The discipline is changing quickly. Demand for mental health support has grown in many countries, digital technologies are reshaping how people learn, work and relate to one another, and governments increasingly draw on behavioral evidence when they design policies and public services. At the same time, psychology has strengthened its research practice through preregistration, replication and open data. These developments cut across specialisms, and progress depends on researchers in the laboratory, the clinic, the classroom and the workplace learning from one another.
As a psychology conference, PBSCONF gives equal weight to basic science and applied work. Researchers at every career stage are welcome, including doctoral candidates presenting their first study. Anyone looking for a broad psychology conference will find clinical, cognitive, developmental, social and applied research presented and discussed together. Presenters receive feedback from colleagues outside their own specialism, which often reveals new methods, measures and applications for their work.
Vision
A world in which psychological and behavioral evidence helps people and communities live healthier, fairer and more fulfilling lives.
Mission
To connect rigorous research in psychology and the behavioral sciences with the people and institutions able to put it into practice.
Who Should Attend
- Researchers in clinical, cognitive, developmental, social, health and organisational psychology
- Behavioral scientists, including behavioral economists and cognitive neuroscientists
- Psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists and other practitioners
- Doctoral candidates and early-career researchers
- Educators and trainers in psychology and related fields
- Policymakers and public-sector teams applying behavioral evidence
- Professionals from health, education, technology and non-profit organisations
- Anyone interested in attending as a listener without presenting
Academic Scope of the Psychological Science Conference
The conference covers psychology from brain and cognition to behavior in society. As a psychological science conference, it welcomes experimental, clinical, longitudinal, qualitative, computational and mixed-methods research, together with systematic reviews, meta-analyses and theoretical contributions. Replications and studies with null results are equally welcome, because they strengthen the evidence on which practice depends. Researchers looking for a behavioral psychology conference will find studies of learning, habits, motivation and behavior change discussed alongside the interventions that apply them in health, education, the workplace and public policy.
Quality and Research Ethics
Every submission is assessed through double-blind peer review, so reviewers and authors do not know each other's identities. Reviewers judge relevance to the conference scope, originality, clarity of aims and methods, and the quality of the argument or evidence. Submissions are screened for similarity with iThenticate, and authors confirm that their work is original, approved by all co-authors and, where it involves human participants, conducted with appropriate ethical approval and informed consent.
Research with children, clinical populations or people in distress should follow safeguarding and consent procedures appropriate to the participants. Authors are encouraged to report their methods transparently and to acknowledge limitations, so that findings can be compared and discussed fairly. The conference is open to participants of every background, discipline and career stage.
Register to Attend
Accepted presenters
Once your abstract has been accepted, complete your registration to confirm your presentation.
Listeners
Register to attend in Oxford without submitting a paper. Choose Listener under participation type.