Georgia State hosts 21st World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression -
More than 0 experts on aggression, which research issues ranging from abuse children to violence of urban street, will attend the 21st World meeting of the international Society for research on aggression (ISRA) Loews Atlanta, July 15-19.
Georgia State University hosts the prestigious global meeting, held every two years on alternating continents.
"We are delighted to be bringing together researchers from over 20 different countries, which will help you generate new ideas about the causes, consequences and solutions to aggressive behavior," said Dominic Parrott , associate professor of psychology at Georgia State and co-organizer of the conference.
a host of internationally renowned researchers will speak during the conference, including Dr. Richard Wright, curators professor Criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and editor of Oxford Bibliographies-criminology. Wright studied urban street criminals, including armed robbers, carjackers, drug traffickers and residential burglars in St. Louis for more than two decades.
Eighty researchers will visit the overseas conference, including Professor Esme Fuller -Thomson, the Sandra Rotman Chair at the University Toronto. She will discuss her research on the association between physical abuse of child and adult health, including cancer, migraine, arthritis, heart disease and ulcers.
As the main external sponsor of the World Meeting, Georgia State international exhibition will receive as a center of excellence in research on violence, Parrott said.
Criminal Justice Professor Volkan Topalli and Parrott organized the conference on site, as well as members of the International Society for Research on Aggression. Additional support for the World Meeting was provided by the Georgia State Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Topalli research focuses on urban violence, focusing on the decision making of street criminals. And research centers Parrott on identifying risk factors for perpetrating aggressive behavior in order to inform intervention programs.
"Twenty participants are affiliated with Georgia State, which is the largest number of participants affiliated with one institution to the World Meeting," said Parrott
Other speakers and themes :.
Contagion of violence:
Dr. L. Rowell Huesmann, Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at the University of Michigan and director of the aggression research Program in the research Center for group dynamics at the Institute of Michigan for social research, will be recognized at the meeting for a lifetime contribution to the search of the assault. For over 45 years, Huesmann studied the psychological foundations of aggressive behavior and how the observations of others who behave violently influence the development of aggressive and violent behavior of a young and produced a contagion of violence.
Historical Patterns of violence:
Dr. Manuel Eisner is professor of comparative criminology and Development at the University of Cambridge, deputy director of the Institute of Criminology and Director Research Methods social sciences Program. He is also Director of the Violence Research Centre. Eisner's work revolves around historical patterns of violence and research on individual development and the causes and prevention of aggressive behavior
Parallels between primate and human behavior.
Professor Frans B. M. de Waal is a Dutch biologist / American behavior known for his work on the social intelligence of primates. His first book, "Chimpanzee Politics," compared the schmoozing and intriguing chimpanzees involved in power struggles with the human politicians. Since then, de Waal drew parallels between the behavior of primates and humans, peace and morality to culture. De Waal is CH Candler Professor in the Department of Psychology at Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta
Workplace Bullying :.
Dr. The St. Einarsen, work professor and organizational psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway Bergen and Chief Workplace Bullying Research Group. In addition to his research on bullying in the workplace, he has published on issues related to leadership, sexual harassment, creativity and innovation and denunciation.
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