8th Biennial Conference of the German Environmental Psychology Division, September 6th - 9th, 2009, in Zürich, Switzerland.

The 8th Biennial Conference of the Environmental Psychology Division of the German Association of Psychology (8. Tagung der Fachgruppe
Umweltpsychologie) will take place September 6th - 9th, 2009, in Zürich, Switzerland. The conference primarily address the following
topics: Behavioral Interventions, Conservation Behavior, Environmental Decision Making, Environmental Risks, Living in Built Environments, Methods in People Environment Studies, Mobility Behavior, Consumer Behavior, Psychology of Noise Annoyance, Psychology of Sustainability.
Submission of symposia of 4 to 5 thematically related presentations (especially from different research groups with a multidisciplinary
composition) are encouraged. Note that our poster sessions will have an interactive format involving short oral summaries of each poster.

Papers from all areas of environmental and conservation psychology are welcome (Deadline for submissions: April, 30th, 2009). Conference language will be English. Three renowned scientists in different fields of Psychology (Paul Slovic, Frances E. Kuo, Wander Jager) will give keynote addresses. There will be plenty of opportunity to meet with colleagues and peers. Conference host is the Social Psychology Division at the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich and the Workgroup of Modeling Social Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. For more information, see http://www.sozpsy.uzh.ch/conference.html.





Sincerely, Hans-Joachim Mosler