Overview

The present talk will discuss the psychological reality of being in multiple ingroups, oriented to multiple outgroups, with diverse goals and behaviours. We will then consider persons and groups who are changing over time, who are located in place and social spaces, and who are cycling identities and norms as they are moving and migrating in regular patterns. Prof Louis will argue that core principles of systems thinking shape the psychology of individuals in groups in complex systems apply broadly (e.g., in health decisions, workplace politics, etc.). Using this approach we illuminate new dynamics of personal and institutional stress and stagnation, as well as new possibilities for better targeting change interventions for individual and collective thriving.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should leave with:

• a new understanding on workplace dynamics
• a fresh approach to considering personal and institutional stress and stagnation
• ideas and possibilities for individual and collective change that supports thriving

Presenter(s)

About the presenter(s)

Winnifred R. Louis (PhD McGill, 2001) is a professor in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. She has published over 200 scholarly publications, and her research examines how identity and norms influence social decision-making. She has studied this broad topic in contexts from politics and community activism to health and environmental choices. She has been recognised as a Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. Winnifred has served or is serving on the editorial board of journals including Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences of  Terrorism and Political Aggression. She is a member of numerous professional associations including the Society for Personality and Social Psychology; the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; and the Society for Australasian Social Psychology. Some resources and additional details are available online at www.socialchangelab.net.

Notes

Registration includes a copy of Prof Louis' latest book The Psychology of System Change and Resistance to Change: A New Psychology of Intergroup Relations. The Event Manager will provide registrants their individual access to the eBook after the event has concluded.

Target Audience

This event is aimed at all public sector psychologists and students.

Please note:

• This is a Member Groups event. All communication will be sent to the registrants’ registered email address. This includes event reminders with details (such as the Zoom link) and any pre-event or post-event resources, if provided by the facilitators.
• A post-event email will be sent within two weeks of the event’s completion to each registrant’s registered email address. This email will include the CPD certificate, and any additional resources shared during the session.

Duration of Access

This event will not be recorded. 

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

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