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<p><span lang="EN-CA">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">The time of COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shaped and continues shaping our societies, including our goals, cognitions, and behavioral responses. As the psychological make-up of societies is changing in front of our eyes, the question
of cultural (societal and psychological) change has become as salient as ever before. Yet, what do we know about cultural change? How can we study it?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Are you interested in learning more about possible answers to these questions? The
</span><a href="http://meeting.spsp.org/preconferences/advances-cultural-psychology" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">Advances in Cultural Psychology Pre-conference
</span></a><span lang="EN-CA">at the next SPSP is fully devoted to unpack the mysteries of time and ways to capture cultural change, under the joint theme “<i>Taking Time Seriously: The Notion of Change in Culture and Psychology.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-CA">The registration is now open.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"> The pre-conference will include some of the most innovative and leading scholars on these topics, presenting cutting-edge theoretical and methodological innovations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
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<span lang="EN-CA">Meanne </span><span lang="EN-GB">Chan, <i>Lingnan University</i>, Hong Kong SAR</span><b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">Global Trends in Cross-Cultural Endorsement of Social Mobility: Evidence from 170 Countries<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-CA">Takeshi Hamamura, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Curtin University</span></em>, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">Individualism in China over Time. Cultural Associations Discerned through Word Embeddings<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-CA">Olga Stavrova, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tilburg University,
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">Diversity and trust: testing prediction models of culture change
</span><o:p></o:p></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-CA">Mark Schaller, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of British Columbia,
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Canada<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></li><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">Modeling Cultural Change: Computational Models of Interpersonal Influence Dynamics Can Yield New Insights about How Cultures Change, Which Cultures Change More Rapidly Than Others<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-CA">Jiin Jung, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Kansas,
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">United States of America<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></li><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">The Impact of Indirect Minority Influence on the Magnitude, Speed, and Frequency of Cultural Change and Diversity within Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-CA">Joshua Jackson, <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of North Carolina,
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">United States of America<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></li><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-CA">Forecasting the Future of Religious Belief Using Models of Cultural Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
</ul>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Our pre-conference will include a data blitz and poster sessions for advanced graduate students and postdocs to share their current research.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">We're currently looking for data blitz submissions as part of our
<b>young scholar</b> <b>data blitz award competition</b>. To be considered for the Data Blitz session, please submit a 150-word abstract to </span><a href="mailto:acpreconference@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">acpreconference@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-CA"> by <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nov
1</span></strong>. We'll review these abstracts and <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">waive the preconference registration fee</span></strong> for the presenter of the top abstract! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">We are also excited to announce call for an
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">award</span></strong> for <b>
Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Psychology</b>, to recognize a scholar (or group of scholars) whose work has added substantially to the body of knowledge in cultural psychology --and related fields examining the intersection of cultural and psychological
processes--and whose sustained contributions in research, teaching, and/or service have significantly advanced the field.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by others. In addition to the typical nominations of a single individual or collaborative team, we also encourage nominations that revolve around specific themes or topics
that could be awarded at the same time to multiple investigators, even if they have not collaborated with each other (e.g., scholars working on cultures of honor, emotion, multiculturalism, etc.; scholars who have contributed to the teaching of cultural psychology).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Nomination materials must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">1. A letter of recommendation detailing how the nominee’s (or nominees’) work fits the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">award criteria <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">2. The nominee’s (or nominees’) current vita in electronic format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Outstanding Contribution award nomination materials should be sent in one email to Jozefien De Leersnyder (<a href="mailto:Jozefien.deleersnyder@kuleuven.be">Jozefien.deleersnyder@kuleuven.be</a>) by November 1, 2020.
Awardees will be expected to give an award talk at the upcoming Advances in Cultural Psychology Pre-conference of the online SPSP Convention in February 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">Igor Grossmann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-CA">On behalf of ACP Preconference Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Jozefien de Leersnyder</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
<i>Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium</i>, jozefien.deleersnyder@kuleuven.be<br>
<br>
<b>Igor Grossmann</b><br>
<i>University of Waterloo, Canada</i>, igrossma@uwaterloo.ca<br>
<br>
<b>Krishna Savani</b><br>
<i>Nanyang Technological University, Singapore</i>, ksavani@ntu.edu.sg<br>
<br>
<b>Ayse K. Uskul</b><br>
<i>University of Kent, UK</i>, a.k.uskul@kent.ac.uk</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black;background:white">Igor Grossmann, Ph.D.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">__________________________________________</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Director, <i>Wisdom and Culture Laboratory</i></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Associate Editor, <i>Social Psychological and Personality Science</i></span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Associate Professor of Psychology</span><br>
<span style="background:white">University of Waterloo, Canada</span><br>
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