This page lists past special events. For a full listiing of all past events, please see our Events calendar.

The Psychology of Voting and Election Campaigns
October 20-21, 2006.
Duke University
http://www.ssri.duke.edu/anes/
The Psychology of Voting and Election Campaigns was an interdisciplinary conference that brought together outstanding social and judgment and decision-making psychologists with political scientists to address the psychology of elections.
Elections transform power relationships and the lives of everyday citizens, but at its core, voting is a psychological act. Understanding why Americans vote as they do illuminates fundamental aspects of human decision making and social relations. In this spirit, the conference offers new avenues for developing basic psychological theory through the data collected via the American National Election Studies.
Sixteen scholars presented research that strengthens the intellectual bridge between the American National Elections Studies (ANES) and social and JDM psychology.

National Consortium of Social Science Research Centers and Institutes
February 22-23, 2007.
Web site in progress
SSRI hosted the inaugural interdisciplinary conference that brought together a key group of founding participants. The past few years has seen a marked growth in such centers and institutes on university campuses across the country. The purpose of this conference was to build a consortium oriented to share ideas, strategies, and development plans so that we could each best promote cutting edge social science research and methods on our respective campuses and at the national level.
To keep in touch with members of this conference as well as those who could not attend, we have set-up a listserv for all to use:
ssri-consortium@duke.edu