Keynotes and videos

University of Lausanne, Anthropole building, room 1031

16:30 - 17: 00 Welcome

• Pierre-Yves Brandt, President of the Organising Commitee, Institute for Social Sciences of Contemporary Religions (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies/FTSR)
• Dominique Arlettaz, Rector of University of Lausanne
• Jérôme Rossier, Head of Institute of Psychology (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences/SSP)
• Monika Salzbrunn, Head of Institute for Social Sciences of Contemporary Religions (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies/FTSR)
• Vassilis Saroglou, President of International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR)

17:00 - 18: 00 Dr. Jessie Dezutter, winner of the early career award 2011, University of Leuven (Belgium) : "Where art Thou ? Exploring the role of meaning systems in the face of adversity." Chair: Raymond Paloutzian

8:30 - 9:25 Dr. Uffe Schjødt, winner of the early career award 2013, Aarhus University (Denmark) : "Depletion & deprivation in religious interactions." Chair: Hans Alma

16:30 - 18:00  Dr. Adam Cohen, Godin Prize Winner, Arizona State University (the USA) : "Conceiving of religion as a kind of culture." Chair: Vassilis Saroglou

8:30 - 9:25 Dr. Hanneke Schaap-Jonker, University of Groningen (the Netherlands) : "God representations 2.0 : theoretical distinctions and neurological correlates." Chair: Herman Westerink

8:30 - 9:25 Prof. Peter Nynäs, Åbo Akademi University (Finland) : "Research on post-secularity and on contemporary religious change - a space for the psychology of religion ?" Chair: Christopher Alan Lewis