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  • Job posting: (2) Assistant Psychology Professors (Pedagogical Innovation and Experiential Learning) at Guelph University

    The Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level. The anticipated start date for these appointments is July 1, 2025, or another mutually agreed-upon date in 2025. We seek innovative thinkers who can contribute to the evolution of educational scholarship and practices in psychology.…

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  • Job posting: Indigenous and/or Black scholars for a Tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level

    The Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph invites applications from Indigenous and/or Black scholars for a Tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level. We welcome qualified applicants working in any area of psychology. The anticipated start date for this appointment is July 1, 2025 (or another mutually agreed-upon date in 2025). Responsibilities…

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  • ISTP 2026 Conference – “Theorizing in Dark Times – Art, Narrative, Politics”

    The International Society for Theoretical Psychology will host its 2026 conference at Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn, New York Campus, which is located on Lenapehoking, the traditional and unceded homeland of the Lenape people, past, present, and future. Submit your proposal here: www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026. The deadline is October 1, 2025. Conference Dates: June 8 – June 12, 2026…

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  • Job Posting: Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at LSE

    Dear colleagues,  The London School of Economics is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in sociocultural psychology, political psychology, communication psychology, and/or qualitative methods. For more information, here is the advert: https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/6186/0/443250/15539/assistant-professor-in-social-psychology. All the best, Alex Gillespie

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  • CALL FOR PAPERS: Our Special Issue on Bridging Theory and Practice as a Feminist Concern

    CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on Bridging Theory and Practice as a Feminist Concern. Guest Editors: Emelie Rack (Sigmund Freud University Vienna), Nora Ruck (Sigmund Freud University Vienna), Charlotta Sippel (Sigmund Freud University Berlin) & Julia Struppe-Schanda (Sigmund Freud University Vienna) CfP Details Throughout history, a complex and often contentious interplay has existed between feminist…

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  • Presidential Message

    Dear ISTP colleagues and friends,  The world is roaring and shaking and it is more important than ever that we “stop and think”, as Hannah Arendt so rightly formulated. In these conditions, our International Society for Theoretical psychology has a precious role to play – that of offering a frame, a time and a space…

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  • Call for Papers: 54th annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society in Belgrade, Serbia

    The 54th annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.ecognized European centers for research in May 29-May 31, 2025 “Rethinking context as process when studying human development: Implications for theory, practice, and policy” Find more information here: https://piaget.org/2025-conference-main-page/

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  • Call for Applications: Position of Doctoral Assistant

    The Institute of Psychology and Education of the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) invites applications for a doctoral assistant in sociocultural/educational psychology, in principle for 4 years, renewable each year, with a starting date as soon as possible (to be discussed with the successful candidate). The Institute of Psychology and Education is part of the House…

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  • ISTP Seminar Series “Spaces for Theoretical Explorations” on Sept 30th!

    Do you like ideas, concepts, and theories? And do you enjoy discussing, exchanging, and understanding them with others? Then this new seminar series is exactly right for you! The seminar series offers dialogical spaces to practice theorizing together. A seminar consists of an informed online debate that responds to a question relevant to psychology. Several…

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  • Job posting: Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at the American University of Paris

    The American University of Paris invites applications for a permanent full-time position (CDI) in the Department of Psychology, Health and Gender at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning 1 August 2025. Applicants should be generalists in psychology who have developmental psychology expertise as well as demonstrate qualitative and quantitative competency, and bring a critical, socially relevant and culturally sensitive research…

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  • Greetings from Your ISTP Communications Chair!

    Dear ISTP Community! I hope you’re finding moments of rest and joy this summer. It was wonderful meeting some of you at the conference at Belgrade University this May. It’s my pleasure to introduce myself as the new ISTP communications chair. I’m writing from Paris, France, where I am an assistant professor in Psychology, Health…

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