June 6–8, 2019, Hilton Downtown, Portland, Oregon

Globalization, Culture, & Development: Insights and Alternatives in the Contemporary World

Organizers: Ashley Maynard & Nandita Chaudhary

The constructivist tenet that knowledge is not a copy of reality is especially useful and generative in exploring questions of adaptation to global change. In the context of current global visibility, how do we construe culture and its role in human development? What contemporary research on cultural aspects of development hold and which change, and under what conditions? And how can we use rich, culturally-instantiated findings to influence policy and effective intervention?

The plenary and invited symposia speakers in this conference will consider cultural phenomena as mechanisms for development in the context of globalization using complex, field-based, mixed methods. The invited program will be a conversation about how we can use developmental theory and innovative methods to understand change in a changing world.

Plenary Speakers

• Robert Serpell, University of Zambia

• Angela Valenzuela, University of Texas at Austin

• Nandita Chaudhary, University of Delhi

• Sunil Bhatia, Connecticut College Invited Symposia

• Child labor and child voices

• Global change and cultural diversity: Global changes do not imply uniformity: Human development and cultural diversity

• Processes of cultural change across generations

As always, we welcome submissions on any topic in developmental science! For more information on the conference, visit: www.piaget.org/conference.html

Proposal Submission Information

We are using on-line submission forms. When the form is completed, you will have the option to save a copy of your submission as a PDF or MS Word file.

Full bibliographic references are not required. Tables and figures are not supported in the submission process. If you feel that tables or figures are essential to evaluation of your proposal, please contact Chris Lalonde (webmaster@piaget.org).

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2018

General Submission Notes

Proposals will be accepted in English only. Acknowledgment of the receipt of your submission will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Program Committee decisions will be sent in February 2019. Details regarding the scheduling of accepted submissions will be sent in March 2019. The final program will be announced in April 2019.

Paper Presentations

Paper presentations (15-18 minutes) may be focused on either empirical findings or theoretical analysis. The program review committee will select individual submissions and schedule a series of Paper Sessions that include 3-5 papers on similar topics. These sessions will have a moderator appointed by the program committee. A paper proposal should include a 200-word abstract (for publication in the conference program) and a 1000-word summary (for the program review committee). https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/jps2019-paper-form

Poster Presentations

Poster presentations may be focused on either empirical findings or theoretical analysis. The conference usually holds two poster sessions held on separate days. The sessions are organized around broad themes derived from the posters selected for each session. Posters are mounted for display in a hightraffic area for the entire day of the session, but presenting authors need only attend their poster during the official session. A poster proposal must include a 200-word abstract (for publication in the conference program), and a 1000-word summary (for the program review committee). https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/jps2019-poster-form

Symposium Sessions

Symposium proposals (75-90 minutes) should describe 3-4 presentations organized around a single topic. Symposium sessions will have a named organizer who may serve as moderator, and may include a named discussant who will comment on the presented papers. A symposium proposal should include a 400-word abstract (for publication in the conference program), and a 1500-word summary (for the program review committee) that describes each of the presentations and the session as a whole. https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/jps2019-symposium-form

Discussion Sessions

Discussion Sessions (75-90 minutes) are intended to provide an interactive venue for exploring ideas that bear on the development of knowledge, broadly conceived. They may be formatted as debates, panels, or organized discussions; and may focus on any well-defined topic. Submissions must include a 400-word abstract (for publication in the conference program), and a 1500-word summary (for the program review committee) that describes the topic and structure of the session and the role of each of the discussion leaders.

https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/jps2019-discussion-form