• Keynote Addresses by Leading International Self Researchers
• Showcase of Cutting-Edge Research
• Breakthroughs in Research Methodology
• Stimulating Poster Sessions
• Round table sessions with leading researchers
• International Networking
• Opportunities for Students to Meet Potential Examiners and Get Feedback on Work in Progress

and lots more…

Invitation

We extend an invitation to you to participate in our fifth international conference. Papers are requested pertaining to a broad array of self-related and identity constructs and processes (e.g., self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy, identity, motivation, anxiety, self-attributions, self-regulated learning, academic interest, and meta-cognition) including theories underlying these constructs, their measurement, their relation to other constructs, their enhancement, and their application in research and practice in diverse settings (e.g., child development, education, sports psychology).

The benefits of feeling positively about oneself on one’s choice, planning, persistence, and subsequent accomplishments transcend traditional disciplinary and cultural barriers.  For example, maximising self-concept is recognised as both a critical goal and a means through which other important outcomes are achieved within diverse disciplines including education, child development, sport/exercise, health, social services, psychology, and management.

Papers that promote strategies to optimise self-related constructs as a valuable outcome in and of itself, and as a means to facilitate the attainment of other valued outcomes that enable human potential such as learning and achievement, teaching effectiveness, physical, cognitive and social development, emotional and physical well-being, improved productivity and job satisfaction, healthy lifestyles, and a greater awareness of the self in different social and cultural contexts are also welcome.

The Global SELF Research Centre :

The Global SELF Research Centre is a virtual network of international research centres and leading self researchers. The Centre strives to:

Develop and promote strategies to optimise self-concept and other self-related constructs (e.g., self-efficacy, motivation, academic interest) as an important outcome in itself by:

The Global SELF Research Centre, with its primary focus on self theory, measurement, research, and practice, is unique internationally. At the heart of the Global SELF Research Centre is a membership which includes hundreds of self researchers from over 46 countries and a network of leading international research centres throughout the world. Its international importance is demonstrated by the breadth of its International Foundation membership, comprising some of the world’s leading self and identity researchers; the world-class standing of its international research centres; and the collaborative links sought by key research bodies. The Centre has had a substantial impact on transforming the conduct and quality of self and identity research throughout the world, driving the international research agenda.

We aim to provide a biennial international forum for leading international self researchers, emerging researchers, promising postgraduate students, and practitioners to discuss issues arising from the conference theme as well as to promote internationally the importance of self and identity research for enabling human potential in diverse settings (e.g., education, child development, sports psychology).

Conference Location

Our 5th international conference will be held in the United Arab Emirates.

Guide for Presenters

Presenters are asked to nominate the type of presentation they would like to deliver (paper, poster, symposium). Presenters are to bring copies of full paper for distribution to delegates during their session.

Paper presentations will be for a period of 25 minutes (20 minute presentation, 5 minute discussion). Presenters are asked to bring their powerpoint presentation on a memory stick that can be inserted into the laptop computers supplied at the conference venue as well as overhead transparencies of slides in case of any computer issues.

A Symposium will be for a period of 90 minutes. Typically 3-4 papers will be presented in a symposium. All papers submitted for a symposium need to be submitted together with the name of the symposium on the cover page.

Poster presentation sessions will have a 45 minute timeslot and be non-concurrent. A large board approximately 1.2 metres wide by 2 metres high will be made available for each poster presentation. Poster presentations typically include a title, a summary of the purpose, research design and results of the study and incorporate pictorial images (e.g. graphs and tables) depicting key results. Presenters will need to bring their posters to the conference and hang up their poster in advance of the poster session and take their poster down at the conclusion of the session.