5: Political Psychology

Tom Rudolph, University of Illinois, rudolph@uiuc.edu

Political psychology has always been a field in motion. Whether focused on personality and culture, attitudes and voting, information processing, or recent advances in neuroscience and bio-politics, political psychology is itself a field marked by considerable complexity and change. Political psychologists are thus well suited to fulfil the charge of this year's meeting: to think about the pursuit of knowledge in a context of change and complexity.

Proposals that bring insights from political psychology to bear on the twin themes of change and complexity are particularly encouraged. Also welcome are proposals that address traditional questions of political psychology, including affect, identity, leadership studies, neuroscience, personality, political cognition, political communication, public opinion, race, values, and voting. Scholars are invited to submit proposals for traditional papers, posters, full panels, or roundtables.