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EASP – European Association of Social Psychology

Call for Unpublished Qualitative Studies for Systematic Review on Collective Action and Resistance

28.05.2026, by Media Account

Deadline: June 15

Dear colleagues,

As part of a systematic review focusing on the qualitative studies on collective action and resistance, we are currently seeking unpublished (e.g., preprints, under-review or in-development) articles/drafts. This project aims to systematically review and synthesise qualitative social psychology studies on collective action, protests, social movements, and resistance. The main aim of this qualitative research synthesis is to review a) predictors, b) processes, and c) outcomes that commonly emerged in qualitative psychological studies on collective action and resistance.

Inclusion criteria:
- It must include a qualitative study
- It must be a social-psychology (or adjunct) study: a) either prepared to publish in a social, environmental, political, cultural, or community psychology journals; b) use one of the main social psychological theoretical approaches (e.g., social identity approach, elaborated social identity model, relative deprivation, resource mobilisation etc.), or c) examine social psychological constructs (e.g., identity, efficacy, perceived injustice, moral conviction, moral obligation, perceived risk, perceived oppression/repression, intergroup conflict etc. )
- It must focus on participation (or intention to do so) in collective action, protests, riots, demonstrations, solidarity actions AND/OR enactment of resistance (organised/non-organised, individual/collective, overt/covert, violent/non-violent).

Exclusion criteria:
- Exclusively quantitative studies will not be included.
- Non-empirical papers (e.g., reviews, theoretical pieces, etc.) will not be included.

If you have or are aware of any relevant articles (your own or those of other colleagues), we would be very grateful if you could bring them to our attention by filling out this short form (author info, tentative title and abstract at this phase are sufficient): https://exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJVLwLCzJBq49g2

Thank you,
Mete Sefa Uysal & Firuze E. Mullaoğlu