Call for Proposals
Please submit your proposal by December 4th for the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society in Toronto, which will be held May 30th-June 1st. More information about the conference and how to submit is included in the email below. As a reminder, proposals do not be related to the conference theme. Submissions exploring any topic related to developmental science are welcome and encouraged! If you are in the private sector doing applied work in the field, an educator exploring constructivist practices, a policy maker doing work to bring about systems change to support youth development, we would love to hear more about your work. Please consider submitting a proposal today!
Navigating the Submission Process for the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society: A Guide for Emerging Scholars
Are you an Emerging Scholar, do you know an Emerging Scholar? You/They should come to our event on Thursday November 16th, 9am PST, 12pm EST, 6pm CET to learn more about the submission process to the Jean Piaget Society annual meeting.
The Jean Piaget Society is an international, interdisciplinary membership of scholars, teachers and researchers exploring the nature of the developmental construction of human knowledge. The Annual Meeting provides a platform for members to present their latest findings and exchange ideas. For emerging scholars, the opportunity to present at the JPS conference can be a significant career milestone. However, the submission process can seem daunting, especially for those who are new to academic conferences.
In this webinar, we will provide a comprehensive overview of the submission process for the JPS conference, specifically tailored for undergraduate and graduate students. We will cover everything from eligibility requirements and submission deadlines to formatting guidelines and peer review expectations. By the end of the webinar, you will have a clear understanding of what it takes to submit a successful proposal to the JPS conference.
Key Topics:
- Submission deadlines and formats
- Crafting a compelling abstract
- Navigating the peer review process
- Tips for preparing a strong presentation
Benefits for Emerging Scholars:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the JPS conference submission process
- Learn how to prepare a competitive proposal for consideration
- Develop strategies for presenting your research effectively
- Network with other emerging scholars and established researchers in the field of human development
Registration for the event:
Please use
this link to register for the webinar. Please register even if you are unable to attend the live event so we can send you the recording afterwards. We hope to see you there!
Pete Pufall Emerging Scholars Student Travel Award
We are pleased to offer
two travel awards of $550 each, plus free conference registration, to two Emerging Scholars. These awards are made possible by a generous gift of the Pufall Family. Awards are granted to the highest ranking proposals from Emerging Scholars, with at least one being from a low/middle income country. To be considered for the award, please nominate yourself when you submit your presentation proposal for the annual meeting. Awards will be announced prior to the conference, and monies will be received by awardees at the annual meeting. Emerging Scholars receiving the award, and their presentations, will be highlighted in the program. To be eligible, the first author (presenting author) must be a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow. Don't forget to indicate your interest in the award when you submit your proposal!
JPS Awards
The Society is proud to offer several awards in addition to the travel awards for emerging scholars. Please consider nominating yourself or someone else today for any of the following awards. Please be mindful of nomination deadlines and submission protocols listed in the descriptions.
Jean Piaget Society Doctoral Dissertation Prize
The Awards Committee reminds all of you who have just completed, are about to complete (or who mentor someone who is about to complete) a dissertation conducted within the Piagetian tradition that, thanks to the late Society founder Jeanette McCarthy Gallagher and her husband Frank Gallagher, the Society has since 2015 sponsored The
Jean Piaget Society Doctoral Dissertation Prize.
The Jean Piaget Society Dissertation Prize consists of a very generous $2000, plus meeting reasonable travel expenses for the Prize recipient to present an address based upon their dissertation at the Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society.
Any doctoral dissertation completed within the preceding 24 months from the submission date originating from any country, from psychology or related fields that concerns the topic of knowledge and its development will be considered. Empirical research in cognitive or social cognitive development of children and adolescents, rigorous demonstrations of constructivist educational methods, evolutionary theory as it relates to development are some examples of the topics that may be submitted. The quality of the work will be paramount: the work need not have originated from the point of view of Piagetian theory, but the winning submission should address how the work furthers the ongoing study of the interdependence of knowledge construction and development.
The deadline for submission is the same date as the date of submission of proposals for the annual meeting, (December 4, 2023), and proceed in tandem with conference acceptance. Because of time constraints, applicants must submit to the conference simultaneously and separately. Complete eligibility, past winners and submission rules can be found at piaget.org/awards.
Questions concerning the process should be directed to Brian Cox, co-chair of the Prize Committee, at brian.d.cox@hofstra.edu. Finally, I would ask you to spread the word far and wide! Applicants are not limited to current members of the Society, but of course, we hope that they take this opportunity to become new and perhaps lifelong members of JPS!
Early Career Award in Developmental Science
Nominations due December 1st
The Jean Piaget Society (JPS) seeks nominations for a recently established
Early Career Award in Developmental Science. Recognizing individuals’ different career trajectories, nominees must be within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D. Nominations should include a CV and a nomination letter of 2-4 pages describing the nominee’s work, including its coherence and broader impact on the field, as well as a statement regarding how the nominee’s work connects to the mission and aims of JPS. The letter also should describe the nominee’s involvement in the Jean Piaget Society (e.g., membership in the Society and attendance and presentations at annual meetings). Either self-nominations or nominations by others familiar with the nominee’s work are acceptable. Nominations should be sent to Brian D. Cox at brian.d.cox@hofstra.edu. The winner will be invited to attend and present at talk at the annual conference.
Complete eligibility, past winners and submission rules can be found at piaget.org/awards.
Other awards are given at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Jean Piaget Society:
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Science
Nominations due December 1st
Please nominate senior scholars who have made distinguished contributions to Developmental Science and the Jean Piaget Society. Follow the instructions for nomination on piaget.org/awards. The winner(s) will be invited to attend and present at talk at the annual conference. For information, contact Stuart Marcovitch, President and Co-chair of the Awards Committee: S_MARCOV@uncg.edu
The Chris Lalonde Exceptional Service Award
This award is given to individuals who have provided an exceptional level of service to the Jean Piaget Society that goes beyond the normal duties of a Board Member or Society Officer. The first winner of this award, Christopher Lalonde, provides the template through his decades of service to the JPS as Vice President of Information Technology and his long-standing role in creating the JPS annual meeting program.
Nominations for this award can be sent to the Awards Committee Chair at any time. The nomination should clearly specify the nature of the exceptional service to the JPS that was provided by the candidate. Because of the exceptional nature of this award, it is not given annually. For information, contact Stuart Marcovitch, President and Co-chair of the Awards Committee: S_MARCOV@uncg.edu
Open-Rank Position at the Department of Psychology, Bilkent University
Bilkent University invites tenure-track faculty applications (rank open) in the Department of Psychology. The university’s strategic plan includes an expansion of the Psychology Department (
psy.bilkent.edu.tr). Accordingly, we
seek applications from promising or established scholars in all areas of psychology (social psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, experimental psychology, and clinical psychology). Those with interdisciplinary approaches to studying psychology, bridging different subfields, and those offering a social, developmental, and/or clinical perspective are particularly encouraged to apply.
The language of instruction is English. The Department offers Master’s and PhD programs. For 5 consecutive years, each newly admitted Psychology major has scored in the top 6% or higher on the national university entrance exam.
Bilkent is located in Ankara, Turkey’s metropolitan capital with daily direct flights to Istanbul and other major European cities. Bilkent University also provides faculty members and their families with free housing and access to private health insurance.
Qualifications and Responsibilities:
Applicants should have a PhD in psychology or a related discipline, and should have an excellent publication record (requirements vary with rank). A demonstrated ability or the potential to secure external research funding will be a strong advantage. Faculty members are expected to maintain productive research programs. Successful applicants will teach 2 courses per semester (with no teaching requirement during summers, and a possibility of reduced teaching in the first year and a half of appointment), and supervise PhD, Master’s, and senior thesis students.
Appointment: The full-time appointments will begin in September 2024 (negotiable). Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Procedure
Applicants should submit
- Cover letter
- CV
- Research statement
- Teaching statement
- PDF copies of 3 representative publications
- Contact information for 3-5 professional references
The review of applications will commence on December 1, 2023 and continue until the positions are filled. Applications can be submitted through the application portal link below:
https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/PSYC2024OR
For more information regarding the Psychology Department and Bilkent University, please visit the following websites:
Chris Lalonde Indigenous Wellbeing Award
Beyond his exceptional service to the Society, Chris Lalonde was also an exceptional scholar and educator. In honor of this, the University of Victoria has created a student award in his name. The Chris Lalonde Indigenous Wellbeing Award will go to Indigenous undergraduate students in the Faculty of Social Sciences, with preference for students majoring in Psychology. The award is $1000 each year. To learn more about the award, and/ or donate to it, please
visit the webpage for the award.
Renew Your Membership Today!
As a reminder, membership in the Jean Piaget Society needs to be renewed annually. Please consider renewing your membership, or becoming a member, today. If you renew your membership before the 1st of the year you will receive a discount on your membership dues. Membership dues vary for regular members, students, emeriti, and those from low/ middle income countries. Please visit our
membership site to learn more and renew or become a member today!
More news from JPS next month!
Best,
Elizabeth
The 2024 conference theme will examine Embodiment as an epistemological proposal that the mind is formatively shaped by and for physical interaction with the environment and that higher cognition should be theorized from that developmental premise. Specifically, the conference will showcase cutting-edge scholarship exploring how cognitive activity, such as judgment, language, and problem-solving, draws on perceptuomotor neural substrates that evolve ontogenetically through active engagement in socio-cultural material contexts. Theories of embodiment could perturb the fundaments of cognitive science, because by carving human experience at its phenomenological and ecological joints they upend traditional epistemological and ontological dichotomies, such as brain–body, internal–external, self–other, imaginary–actual, or concrete–abstract.
What might this mean for theories of cognitive development and, correspondingly, for educational research and practice? And what of individuals with diverse sensory, motor, and cognitive capacities? As we evaluate the potential impact of embodiment on developmental and educational research, we find ourselves in need of new instruments that enable us to track humans’ multimodal interactions with artifacts and each other, and coordinate among neural, physiological, sensorial, clinical, phenomenological, and ethnographic data to build coherent integrated accounts of teaching and learning processes. Collectively, the invited program will address these issues from infancy to adulthood, bridging behavioral, cross-cultural, ethnographic, kinematic, and neural methods.
Submission deadline is December 4th. Program Committee decisions will be sent in February 2024. Provisional scheduling of accepted submissions will be available in March 2024. The full program will be available in Guidebook on April 15th, 2024. Presenters of all accepted submissions (i.e., first authors) must register for the conference by April 29th, 2024, to be included in the program. The final program will be available in Guidebook by mid May.
