Abstracts are a summary of an author’s oral or poster presentations of their original research, meta-analysis or advances in applied psychological practice. The submitted abstracts must contain the title (up to 20 words) and the following sections: aims and objectives, method, results and conclusions. Its maximum length should not exceed 300 words. References, tables or pictures cannot be included in the abstract.
There are some new approaches to presentation suggested for ECP 2023. Please look through the full set of possible presentations before deciding the best format for your submissions.
10 June 2022 Submission opens
16 October 2022 Abstract Submission Deadline For Early Review
10 January 2023 Abstract Submission Deadline
Presentation time is 15 minutes per contribution including three minutes for questions and discussion.
Abstracts of a 15-minute oral presentation are structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Research aims and objectives
3. Theoretical background
4. Design/Methodology/Approach/Intervention
5. Results obtained or expected (if not available, it must be made clear when they will be)
6. Limitations
7. Research/Practical Implications
8. Originality/Value
9. Intended audience (Academic, Practitioner, Both)
10. Keywords (3 maximum)
Single presenter sessions that can be:
(a) Research
(b) Practice
(c) Research & Practice
These are oral presentations presenting innovative research or practice where the presentation time is 7-minutes per contribution and the aim is to explain the key points as if to an intelligent lay audience, thus giving a short and precise coverage of a topic. They are often very high energy and fun sessions.
A maximum of 10 slides can be used
Abstracts of a 7-minute research oral presentation are structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Research aims and objectives
3. Theoretical background
4. Design/Methodology/Approach/Intervention
5. Results obtained or expected (if not available, it must be made clear when they will be)
6. Limitations
7. Research/Practical Implications
8. Originality/Value
9. Keywords (3 maximum)
Single presenter sessions that can be:
(a) Research
(b) Practice
(c) Research & Practice
These are oral presentations presenting innovative research or practice where the presentation time is 3-minutes per contribution and the aim is to explain the key points as if to an intelligent lay audience, thus giving a short and precise coverage of a topic. They are often very high energy and fun sessions.
A maximum of 5 slides can be used
Please note that here will be only electronic posters at the ECP 2023.
Posters can cover:
(a) Research
(b) Practice
(c) Research & Practice
Abstracts for a Poster are structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Research aims and objectives
3. Theoretical background
4. Design/Methodology/Approach/Intervention
5. Results obtained or expected (if not available, it must be made clear when they will be)
6. Limitations
7. Research/Practical Implications
8. Originality/Value
9. Keywords (3 maximum)
These are multi-presenter sessions that should be collaborative in nature, e.g.:
(a) Research
(b) Practice
(c) Research & Practice
(d) Research & Practice & Client/End User
A Symposium provides reports of empirical research, innovative practice, and/or theoretical advances. Ideally, it demonstrates real world impact or potential for impact. A Symposium must have participants from at least two different countries and/or from academics and practitioners.
Each Symposium has a chairperson/convenor and three to five presenters, or three to four presenters and a discussant. The person submitting the symposium proposal is designated as the symposium chair.
The time allocation is up to a maximum of 60 minutes based on 10 minutes per speaker or discussant plus 10 minutes Q&A.
Each contribution to the symposium, in the form of a 300-word Abstract per element, must be submitted by the Lead person through the on-line system.
We will be accepting symposia in a 2-stage process.
Stage 1: The symposium chair must submit a symposium summary by the deadline. You will receive an outcome email once submission has been reviewed. Accepted abstracts will receive the link to the second stage.
Stage 2: After acceptance, all individual authors will be asked to submit their individual papers within the symposium. You will be required to select your symposium from a list provided on the system.
The Symposium Abstracts (individual authors) should cover:
(a) Research aims and objectives
(b) Theoretical background
(c) Method adopted
(d) Results obtained or expected (if not available, when will they be)
(e) Conclusions
(f) Intended audience (Academic, Practitioner, Both)
(g) Keywords (3 maximum)
The overall Symposium summary abstract (300 words) is structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the submitter of the Symposium
2. What will be covered and why?
3. Research/Practical Implications
4. Overall conclusions
5. Intended audience (Academic, Practitioner, Both)
6. Keywords (3 maximum)
Abstracts of an empirical oral presentation in a Symposium are structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Research aims and objectives
3. Theoretical background
4. Design/Methodology/Approach/Intervention
5. Results obtained or expected (if not available, it must be made clear when they will be)
6. Limitations
7. Research/Practical Implications
8. Originality/Value
9. Keywords (3 maximum)
Abstracts of a theoretical oral presentation in a Symposium are structured:
1. Title, name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Theoretical background
3. New Perspectives/Contributions
4. Research/Practical Implications
5. Originality/Value
7. Keywords (3 maximum)
Examples of symposia submissions
– A collection of presentations discussing empirical work or a combination of empirical and theoretical work about a common topic or research question.
– A collection of presentations focusing on a single collaboration or on multiple collaborative efforts between academics and practitioners and clients/end users. The focus could be on the issues related to conducting such collaborations or the results of such collaborations.
Single presenter sessions that can be:
(a) Research
(b) Practice
(c) Research & Practice
These are oral presentations presenting innovative research or practice where the presentation time is 3-minutes per contribution and the aim is to explain the key points as if to an intelligent lay audience, thus giving a short and precise coverage of a topic. They are often very high energy and fun sessions.
A maximum of 5 slides can be used
Abstracts can be submitted in one of the following congress streams:
Poverty and inequalities
Climate change and sustainability
Conflict, diplomacy and peace
Psychological responses to the pandemic
Clinical
Counselling
Occupational
Forensic
Health, Sport & Exercise
Educational and Developmental
Experimental: Cognitive, Psychobiology and Neuropsychology
Social, Personality & Individual differences
Teaching
Students & Early Career
Coaching
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
General, Conceptual & History of Psychology
Others
Please find out more information about our four interdisciplinary themes below:
The abstracts will be reviewed based on the rolling review format. The following are the criteria that Reviewers are asked to use when evaluating submissions:
