Conference "What’s Next For Democratic Capitalism? Social and Systemic Problems of Central European Democracies"

It is our great pleasure to invite you to our conference, entitled "What’s Next For Democratic Capitalism? Social and Systemic Problems of Central European Democracies". The conference will be held in Warsaw on 7-8 of November 2014 in the beautiful setting of the historic Staszic Palace.

The conference will feature symposiums, a poster session, keynote lectures and short lectures (Prof. B. Alishev, Prof. H. Domański, Prof. H. Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Prof. A. Jasińska-Kania, Prof. M. Kofta, and others).

Keynote Lectures:
Prof. G.V. Caprara (Sapienza University of Rome): Personalizing Politics: For a Democracy that Suits Human Potentials
Prof. R. Markowski (Center for the Study of Democracy and Polish Academy of Sciences): Democracy on the Crossroads
Prof. S. Reicher (St. Andrews University): The Psychology of Political Mobilization and Political Participation
Prof. J. Reykowski (Polish Academy of Sciences): Market System and Motivational Processes

The conference will be built around some key topics regarding democratic capitalism in Central Europe:
- Social problems of democratization (keywords: social activity, political participation, system legitimization, social justice, deliberation, social exclusion, undemocratic ideologies)
- National identities and nationalisms (keywords: national identity, ethnic identity, nationalism, patriotism, multiculturalism, separatist movements, intergroup relations, immigration)
- Market economy and market failures (keywords: political business cycle, market failures, experts)
- Quality of life (keywords: wellbeing, life and eating styles, psychological costs of transitions)
- Effectiveness of innovation activities (keywords: new economic capabilities, innovation policy, evolution of innovation processes)
- Mentality and attitudes towards democracy and capitalism (keywords: mentality, mentality features, socio-political attitudes, socio-political behavior).

You can find all important details on our website http://conference2014.psych.pan.pl/
The deadline for submissions of proposals is June 15th, 2014 http://conference2014.psych.pan.pl/proposal-submissions.html

With best regards
Katarzyna Hamer (organizational committee)
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Katarzyna Hamer, Ph.D.
Institute of Psychology
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Jaracza 1,
00-378 Warsaw, Poland