We are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the EASP 2026 Pre-conference ‘The Psychology of Reaction: Exploring Reactionary Social Movements Through Social Psychological Frameworks’ (June 30, 2026, Strasbourg). 

Reactionary social movements have gained momentum globally in recent years, emerging in opposition to progressive social change and seeking to restore traditional values, identities, and power structures. These include far-right, anti-immigration and anti-gender movements that centre nationalism, traditionalism and white supremacy, and resistance to feminist progress, and LGBTIQ+ rights (to name a few).

This preconference will bring together researchers interested in understanding the emergence, appeal, and persistence of reactionary movements, as well as strategies to counter their influence. The preconference will feature a keynote address by Professor Julia Becker (University of Osnabrűck), a series of talks and blitz presentations from attendees and conclude with a roundtable discussion focused on key challenges and opportunities in this area (including further collaboration opportunities within our community).

The full call can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uhpcVws2SRSfCGvjTLfylPikX24YeZud/edit

Organisers:
Gosia Mikołajczak (Australian National University)
Morgana Lizzio-Wilson (University of Exeter)
Emma Thomas (Flinders University)
Charlie Pittaway (Flinders University)
Bridget Ramsey (Flinders University)
Kieren Lilly (University of Queensland)

For queries, please contact the organising team: Gosia Mikolajczak (Gosia.Mikolajczak@anu.edu.au) and Morgana Lizzio-Wilson (m.lizzio-wilson@exeter.ac.uk).