| **CALL FOR PAPERS** The Editor would like to encourage members to submit articles for the SPR. The next deadline has been extended to 31st May 2009. Social Psychological Review (SPR) The Social Psychological Review (SPR) is a bi-annual journal published by the Social Psychology Section. It contains articles and book reviews, a postgraduate column, conference reports, and several new sections such as interviews with outstanding senior academics and short reports about specific issues related to research or teaching. The SPR also functions as our section newsletter. Contributing to the Social Psychological Review If you would like to submit an article to Social Psychological Review please email J.Montague@derby.ac.uk with your suggestions. All submissions are initially examined by the Editor to ascertain whether the article is suitable for publication and the Editor's decision is final. Submissions should be original empirical research, literature reviews or theoretical papers and should be prepared according to APA guidelines (American Psychological Association, 2001). Empirical papers should be no more than 5000 words in length, and reviews and theoretical papers no more than 8000 words (all word limits exclude tables and references). Alternatively you can send research notes, member information, event news and reports, publication reviews. Contributions under these headings should be prepared with due consideration of APA guidelines where appropriate. Research notes and publication reviews should be no longer than 3000 words including references. Conference reports should be no longer than 2500 words. Member information and event news should be no longer than 500 words. For further information, please see the Notes for Contributors. The deadline for the next issue has been extended to 31st May 2009. Request for Book Reviews The following titles are up for review in SPR – more to follow shortly. If you are interested in writing a review of one of these books, please contact the Book Review Editor, Lloyd Carson (L.Carson@abertay.ac.uk ). Abrams, D, Christian, J and Gordon, D (Eds) (2007) Multidisciplinary Handbook of Social Exclusion Research. Chichester: Wiley Orford, J (2008) Community Psychology: Challenges, Controversies and Emerging Consensus. Chichester: Wiley Wagner, U, Tropp, l, Finchilescu,G and Tredoux, C (Eds) (2008) Improving Group Relations. Oxford: Blackwell Alvarez-Benito, G., Fernandez-Diaz, G. & Inigo-Mora, I. (Eds) (2009) Discourse and Politics. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Please see the Notes for Contributors. |