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Spring 2010 - 22nd
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News from the President
Dear ISJR
members,
There
are many announcements to make this month as we move closer to our
biennial
conference, to be held this year August 21-24, in beautiful Banff, Canada.
The registration website for the conference will be ready by March 1,
before
the new submission deadline of March 15, 2010. John Ellard, the
conference host, gives further information on registration fees,
keynote
speakers, etc., later in this newsletter. Based on the interest the
conference
has garnered so far, we expect a stellar turnout!
On at
related note, in accordance with the ISJR bylaws, I wish to announce
that the
next General Business Meeting of the Society will be held August 23,
2010, 4:00
– 5:00 PM at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada
in
conjunction with the biennial conference. The Agenda, as well as
suggested
changes to bylaws that will be presented at the meeting, are presented
later in
this newsletter as well as on the ISJR website. They will also be
distributed
to members individually via our membership management system
(123signup).
I hope
to see most of you in Banff!
Sincerely,
Carolyn Hafer
President ISJR
Proposed Bylaw Changes
Proposed
Changes to the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) Bylaws
Approved by the Executive Committee, January, 2010 to be Voted on at
the
General Business Meeting in Banff, August, 2010 (proposed changes are
in “track
changes”)
§ 1
Name and Seat
The
Society is named "International Society for Justice Research e.V.1" (ISJR). It
was registered in 1997 as a
non-profit scientific organization at Potsdam, Germany.
§ 2
Objectives
Questions
about justice are ubiquitous in interpersonal relations, within and
between
communities, social groups, organizations, and states. They are at the
core of
social conflicts and they are essential for sustainable conflict
resolutions. A
wide variety of scientific disciplines consider issues of justice.
The
aim of ISJR is to advance justice research in every way. The aim of the
bylaws
is particularly realized by
1.
organizing and conducting biennial scientific meetings and further
opportunities for the exchange of scientific information,
2.
editing a newsletter to fosterer productive
discussions of new ideas, research, and theories, and
3.
encourage international and interdisciplinary research cooperation.
The
society pursues exclusively and directly non-profit aims in the legal
sense of
the paragraph „non-profit aims“ of the fiscal code. The society is
acting
unselfishly. It does not pursue goals primarily serving its own
economic
interest; funds can only be used for the objectives of the Society. No
one may
be benefited by expenses that do not correspond to the objectives of
the
Society (cf. §2) or by disproportionately high compensations. No
member
receives donations from the resources of the society.
§ 3
Membership
Membership
is available to scholars whose work is related to issues of justice and
who
apply to join the society.
Associate
membership is available to students who are interested in justice
research. Associate
members are not counted for the quorum and do not participate in
elections.
1 e.V. is a
German acronym for registered society (eingetragener
Verein) 2
§ 4
Membership Dues
Dues
for members are currently fixed at the rate of $75 per year for people
who hold
permanent positions and $45 per year for others. Dues for members
include a
subscription to Social Justice Research.
Dues
for Associate members are currently $ 10 per year without subscription
to the
journal Social Justice Research. If an associate member wishes to
subscribe to
Social Justice Research, the total dues will equal the cost of the
journal to
the society. Dues will increase to accommodate scheduled increases in
journal
subscriptions. Any other changes in dues regulations are to be decided
by the
members at a General Business Meeting of the Society. Any member or
applicant
may apply to the treasurer for a reduction in dues because of financial
hardship.
§ 5
Expiration of Membership
Membership
expires with death, resignation, or a failure to pay dues for two
consecutive
years.
Resignation
is possible only at the end of a financial year by notifying the
treasurer. Membership
may be terminated by the Executive Board in instances of weighty
reasons.
§ 6
General Business Meeting
General
Business Meetings will be held every two years, if possible on the
occasion of
the biennial scientific meeting. General Business Meetings must be
announced to
the members at least six three
months
prior to the scheduled dates. With two exceptions, the members
attending the General
Business Meetings are authorized to make decisions by a majority vote,
regardless of the number of members present. Amendments to the bylaws
(cf. §
10) and the dissolution of the Society (cf. § 11) require a quorum
of at least
20% of the members. Abstentions are considered invalid votes. The
schedule of
every ordinary General Business Meeting must include: - the accounts of
the
Society for the preceding period, - the approval of the Executive
Board, -
elections to the Executive Board (cf. § 8 and § 9).
With
the restrictions specified in § 10 and § 11, the agenda to be
addressed at the
meetings may be changed or supplemented by request of the majority of
the
attending members. The approval of the Executive Board may only be
given after
examination of the past annual accounts by two members of the Society
not
currently on the Executive Board, who report their approval of the
accounts at
the General Business Meeting. The decisions made at the General
Business
Meeting are noted in the minutes that normally have to be signed by the
President and the Secretary, and in extraordinary cases by
Past-President and
Treasurer.
§ 7
Extraordinary General Business Meeting
If
necessary in the interests of the Society, an Extraordinary General
Business
Meeting may be summoned by the Executive Board. An Extraordinary
General
Business Meeting must be summoned if 20% or more of the members have
requested
this in written form to the Executive Board. An Extraordinary General
Business
Meeting must be announced 1 month in advance.
§ 8
President
The
President will be elected by ballot for a two-year term one year before
she/he
is to take up this office. During the period before her/his term as
President,
she/he will be member of the Executive Board as President Elect. After
the end
of her/his term as President, she/he will belong to the Executive Board
as
Past-President until the forthcoming President is elected. Together
with the
Executive Board the President is responsible for providing leadership,
maintaining the current operations of the Society (sponsorship and
organization
of meetings, production of newsletters, selection of members,
collection of
dues, etc.), and for stimulating new ways in which the Society may
promote
research and communication in the field. The President will be elected
by the
plurality of votes, preferably from a slate of candidates prepared by
the
Executive Board with the approval of those nominated. A
President can
serve no more than two consecutive terms.
§ 9
Executive Board
The
Executive Board consists of the President, the
President-Elect/Past-President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, one Newsletter Editor, the Editor of
Social
Justice Research and the Host of the forthcoming biennial meeting. The
Treasurer and the Secretary are elected by the majority of the members
attending the General Business Meeting for a period of two years. In
the case ofIf a Treasurer’s or
Secretary’s death or resignations
before
the end of the two-year term, the Executive Board may elect, by
majority vote,
an interim office-holder for the remaining term. In the
case of
a President’s death or resignation before his or her term is over, the
President-Elect assumes the role of President for the remaining term.
If a
President-Elect has yet to be chosen, the Past-President will assume
the role
of President until a President-Elect is voted into office (upon which,
the new
President-Elect will immediately assume the role of President, and the
Past-President
will revert to his or her role as Past-President).
The
Editor of the Newsletter, and the Host of the forthcoming biennial
meeting are
elected by the Executive Board by majority vote. A slate of candidates
for the
Editor of Social Justice Research are approved by
the Executive Board by majority vote and are sent to the publisher for
final
selection. Twice a year, the
Editor will supply the rest of the
Executive Board with a journal report that includes statistics such as
number
of submissions received, number of decisions pending and the stage at
which
these manuscripts stand, number of manuscripts accepted, number of
manuscripts rejected,
average time to decision, as well as the discipline, country of
submission, and
general contents of manuscripts accepted for publication. Reelections
are allowed for all positions of the Executive Board. The functions of
the
Executive Board are:
1. to
decide about the use of revenues,
2. to
advise on the programs of scientific meetings, on the contents and
format of
the newsletter, and on other activities of the Society,
3. to
advise with respect to the policies designed to advance the goals of
the
Society,
4. to
elect the Editor of the Newsletter, the host of the forthcoming
biennial
meeting, and to develop a slate of candidates for the Editor of Social
Justice
Research,
5. to
advise with respect to bylaws.
§ 10
Amendments to Bylaws
Amendments
to the bylaws can only be decided by vote at a General Business Meeting
with a quorum
of at least 20% of the members. Any proposed modification requires a
majority
of at least 2/3 of the recorded valid votes. Amendments to the bylaws
are only
allowed if information about the planned modifications is included in
the
announcement of the General Business Meeting. In the case that less
than 20% of
the members attend the General Business Meeting, the following General
Business
Meeting has a quorum regardless of the number of attending members.
This must
be announced in the invitation to the General Business Meeting.
§ 11
The Dissolution of the Society
The
Society may only be dissolved by majority decision at a General
Business
Meeting attended by at least 20% of the members. The announcement of
such a
Meeting must include the intention to dissolve the Society. In the case
that
less than 20% of the members attend the Meeting, the following Meeting
has a
quorum regardless of the number of attending members. This must be
announced in
the invitation to the General Business Meeting. If the Society is
dissolved or
by discontinuation of tax-exempt status, its resources will go to a tax
exempt
non-profit organization or to a public corporation that has to devote
the
resources for the advancement of justice research. The allocation of
all
resources is to be decided by majority vote on the General Business
Meeting. 5
§ 12
Representation of the Society in Legal Transactions
The
President, and only the President, has the authority to represent the
society
in any legal transaction and to speak on behalf of the society, except
when the
President delegates in writing his/her authority, in the whole or in
specific
cases, to another member of the Executive
Board.
Explanation of Proposed Bylaw
Changes
Proposed
Changes to the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) Bylaws
Approved
by the Executive Committee, January, 2010 to be Voted on at the General
Business Meeting in Banff, August, 2010
§ 2
Objectives
Proposed
change: Change “fosterer” to “foster” in point #2
Reason:
typographical error
§ 6
General Business Meeting
Proposed
change: Change “General Business Meetings must be announced to the
members at
least six months prior to the scheduled dates.” to “General Business
Meetings
must be announced to the members at least three months prior to the
scheduled
dates.
Reason:
Potential by-law changes are currently presented six months in advance
along
with the agenda for the General Business Meeting. Six months is a long
time in
advance to have decided on suggested by-law changes. Many suggestions
for
by-law changes (and other agenda items) arise as a result of ISJR
activities
that often take place less than six months before the
conference/General Business
Meeting.
§ 8
President
Proposed
change: Addition of the sentence “A President can serve no more than
two
consecutive terms.”
Reason:
The Executive thought that a regular change of President is healthy for
the
society and helps to foster ISJR’s interdisciplinary and international
nature.
§ 9
Executive Board
Proposed
Change 1: Change “If a Treasurer or Secretary resigns” to “In the case
of a
Treasurer’s or Secretary’s death or resignation”
Reason:
This change makes the wording consistent with the “Expiration of
Membership”
section.
Proposed
Change 2: Add the following: “In the case of a President’s death or
resignation
before his or her term is over, the President-Elect assumes the role of
President for the remaining term. If a President-Elect has yet to be
chosen,
the Past-President will assume the role of President until a
President-Elect is
voted into office (upon which, the new President-Elect will immediately
assume
the role of President, and the Past-President will revert to his or her
role as
Past-President).”
Reason:
At Adelaide,
the Executive discussed adding something like this paragraph to the
bylaws in
the future, so that we have a “back-up plan” in case a President
resigns, to go
along with our back-up plan for resignations of Treasurer and Secretary.
Proposed
Change 3: Add “Research” after “Social Justice” when referring to the
journal.
Reason:
typographical error
Proposed
Change 4: Add “Twice a year, the Editor will supply the rest of the
Executive
Board with a journal report that includes statistics such as number of
submissions received, number of decisions pending and the stage at
which these
manuscripts stand, number of manuscripts accepted, number of
manuscripts rejected,
average time to decision, as well as the discipline, country of
submission, and
general contents of manuscripts accepted for publication.”
Reason:
Currently, we only receive a journal report every two years, which is
presented
at the biennial conference during the General Business Meeting. It is
relatively common practice with other organizations, however, that
members of
the Executive receive a journal report on a more regular basis. Given
the
number of issues of Social Justice Research that come out each year,
the
Executive thought that a reported distributed twice a year would be
sufficient.
§ 11
The Dissolution of the Society
Proposed
Change: Remove the “5” at the end of the paragraph.
Reason:
typographical error
Call for Nominations for
Secretary and Treasurer of ISJR
ISJR
members are invited to submit their candidacy nominations for Secretary
and
Treasurer of the International Society for Justice Research for the
period
2010-2012 (the positions are held from ISJR conference to conference).
Elections will take place on the occasion of the General Business
Meeting at
the coming ISJR's Biennial Conference in Banff, Canada,
August
2010.
Nominations
should include the candidate’s name, affiliation, short curriculum
vitae (up to
2 pages), including both academic and organisational experience, and
listing up
to ten selected publications. Candidates should have agreed to be
nominated.
Self-nominations are welcome. Please email nominations to Clara
Sabbagh, ISJR
President-Elect, at csabbagh@construct.haifa.ac.il
by March 30, 2010.
A
short description of the Secretary and Treasurer positions is outlined
below.
The
Secretary
works with our webmaster (Anette Weidler) to make changes to the ISJR
website, answers emails sent to isjr.org or re-distributes these emails
to the
appropriate person, takes minutes at the Executive Meeting and the
General
Business Meeting held at the biennial conference, and updates the
Administrative Handbook. The Secretary also actively contributes to the
discussions held by the Executive Committee and sometimes assists with
the
process of selecting award winners.
The
Treasurer
sends email reminders regarding renewal of dues, keeps the membership
list updated (123Signup can do these two tasks automatically), actively
contributes to the discussions held by the Executive Committee,
provides
information to the newsletter when appropriate, helps individuals who
are
having problems registering as new members or renewing their dues,
forwards
members’ email addresses to Springer so that members receive the
journal, sends
out cheques when required (e.g., to award winners), prepares a
treasurer’s
report for the biennial meeting to be presented at the General Business
Meeting, and deposits cheques from 123Signup into ISJR’s bank account.
Agenda of
the International
Society for Justice Research (ISJR)
General Business Meeting
Monday,
August 23, 2010, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Banff, Canada
1.
Welcome
2.
Approval of the two auditors
3.
Honours announcements
4.
Report of the President
5.
Proposed changes to the bylaws
6.
Report of the Treasurer
7.
Report of the Editor of Social Justice Research
8.
Discharge of the Executive Board
Presidency
change
9.
Elections to the Executive Board
10.
Announcement of the appointment of Newsletter Editor
11.
Presentations concerning the 2012 conference
12.
Any new business from the floor
13.
End and thanks
Thanks
to Anette Weidler
Anette Weidler,
our
webmaster, has redesigned the ISJR website, giving it a brighter,
updated look!
Thanks Anette for all your hard work – the website looks great!
Morton
Deutsch Award for
best paper in Social Justice Research - 2008
The
recipients of the 2008 Morton Deutsch Award for best article in the
2008 volume
of Social Justice Research are Felicia Pratto, Adam Pearson, I-Ching
Lee, and
Tamar Saguy for their article entitled "Power Dynamics in an
Experimental
Game" (September, 2008 issue).
Congratulations
to these researchers! The Morton Deutsch Award will be presented at the
upcoming conference in Banff,
Canada.
The
recipient of the 2009 Morton Deutsch Award will be
announced soon.
News from the Treasurer
Dear
current and former ISJR members,
I am
writing again to invite you to renew your membership with the
International
Society for Justice Research for 2010. All memberships that are paid on
or
after October 1, 2009 will be applied to the 2010 year. Your renewed
membership
(annual dues are currently $75 US for members with permanent positions,
or $45
US for members without permanent positions) includes a subscription to
the journal
Social Justice Research. Your subscription to SJR also includes a code
for
electronic access which I will send out before the first 2010 issue of
SJR is
published. Importantly, your membership dues also assist with covering
the
modest expenses of maintaining our Society and providing annual awards.
Associate Memberships are also available for students (dues for
Associate
Members are currently $10 US per year without subscription to Social
Justice
Research and $40 US per year, with a subscription of SJR included).
Also
as a reminder, the ISJR Executive Committee has made a change in the
service
provider that will manage our Society's membership and event functions.
The
committee has enlisted the services of 123signup.com. Many of you might
be
familiar with this service from your memberships in other
organizations. We
prefer it to PayPal in part because of its facility for assisting us
with
additional functions not offered by PayPal that we think will serve our
Society
well in the future, including the potential for event management and
for secure
online elections of officers. 123signup comes highly recommended and
promises
to be as safe and secure for your financial transactions as PayPal was.
You
can renew your membership by going to the membership page of the ISJR
website
at: http://www.isjr.org/Members.html
If you
experience any problems with this website (or with receipt of your
journals),
please let me know in order that I might try to assist. Thank you for
your
continuing support of the ISJR. I look forward to seeing your
memberships
renewed very soon.
Sincerely,
Larry Heuer
LBH3@Columbia.edu
13th Biennial ISJR Conference, Banaff, Canada, August
21-24, 2010
The
13th ISJR Conference is approaching fast, which means it is time to put
in your
conference submissions if you haven’t already.
To be
held in Banff Alberta, on August 21-24, 2010, the
theme of
the conference will be on “Rights and Equality in the Global
Community”. The
conference line-up features, in addition to Carolyn Hafer’s
presidential
address and awardees’ addresses (Leo Montada – Lifetime Achievement;
Aaron Kay
and David De Cremer – Early Career Award), keynote addresses by two
internationally recognized speakers: Dr. Fathali Moghaddam, Department
of
Psychology, Georgetown University and Professor Kathleen Mahoney,
Faculty of
Law, University
of Calgary.
Fathali
Moghaddam is an internationally recognized expert on psychology and
culture
whose scholarship has included works on global conflict resolution,
terrorism,
and the psychology of rights and duties. Kathleen Mahoney is also
internationally recognized for her research, practice, and activism in
human
rights and judicial education in Canada and around the world and was
recently
named an expert advisor to the Interaction Council, an organization of
former
heads of state seeking to advance the cause of international human
rights. The
conference lineup combined with the spectacular mountain resort venue
will make
this ISJR conference a most memorable one.
Researchers
of all relevant disciplines are invited to propose papers, posters, or
symposia
on the conference theme of Rights and Equality in the Global Community
or any
other justice-related topic.
The
submission deadline has been extended to March 15, 2010.
Further
information about the conference including keynote speakers, venue,
location as
well as the submission procedure is available on the conference
website: http://wcmprod2.ucalgary.ca/isjr2010/
Conference registration will be
available March 1 with costs as follows:
| Registration |
Before May
15 |
After May 15 |
| ISJR members,
non-student |
$390 CA |
$465 CA |
| Non-members |
$440 CA |
$515 CA |
| Students
(members and
non-members) |
$225 CA |
$300 CA |
Registration fees include
three breakfasts and lunches, one dinner, and six nutrition breaks, as
well as
two receptions.
| Accommodation |
|
| Regular
(inclusive of all
taxes and fees) |
$201.92 CA |
| Superior
(inclusive of all
taxes and fees) |
$218. 59 CA |
| Other |
|
| Return
ground transport Calgary
airport – Banff
Centre |
$100 CA |
| Conference
banquet dinner |
TBA |
Interdisciplinary
Conference on Empirical Justice Research at the Catholic University
Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
From
October 15th to 17th, 2009, an international and interdisciplinary
conference
on justice research took place at the Catholic University
Eichstätt-Ingolstadt:
“The potential of justice research for conflict resolution and the
understanding of societal problems”. The event was sponsored by the
Volkswagenstiftung and organized by Elisabeth Kals (chair for social
and
organizational psychology at the Catholic University
Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and
Jürgen Maes (chair for educational psychology at the Bundeswehr
University
Munich). Central to the conference were questions concerning the
existence and
the characteristics of justice motives, and concerning the influence
that
justice motives and justice judgements have on the emergence but also
the
solution of social conflicts. Five work-groups were implemented: (1)
“Introduction and justice motive”, (2) “organizational justice”, (3)
“ecological justice”, (4) “social conflicts”, and (5) “solution of
conflicts”.
The participants were
relevant scholars of psychology,
as well as distinguished experts from various other disciplines, such
as
sociologists, economists, legal scholars, educationists, and ethicists.
The
opening address was held by Prof. em. Dr. Leo Montada (University of Trier),
who is one of the German pioneers and pathfinders of psychological
justice
research. His public talk titled “The normative impact of empirical
justice
research” elated and inspired the audience in the crowded auditorium,
instigated absorbing discussions and proved to be an outstanding
opening to an
exciting conference. Far more than 40 active contributions were
presented on
the conference (talks and poster presentations with ongoing research
results).
Quite a number of new research questions and endeavours for
international
cooperation arose from the contributions and discussions among the
scientists
from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
the Netherlands, Great Britain, Sweden,
the USA, India, Korea,
and New Zealand.
A succeeding conference is already being planned.
Doctor
honoris causa
awarded to Norm Feather
Norm Feather was awarded
the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (Hon. D. Litt.) by Flinders University
for his distinguished research contributions over many years at the
national and
international level and for his key role in developing the Discipline
of
Psychology from its beginning at Flinders
University and bringing
it to international recognition. Norm Feather also has an Honorary D.
Litt.
from the University of New
England, awarded
in 2007.
Recent Publications of ISJR Members
The Psychology of Justice
and Legitimacy
The
Psychology of Justice and Legitimacy: The Ontario Symposium Volume 11. New
York:
Psychology
Press. Edited by D. Ramona Bobocel, Aaron C. Kay, Mark P. Zanna and
James M.
Olson (2010).
In
response to the international turmoil, violence, and increasing
ideological
polarization, social psychological interest in the topics of legitimacy
and
social justice has blossomed considerably. Social psychologists have
explored
the psychological underpinnings of people’s reactions to injustice and
illegitimacy, including the behavioral and psychological consequences
of the
motivation to view individual outcomes and governmental systems as just
and
legitimate.
Although
injustice and illegitimacy are clearly related at conceptual and
theoretical
levels, these two rich literatures are rarely integrated. Social
justice
researchers have focused on how people make sense of particular
instances of
injustice, whereas legitimacy researchers have tended to focus
primarily on
people’s reactions to unfair systems of intergroup relations.
This
11th volume of the Ontario Symposium series brings together the work of
leading
researchers in fields of social justice and legitimacy to facilitate
the
cross-pollination and integration of these fields. The contributions
address
broad theoretical issues and cutting-edge empirical advances, while
illustrating
the diversity and richness of research in the two fields. By uniting
these two
domains, this volume will stimulate new directions in theory and
research that
seek to explain how and why people make sense of injustice at all
levels of
analysis.
Table
of Contents
Preface.
L.J. Skitka, N.P. Aramovich, B.L. Lytle, E.G. Sargis, Knitting Together
an
Elephant: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Psychology of
Justice
Reasoning. D.R. Bobocel, A. Zdaniuk, Injustice and Identity: How We
Respond to
Unjust Treatment Depends on How We Perceive Ourselves. M.J. Callan,
J.H.
Ellard, Beyond Blame and Derogation of Victims: Just World Dynamics in
Everyday
Life. C.L. Hafer, L. Gosse, Preserving the Belief in a Just World: When
and for
Whom are Different Strategies Preferred? D.T. Miller, D.A. Effron, S.V.
Zak,
From Moral Outrage to Social Protest: The Role of Psychological
Standing. J.M.
Olson, C.L. Hafer, I. Cheung, P.
Conway,
Deservingness, the Scope of Justice, and Actions Toward Others. D.
Gaucher,
A.C. Kay, K. Laurin, The Power of the Status Quo: Consequences for
Maintaining and
Perpetuating Inequality. J.T. Jost, I. Liviatan, J. van der Toorn, A.
Ledgerwood, A. Mandisodza, B.A. Nosek, System Justification: How Do We
Know
It’s Motivated? K. van den Bos, Self-Regulation, Homeostasis, and
Behavioral
Disinhibition in Normative Judgments. J.M. Darley, D.M. Gromet, The
Psychology
of Punishment: Intuition and Reason, Retribution and Restoration. T.R.
Tyler,
Legitimacy and Rule Adherence: A Psychological Perspective on the
Antecedents
and Consequences of Legitimacy. S.C. Wright, D.M. Taylor, Justice in
Aboriginal
Language Policy and Practices: Fighting Institutional Discrimination
and
Linguicide. K. Schumann, M. Ross, The Antecedents, Nature and
Effectiveness of
Political Apologies for Historical Injustices.
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