JUNE 5TH AND 6TH, 2024

Centre for the Study of Group Processes

University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Meeting website: https://www.envisionelevation.com/social-identity-meeting

Registration is now open

Primary Meeting Organizers:

Ann Rumble, Ph.D., Department of Psychological Science, Northern Arizona University

Tim Hopthrow, Ph.D., School of Psychology, University of Kent

Social identity theory and related topics have been an area of interest for social psychology and political psychology for decades. The impact of group membership and our social identities on our social and political behaviors cannot be understated. Current events, increased political polarization, and intergroup conflict in some areas of the world, reminds us of the importance of understanding the underlying mechanisms of social identity. Recent research on cross-categorization and social identity complexity hints at how social identity research can help to overcome polarization and conflict based on group memberships. The current small meeting on social identity is designed to bring social identity researchers and theorists together to examine the current state of social identity research, and to foster collaborations and future work in the field.