During the first week of May 2016, the 30th congress of the European Federation of Psychology Students’ Associations (EFSPA) was organized in Vimeiro Portugal. On behalf of EASP I was invited to represent social psychology during the meeting.

The unique thing about this conference is that it is organized by psychology students for psychology students. The conference is a biennial event that places a particular emphasis on its scientific programme. It brings together more than 150 students from all over Europe for four days of lectures, workshops, and student presentations.

I was honored to contribute to the programme with a lecture and a workshop on “Scientific Integrity in Psychological Science”. Especially the workshop was a great experience. In a room full of highly interested students we discussed concrete dilemmas that researchers may encounter while engaging in psychological research. We discussed the focus on significant p-values, the risks of false positive and false negative findings, the importance of explicitly distinguishing confirmation from exploration and the importance of good theorizing.

I was impressed by the engagement of the students and the high quality of their contributions during the discussion. Also, I was impressed by the student presentations that I attended during the conference. If these students are representative for the future of our field, the future looks bright! I hope that in the near future we may welcome some of them as members of our association.