Community and politics in a world in crisis

The Fourth International Conference on Community Psychology (4CIPC2012) will take place in Barcelona and is organized by the Department of Social Psychology at the Universitat de Barcelona in collaboration with the Department of Social Psychology at the Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona. The 4th International Conference will take place at the Campus Mundet of the Universitat de Barcelona on 21, 22 and 23 June 2012. On Wednesday June 20th the welcome will take place. And the following days will place the papers, debates, round tables, symposiums and other activities related to the conference.

The 4th ICPC 2012 continues the commitment of the previous three international conferences (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006, Lisbon, 2008, Puebla, Mexico, 2010) to forge agendas and shared and effective responses  to the problems and social aspirations of the new century from an approach that promotes human development through social participation and synergistic action, transcending the diversity and plurality of positions,  in order to enable collaboration to face current challenges.

At this conference we propose as a specific focus of discussion and reflection possibilities and conditions of empowerment and community empowerment at the psychological and social crisis and the social exclusion presented in various national and local realities.

Also of interest (thematical axis of the conference):

Community development and empowerment.
Diversity theoretical, methodological and evaluative research and community action.
Community Action and Public Policy.
Interdisciplinary social work and community work.
Community and sense of community.
Ethical and value aspects of action and community role.
Community and community action at the crossroads of the local and global.
Community social implications of “new technologies” and educational software.
Visible and invisible violence.

The conference program will be updated progressively.
Organizing Committee.