2005 Summer Institute in Political Psychology

政治心理学是社会科学研究的一个蓬勃发展的领域，它植根于政治学和心理学，并与一系列其他社会科学有联系。政治心理学家试图理解政治行为的心理基础、根源和后果。其中一些工作试图通过应用心理学实验室研究得出的理论来理解政治现象。关于调节和缓和现实世界影响的研究结果经常导致对鼓舞人心的心理学理论的延伸和修订。其他政治心理学包括发展全新的理论，为政治现象提供心理学解释，从而有助于基本理解心理是如何运作的，以及社会互动。鉴于这一领域的活力和研究生日益增长的兴趣，建立政治心理学暑期培训学院的想法最初是在1988年由俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)的玛格丽特·赫尔曼教授组织的一次“未来会议”上提出的。这次会议是由国际政治心理学会主办的，旨在为该学会的未来制定一个十年计划。夏季学院的概念成为会议提案的核心内容。在ISPP的支持下，第一个政治心理学夏季学院(SIPP)于1991年在俄亥俄州立大学授课。第一年，60名参与者来到俄亥俄州哥伦布市，参加密集的讲座、讨论小组、研讨会和信息互动。参与者主要是研究生，但也包括来自美国和海外政府的本科生、教授和专业人士。学生来自政治学、心理学、社会学、经济学、历史学等领域。从1991年到2003年，俄亥俄州立大学每年都提供SIPP，在这13年中，人们的兴趣没有下降：1991年参加了60人，2003年参加了58人。在1991年至2003年期间，共有658名参与者参加了SIPP。在主持了13年的SIPP之后，俄亥俄州立大学决定结束运营，将其移交给另一所大学。在运营SIPP的所有这些年里，俄亥俄州立大学投入了大量资金来支付现金支出，并捐赠了大量的教师教学时间。该大学最近采用的新预算制度增加了这种担保的难度，政治心理学的一些教员的离职也是如此。经过漫长的评估期，国际政治心理学会选择斯坦福大学作为SIPP的新潜在举办地。如果能够筹集到足够的资金，斯坦福大学准备承担这一责任，这项提议寻求剩余的所需资金，以补充已经到位的资金来源。更广泛的社会价值：SIPP将增强当前与会者的社会科学能力，并将为未来几代人更好的研究和教学做出贡献。在斯坦福大学，SIPP将是一个为期3周的项目，旨在提高来自世界各地学习政治学、心理学和其他社会科学的研究生的研究能力。暑期班旨在通过提供广泛和强化的培训经验来补充研究生院通常提供的课堂培训，从而丰富学员的研究生培训经验。通过召集一大批教员就不同的主题进行演讲，SIPP试图让研究生接触到(1)广泛的政治心理学研究文献，(B)一系列政治心理学学者的研究风格和方法，(C)培训政治心理学家使用的各种研究方法，以及(D)在参与者之间建立跨学科网络，以支持他们正在进行的研究努力，并巩固他们对社会科学学术的长期承诺。鉴于SIPP的历史和现状，斯坦福处于有利地位，可以接手SIPP的主办工作。该大学在其教职员工中拥有卓越的政治心理学和领导力的传统，包括亚历山大·乔治、保罗·斯尼德曼、尚托·艾扬格和乔恩·克罗斯尼克。克罗斯尼克是俄亥俄州立大学SIPP的联合创始人，在那里的大部分时间里他都是SIPP的联席董事，因此他在管理企业方面拥有丰富的经验。此外，斯坦福大学的其他教职员工还以与政治心理学相关的杰出研究而闻名，包括詹姆斯·菲什金、诺曼·尼、理查德·布罗迪、凯伦·库克、李·罗斯、罗伯特·扎琼克、阿尔伯特·班杜拉、道格·麦克亚当、苏珊·奥尔扎克、黛博拉·格林菲尔德、戴尔·米勒、罗德里克·克莱默、乔纳森·本德尔等。以及附近的大学。学院包括许多学者，他们将成为SIPP的出色讲师。从长远来看，提高政治心理学研究效率的最好方法之一是招募和培训一批有才华、精力充沛、有动力的学者加入这一领域。由于政治心理学在其整个历史上对政治学的贡献的重要性，为这条管道提供未来的投资似乎是非常值得的。SIPP提供了一个这样做的机会，斯坦福大学慷慨的配套资金可以通过NSF提供的相对较少的拨款来实现这一点。

Political psychology is a thriving field of social scientific inquiry with roots in political science and psychology and connections to a range of other social sciences. Political psychologists attempt to understand the psychological underpinnings, roots, and consequences of political behavior. Some of this work attempts to understand political phenomena by applying theories developed through research done in psychological laboratories. Findings regarding mediation and moderation of real-world effects have often led to extensions and revisions of the inspiring psychological theories. Other political psychology involves the development of completely new theory to provide psychological accounts of political phenomena, thus contributing to basic understanding of how the mind works and of social interaction. In light of the vitality of the field and growing graduate student interest, the idea of establishing a summer training institute in political psychology was initially developed at a "futures conference" organized by Professor Margaret Hermann at Ohio State University (OSU) in 1988. That conference was sponsored by the International Society of Political Psychology and set out to develop a ten-year plan for the Society's future. The notion of a Summer Institute emerged as a centerpiece of the conference's proposals. With the support of the ISPP, the first Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) was taught at Ohio State University in 1991. That first year, 60 participants came to Columbus, Ohio, for intensive lectures, discussion groups, workshops, and information interactions. The participants were primarily graduate students, but they also included undergraduates, professors, and professionals from governments in the US and abroad. Students were drawn from political science, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and other fields. OSU offered SIPP every year from 1991 through 2003, and there was no decline in interest during these 13 years: 60 participants attended in 1991, and 58 participants attended in 2003. In total 658 participants have attended SIPP between 1991 and 2003. After 13 years of hosting SIPP, Ohio State University decided to end its run and pass it along to another university. During all of its years operating SIPP, Ohio State invested a substantial amount of money to cover cash expenses and also donated considerable faculty teaching time. The new budgeting system the university recently adopted has made such underwriting more difficult, as have departures of some faculty in political psychology. After a lengthy evaluation period, the International Society of Political Psychology has selected Stanford University as the new potential home of SIPP. Stanford is prepared to take on this responsibility if sufficient funding can be assembled, and this proposal seeks the remaining required funding to supplement sources of funds already in place. Broader Social Value: The SIPP would enhance the social science capabilities of the current attendees and would also contribute to better research and teaching for generations to come. At Stanford, SIPP would be a 3-week program designed to advance the research capabilities of graduate students from around the world studying political science, psychology, and other social sciences. The Summer Institute would aim to enrich the graduate training experiences of participants by offering a broad and intensified training experience to complement the classroom training that is usually available at graduate institutions. By bringing together a large set of faculty offering lectures on a diverse set of topics, SIPP seeks to expose graduate students to (1) a broad range of research literature in political psychology, (b) the research styles and approaches of an array of scholars working in political psychology, and (c) training in the varied set of research methods employed by political psychologists, as well as (d) creating inter-disciplinary networks among the participants to support their on-going research efforts and cement their long-term commitments to social science scholarship. Stanford is well-positioned to take over hosting SIPP, in light of its history and present. The university has a tradition of excellence and leadership in political psychology among its faculty, including Alexander George, Paul Sniderman, Shanto Iyengar, and Jon Krosnick. Krosnick was co-founder of SIPP at Ohio State and was co-director of it for most of its years there, so he has substantial experience with managing the enterprise. In addition, other Stanford faculty are known for distinguished research relevant to political psychology, including James Fishkin, Norman Nie, Richard Brody, Karen Cook, Lee Ross, Robert Zajonc, Albert Bandura, Doug McAdam, Susan Olzak, Deborah Gruenfeld, Dale Miller, Roderick Kramer, Jonathan Bendor, and others. And nearby universities. faculties include many scholars who would be terrific SIPP lecturers. One of the best ways to enhance research productivity in political psychology over the long term is to recruit and train talented, energetic, and motivated cohorts of scholars to join the field. Because of the importance of political psychology's contributions to political science throughout its history, an investment in feeding this pipeline for the future seems well worthwhile. SIPP offers an opportunity to do so, and Stanford's generous matching funds can make this possible with a relatively modest grant from NSF.