CALL FOR PAPERS

Athens Institute for Education and Research

Second Call for Papers and Participation

6^th Annual International Conference on Psychology, 28-31 May 2012, Athens, Greece

The Psychology Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 6^th Annual International Conference on Psychology 28-31 May 2012. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands and an archaeological tour of Athens. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of Psychology and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. For programs of previous conferences and other information visit the conference website www.atiner.gr/psychology.htm

Papers (in English) from all areas of psychology are welcome. Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings or Edited Books as part of ATINER's education book series. For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/PSYCHOLOGY_PUBLICATIONS.htm for table of contents and order forms. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 30 January 2012, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to: Dr. Thanos Patelis, Head, Psychology Research Unit, ATINER & Vice President of Research and Analysis, The College Board, USA or by regular mail to: ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-PSY.doc. Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), President, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and twenty research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.