Programme

The Annual Finnish Social Psychology Conference 2026

The list of accepted abstracts organized by parallel sessions is available here: List of abstracts 

The schedule of the parallel sessions is available here: Parallel sessions

All plenaries and working groups take place in the Linna building (Kalevantie 5, Tampere)

 

Wednesday 6.5.

12:30–16:00 Pre-conference workshop: Kickstarting PhD studies in Social Psychology

 

Thursday, May 7th

NOTE: SLIGHT RESCHEDULING DUE TO THE TRAIN DIFFICULTIES

10:00 – Registration opens
12:00–12:15 – Opening of the conference (Väinö Linna Hall, Linna building)
12:15–13:15 – Keynote: Marylène Gagné – From the Lab to the Executive Suite: Using a theory of motivation to understand and intervene on employee motivation (Väinö Linna Hall – The keynote will be recorded)
13:15–13:25 – Break 
13:25–14:55 – Parallel sessions, slot 1
14:55–15:25 – Coffee break
15:25–16:55 – Parallel sessions, slot 2
16:55–17:00 – Break
17:00–18:15 – Panel discussion (in Finnish): Sosiaalipsykologit työelämässä (Väinö Linna Hall)
18:15–18:45 – Discussion (in Finnish): Yleisökeskustelu opetuksen kehittämisestä työelämänäkökulmasta (Väinö Linna Hall)

19:15 – Conference dinner: Periscope (Vuolteenkatu 1)

Periscope entrance on Olympia-aukio:

 

Friday, May 8th

9:15–10:30 – Parallel sessions, slot 3
10:30–10:45 – Coffee break
10:45–11:45 – Keynote: Saul Albert – Artificiality and Intelligence as Interactional Achievements (Väinö Linna Hall)
11:45–13:00 – Lunch (own expense
13:00–14:30 – Parallel sessions, slot 4
14:30–14:45 – Break
14:45–15:45 – Keynote: Fortuna Procentese – Civic engagement, sense of responsible togetherness, and hybrid ecosystems: a systemic, multilevel perspective on addressing social challenges (Väinö Linna Hall)
15:45–16:00 – Closing of the conference (Väinö Linna Hall)