Derby University
Talk: Scientists in the firing line
Wednesday 11th January 2012, 6.30pm.
The scientist in the drug classification controversy will talk At Derby University. Outspoken scientist Professor David Nutt, who was the Government's top drugs adviser until he criticised its policy of drug and alcohol classification, is giving a free talk on the controversy at the University on Wednesday 11th January 2012.
Staff, students and the public are all invited to attend Professor Nutt’s talk, which is titled ‘Scientists in the firing line – can we bring reason to government policy on alcohol and other drugs?’ at 6.30pm in the OL2 Lecture Theatre at the Kedleston Road Site.
While Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) from 2008- 2009 the psychiatrist and pharmacologist, who is now Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, advised the Government on its official drugs policy. His duties included making recommendations to ministers on how to classify banned drugs, based on scientific evidence of the harm they can cause. In January 2009, Professor Nutt published an article debating how society assesses various risks and claimed the risks of horse riding and other activities could be equal or more in society than the risks of ecstasy use. The article sparked fury from anti-drugs campaigners and ministers, who accused him of going on a personal crusade to downgrade illegal drugs.
Head of Centre for Psychological Research at the University of Derby , Professor James Elander, said: “The furore around Professor Nutt’s sacking proved how contentious the subject of drug classification is. This talk will be a fantastic opportunity for the public to come and hear more about the issue.”
To book a free place for the talk on Wednesday January 11 at 6.30pm, visit the website www.derby.ac.uk/nutt, or contact Angela Drinkwater on a.drinkwater@derby.ac.uk or 01332 591046.
Social Psychological Review (SPR): Call for Guest Editor
'The Impact of Social Psychology'
The Editorial Team would like to encourage applications for these Guest Editorships for an edition of Social Psychological Review Your role would be supported by the current Editor and Editorial Team and if you are interested please contact the Editor for further information and click here for more information about SPR.
Discourse Communication Conversation
An ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE to celebrate
25 years of the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG)
10 years of the Culture and Media Analysis Research Group (CAMARG)
Plenary speakers include: Charles Antaki, Michael Billig,David Buckingham, David Deacon, Teun A. Van Dijk, Paul Drew, Derek Edwards, Peter Golding, Jim McGuigan, Angela McRobbie, Graham Murdock, Mike Pickering, Jonathan Potter, Elizabeth Stokoe, and Liesbet Van Zoonen.
The Communication Research Centre at Loughborough University invites you to join in their celebrations as their two research groups reach key anniversaries: the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) celebrates twenty-five years of discursive psychological, rhetorical and conversation analytic research, and the Culture and Media Research Group (CAMARG), celebrates ten years of communication, media and cultural analysis.
Call for individual papers
Submissions are invited that engage with empirical and theoretical topics in communication studies, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, media studies, social interaction, or cultural studies - especially those that address in original ways the promises and challenges or research in any of these (inter)disciplinary areas. The call is now closed.
Registration deadline (for guaranteed on-campus accommodation) is January 16th, 2012.
For further information, visit http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/DCconf2012/DC2012home.html
Call for Papers
Social Justice in a Complex Reality
On behalf of Prof. Dahlia Moore, Conference Chairperson, and Prof. Aviad Raz, Head of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming 14th Biennial International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) conference - "Social Justice in a Complex Reality". The conference will be held on September 9-12, 2012 at COMAS (the College Of Management Academic Studies), Israel.
Abstracts for talks and poster presentations should be submitted by the end of January 2012.
Further information, options for online submission and registration can be found at http://social-justice.colman.ac.il
BJSP news
A message from the Editors, Jolanda Jetten and John Dixon:
The new editors of the British Journal of Social Psychology, would like to highlight that, in addition to full-length articles, they now also invite brief report submissions. Another change is an invited agenda article, which began in March 2010 with the first contribution from Russell Spears, University of Cardiff. Finally, they hope we will consider BJSP as an outlet for our work. Please click here or visit http://www.editorialmanager.com/bjsp/
Psychology & Society
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