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Preconferences
A number of preconferences will be held on the morning of Thursday, 26 November 2026, prior to the main conference.
Preconferences may include focused research workshops, professional development sessions, or themed scholarly discussions. Further details regarding preconference submissions and participation will be available on the conference website once the preconference sessions have been decided. If you are interested in organising a preconference, please complete the preconference submission form.
We are pleased to announce the following preconferences for SASP 2026
- Science for Policy: How Social Psychologists can Make a Difference in the Real World
Organisers: Naomi Ellemers, Utrecht University; Jolanda Jetten, University of Queensland - Social Developmental Science: Growing Minds in Social Worlds
Organisers: Ted Ruffman, University of Otago; Annette Henderson, University of Auckland; Frankie Fong, Victoria University of Wellington; Shalini Gautam, University of Queensland; Zhenlin Wang, Massey University; Rachael Low, Victoria University of Wellington; Kana Imuta, University of Queensland; Jessica Spence, University of Queensland; Callyn Farrell, University of Queensland - Is Environmental Psychology Research Fit for Purpose?
Organisers: Chris Klebl, The University of Queensland; Maddie Judge, University of Otago; Boryana Todorova, University of Queensland; David Cheney, University of Queensland; Susilo Wibisono, Murdoch University; Taciano Milfont, University of Waikato - SASP Gender and Sexuality Pre-conference
Organisers: Joel Anderson, La Trobe University; Eden Clarke, University of Auckland; Michael Thai, University of Queensland; Jordan Hinton, La Trobe University; Nat Amos, La Trobe University; Michelle Ryan, Australian National University - Culture in Context: Advancing Regional Perspectives on the Social Mind
Organisers: Kongmeng Liew, University of Canterbury; Joseph Watts, University of Canterbury; Takeshi Hamamura, Curtin University; Joseph Bulbulia, Victoria University of Wellington; Oliver Sng, University of California, Irvine - [Workshop] SurveyBERT: A Neural Network Trainer for Qualitative Survey Responses in the Social Sciences using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers
Organisers: Chris Sibley, University of Auckland - [Workshop] What is a Reasonable Question? A Workshop to Explore Academic Freedom and Facilitate Constructive Conversation in Universities
Organisers: Niki Harré, University of Auckland; Jamin Halberstadt, University of Otago; JD Bowman, University of Otago; Elizaveta Zhuravleva, University of Auckland
For more information on submitting and participating in one of the preconferences, please follow the respective links above for specific submission instructions.
For updates and further information, please visit:
https://sasp.org.au/events/conference/sasp-2026-conference/