💬 Advice Column – Insightful reflections by Özden Melis Uluğ

🏆 Kudos Column – Ameni Mehrez, winner of the 2025 ISPP Best Dissertation Award

🧠 Thematic Column – For this issue, we’re featuring two important pieces on Academic Responsibility in Times of Social Crisis & Selective Allyship, by Scholars Under Threat Committee (Danny Osborne & Diana Cárdenas) & ISPP Palestine Action Group

In this issue:
📣 Chair’s Address – A welcome from our new ECC Chair, Kostas Papaioannou.

🗓 Deadlines:
📚 Book awards: 15 December 2025
📜 All other awards: 15 January 2026
💬 ISPP encourages diverse nominations from across the globe.
📩 Visit www.ispp.org/awards for details and submission instructions.
Let’s celebrate excellence in political psychology — nominate someone today! 💡

🏆 Best Dissertation Award – Outstanding dissertation in political psychology
🏆 Roberta Sigel Early Career Scholar Paper Awards – Excellence in early career research
🏆 Noel Markwell Media Award – Outstanding media contribution reflecting ISPP’s mission

🏆 Juliette & Alexander George Book Award – Best book in political psychology
🏆 David O. Sears Book Award – Best book in political psychology of mass politics
🏆 Jim Sidanius Early Career Award – Exceptional achievement within 10 years of PhD

🏆 Lasswell Award – Distinguished contributions to political psychology🏆 Sanford Award – Practical application of political psychology
🏆 Knutson Award – Long-standing service to ISPP
🏆 John L. Sullivan Mentorship Award – Exceptional mentoring and support

Submit nominations to:
Rosario Aguilar
Chair, 2025–2026 Nominating Committee
📧 [email protected]

#ISPP #PoliticalPsychology #Leadership #AcademicCommunity #CallForNominations

Self-nominations are welcome. These positions help guide the policy, direction, and future of ISPP.

📅 Deadline: November 5, 2025
📄 Learn more about responsibilities and eligibility in the ISPP Constitution & Bylaws: loom.ly/CTE51VY

Last but not least, we welcome Isabelle (Izzy) Nic Craith to the ECC Web Resources team! ✨⭐

Izzy is a PhD candidate and social-developmental psychologist in University College Dublin. Her doctoral work focuses on how children's superordinate identities relate to social inclusion.

Introducing Michelle Twali, part of the ECC Professional Development team! 🎉

Michelle is an Assistant Professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Her research examines the factors leading to the persistence of intergroup conflict and violence.

Please welcome, Patricia Ciordaș, who is part of the ECC Newsletter team! 📰

Patricia is a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at Eötvös Loránd University. Her research focuses on allyship, ally action and motivations and intergroup helping.

Up next is Yasemin Uluşahin, part of the ECC Mentorship Program! Yasemin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. 🎉

Her research explores how social identities and social representations shape belief formation, with a focus on belief in conspiracy theories and populism.

Meet the ECC Chair-Elect Xenia Daniela Poslon, a post-doc at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. 💫

Her research focuses on intergroup relations, with particular interest in prejudice, social identity, and collective action.