A Panel on “My City”

The Psychology Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes A Panel on “My City “, 29-31 May & 1 June 2017 as part of the 11th Annual International Conference on Psychology sponsored by the Athens Journal of Social Sciences.

The phrase ‘My City’ means, first of all, a city that is familiar to its citizens, one that cannot be realized without specific conditions creating the feeling of being a part of the community, of possession and identity…However, My City can also mean a space where we can express ourselves spontaneously and can play with both people and space. This raises some important questions: How do urban design, architecture and landscape architecture affect people’s well-being and behavior? What design factors can develop a relationship between people and their city and make that city ‘My City’? How can public space change the community and individuals, stimulate social interaction among its users as well as interactions between people and space? Based on the research of borderland psychology, environmental psychology and landscape architecture, we encourage a discussion about the ways to create a new city that is familiar to its citizens.

The aim of the panel is to bring together academics and researchers of all areas of psychology, environmental psychology and landscape architecture and other related disciplines.

Fee structure information is available on http://www.atiner.gr/fees.

Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to selected Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available here.

Please submit an abstract (email only) to: [email protected], using the abstract submission form by the 3 April 2017 to: Dr. Magdalena Czalczynska-Podolska, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Poland. Abstracts should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a panel (session, mini conference), chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER & Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, UK ([email protected]).

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent world association of Academics and Researchers. Its mission is to act as a forum where Academics and Researchers from all over the world can meet in Athens, in order to exchange ideas on their research, and to discuss future developments in their disciplines.

The organizing and hosting of International Conferences and Symposiums, the carrying out of Research, and the production of Publications are the basic activities of ATINER. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 400 International Conferences and other events, and has published close to 200 books. In 2012, the Association launched a series of conference paper publications (click here), and at the beginning of 2014, it introduced its own series of Journals (click here).

Academically, the Association is organized into seven Research Divisions and fourty Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes at least an Annual International Conference, and may also undertake various small and large research projects.

Academics and Researchers are more than welcome to become members and to contribute to ATINER’s objectives. If you would like to become a member, please download the relevant form (membership form). For more information on how to become a member, please send an email to: [email protected].