From the 4th to the 7th of July, 8 COES researchers from the Group and Individual Interactions line presented at the 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. The theme of this year’s conference was “Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Perspectives from Political Psychology” and was carried out in San Antonio, Texas, United States. «The conference topic also resonates, ironically, with Texas where a border wall with Mexico is being planned and where recent legislation has restricted LGBT people,” said Eva G.T. Green, President of ISPP, in the welcome speech.

The COES researchers, Roberto González and Héctor Carvacho, organized two symposia in which eight papers were presented, corresponding to the research of 13 academics of the Center.

In the symposium Antecedents of Social Cohesion: Segregation, Inequality, Contact and Perceived Justice, organized by Roberto González, 4 papers of COES were presented, whose authors, in total, respond to 10 researchers, including 1 doctoral student and 2 research assistants. In addition, it counted with the participation of Linda Tropp, who is part of the international network of COES.

The second symposium entitled Antecedents and Consequences of Political Participation in Collective Actions in Chile, organized by Héctor Carvacho, was carried out with the results of the Fondecyt study Nº1161371, «Psychological consequences of participation in social movements», directed by Roberto González and co-written with Carvacho. Of the 4 presentations, 3 were from COES academics, whose research consisted of 8 researchers from the Center, including 1 doctoral student and 4 research assistants.

Ana Figueiredo, also participated in the same Meeting and presented the paper «The Mapuche in Chile: The interconnections between territorial claims and present-day social conflict».

PAPERS PRESENTED

Symposium: Antecedents of Social Cohesion: Segregation, Inequality, Contact and Perceived Justice
Section: Social Inequality, Social Change, and Civic Development
Chair: Roberto González

• Inequality and Youth Citizenship Participation: An Intergenerational Approach

Daniel Miranda, P. Universidad Católica de Chile

• Perceptions of social (in)justice and dispositions for change in the workplace in Chile

Cristóbal Moya, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Monica Gerber, Universidad Diego Portales

• Socio-economic segregation among Chilean college students

Pablo De Tezanos-Pinto, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Christian Berger, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Gonzalo Gallardo, P. Universidad Católica de Chile

• The role injunctive norms in predicting ethnic minority and majority students’ contact intentions over time

Roberto González, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Linda Tropp, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Daniel Valdenegro, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Belén Álvarez, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Paula Luengo, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Gloria Jiménez-Moya P. Universidad Católica de Chile

Symposium: Antecedents and Consequences of Political Participation in Collective Actions in Chile
Section: Intergroup Relations
Chair: Hector Carvacho

• «I would never have done it, but …»: Repression and non-normative collective action

Claudia Zúñiga, Universidad de Chile
Rodrigo Asún, Universidad de Chile
Raúl Zamora, Universidad de Chile

• Intergenerational transmission of political participation in Chile: parents’ participation in anti-Pinochet demonstrations and children participation in the student movement

Jorge Manzi, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Belén Álvarez, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Hector Carvacho, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Daniel Valdenegro, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Carolina Rocha, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Roberto González, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Marcela Cornejo, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Gloria Jiménez-Moya, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile

• Procedural justice, perceived efficacy and collective action in Chile

Monica Gerber, Universidad Diego Portales
Cristóbal Moya, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile

• Rhetorical strategies for self-presentation in Chilean anti-dictatorship activists

Hector Carvacho, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Diego Castro, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Daniel Valdenegro, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Jorge Manzi, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Roberto González, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Marcela Cornejo, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Gloria Jiménez-Moya, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Carolina Rocha, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Belén Álvarez, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile

OTHER PAPERS

• The Mapuche in Chile: The interconnections between territorial claims and present-day social conflicto

Ana Figueiredo, Universidad Mayor
Carolina Rocha, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Laurent Licata, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

• Perceived Historical Oppression Leads Majority Group Members to Protect the In-Group’s Future Vitality by Undermining the Rights of Minority Groups

Maria Chayinska, University of Milan – Bicocca