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The 39th Annual All-Ireland Psychology Student Congress
The 39th Annual All-Ireland Psychology Student Congress will take place at the National University of Ireland, Galway on April 7th & 8th 2017. Every year the Congress provides both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students with a forum to share their research, connect with other students and academics in Psychology and to attend talks from several renowned guest speakers.
Our gala dinner event will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Lough Atalia Road, Galway City Centre.
Call for papers is now open!
Abstract submission will close February 28th 2017
Registration fee is €50 and is available to pay through our registration link.
Please note that the deadline for payment is March 3rd 2017
Registration covers nibbles on Friday night, lunch on Saturday and entry to the gala dinner at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday night.
Please see the links below for more information.
Click here to submit an abstract
Please be sure to view the “Abstract Submission Guidelines” file before submitting your abstract.
Registration here
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Accommodation
There are many hostels and hotels located in Galway City Centre. Check out www.booking.com for rates and availability. In addition, we are pleased to announce that we have some special offers for Congress delegates:
Kinlay Hostel, Eyre Square Centre, Merchants Rd., Eyre Square, Galway
The Kinlay Hostel has a special rack rate for all Student Congress delegates at €29 a head – including continental breakfast!
Kinlay Hostel is located in the heart of Galway’s City Centre and is a ten-minute walk from NUIG. Be sure to quote NUIG Psychology when booking!
Please note that this is one of the more popular hostels in Galway and these rooms will only be available for a limited time!
The Nox Hotel, Headford Rd., Galway
The Nox Hotel has also offered delegates a special rate:
Friday: €80 twin/double or €75 single (bed and breakfast)
Saturday: €109 twin/double or €99 single (bed and breakfast)
Be sure to quote NUIG Psychology when booking!
Please remember that Galway is a popular destination so early booking is essential!
Directions
Please follow this link for directions to NUI Galway.
Galway!
Galway is jam-packed with places to see (for free!) so be sure to take a look here.
Contact details
Email: studentcongress2017@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/PsychConIre2017
Twitter: twitter.com/PsychConIre2017
Keynote Speakers
Prof Brian Hughes
Brian Hughes is a Professor of Psychology, with a specialism in stress psychophysiology.
Professor Brian Hughes received his PhD and BA degrees from NUI Galway, and an Ed.M.
degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research and publications have
focused on psychological stress (particularly its impact on cardiovascular psychophysiology,
immunity, and health) and on psychosocial moderators of stress processes (such as social
support, cognition, and personality). His work on how the human cardiovascular response
habituates across repeated stress exposures has been extensively cited. He also writes widely
on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they
pertain to science, health, and medicine.
Dr Malie Coyne
Malie Coyne is a Clinical Psychologist with 18 years of experience in the assessment,
diagnosis and treatment of clients ranging across the lifespan. She holds a Bachelors’ degree
in Psychology, a Masters by Research in Psychiatry, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Dr Coyne works as a Clinical Psychologist in a Primary Care Child and Family Psychology
Service in Galway City, helping children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural and
developmental difficulties and their families. She also holds a part-time Lecturer post on the
Doctorate in Psychological Science (Clinical Psychology) programme at NUI Galway. Dr
Coyne is passionate about promoting wellbeing and increasing awareness of mental health
issues, and does so through considerable engagement with traditional and social media; in
particular through her consultancy work with A Lust For Life.
Dr Brendan Rooney
Brendan Rooney is a lecturer in the UCD School of Psychology where he studied both at
undergraduate and postgraduate level, completing his PhD in the Psychology of Film in
2011. His research interests include the cognitive and emotional engagement with media, arts
and entertainment. He is particularly interested in how media ‘realism’ interacts with emotion
and social cognition. Through his research and teaching he has worked as part of a number
of interdisciplinary and international research teams, with creative and entertainment industry
experts. In addition to UCD he has also worked as a graduate researcher and lecturer in
NCAD and IADT. He founded and currently chairs the Psychological Society of Ireland’s
Special Interest Group for Media, the Arts & Cyberpsychology and is a member of the
Society for the Cognitive Studies of the Moving image (www.scsmi-online.org)
