SPSSI Conferences

Thank you to all who attended SPSSI's Summer Conference in Portland, OR! 

We hope to see you this time next year for #SPSSICON26 in New Orleans, LA.
June 26 - 28, 2026

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Past SPSSI Conferences:

• 2025: Research as Seed, Teaching as Root, Action as Bloom:
  Foundations for a Just Future
• 2024: Frontiers of Justice: Using Psychological Science to Reinvigorate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• 2023:Transforming Our World: Using Research and Action to Address (In)Visible Wounds
• 2022: Reenergizing Ourselves and Our Communities: Connections Across Borders and Barriers (Revitalizándonos y Nuestras Comunidades: Conexiones a través de Fronteras y Barreras)
• 2021: Changing the System: Social Research and Action to Reshape the World We Live In
• 2020: "Making the Invisible Visible: Transformative Research and Social Action"
• 2019: "Fighting injustice: The power of research, policy, and activism in challenging times"
• 2018: "Bridges to Justice: Building Coalitions and Collaborations Within and Beyond Psychology"
• 2017: “Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz” (Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace)
• 2016: Giving psychology away: Sharing research through teaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public engagement
• 2015: A Road Less Traveled: Forging Links Between Psychological Science and Social Policy
• 2014: Social Action and Change: Opportunities, Resistance, Inertia, and Mobilization
• 2012: Changing Societies: Learning From & For Research, Social Action & Policy
• 2010: From Individuals to Nation States: What Motivates, Sustains...
• 2008: Disparities Across the Globe: Place, Race, Class, Ethnicity & Gender
• 2006: Social Justice: Research, Action, and Policy
• 2004: From Desegregation to Diversity
• 2002: Understanding and Addressing Disparities: International Approaches
• 2000: Social issues for the 21st Century: Setting the Agenda

SPSSI presents special programming each year at the APA Convention as well. Find more information here.