creating this space and working with us to strengthen our community of communities  Special thanks to our wonderful colleagues at Ispa – Instituto Universitário for being such generous hosts, to SCRA: Society for Community Research and Action for their support, and to our partners at SIPCO Società Italiana di Psicologia di Comunità and Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia Comunitária. We invite you to contact us at ecpa.psychassociation@gmail.comwith any suggestions of events, opportunities or papers to include in future newsletters, and don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn, BlueSky, or Facebook. We appreciate you for being part of our community! We wish you a restful summer break and promise to come back in September with fresh proposals and renewed energy to continue our collective journey!

Der Beitrag Erfolgreicher Abschluss der ECPA Conference 2025 erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..

Building Community Strength in Uncertain Times

„As Community Psychologists, we are called to play a critical role in these uncertain times, standing in solidarity with marginalised and oppressed communities. In response to the growing geographies of fear, hate, and despair, we believe that now, more than ever, we must nurture community-led, bottom-up geographies of solidarity, love, hope, joy and collective care.“ (copy from the website)

The call is open from March 5th to April 20th.

Der Beitrag ECPA CONFERENCE 2025 erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..

“Transforming Psychological Science: the 2030 agenda”

Call for abstracts (Early Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 October 2024; Abstract Submission Deadline (extended): 20. January 2025

Community Psychology will be part of Thematic Track 3: Psychology and the social world

News from March: There will be also a Symposium „European Perspectives in Community Psychology: Diversity, Innovation, and Collaboration„

More information on https://ecp2025.eu/

Der Beitrag Community Psychology at ECP 2025 erschien zuerst auf GGFP e.V..