Abstract
Given that social relationships are central to happiness and survival, how do we get into good relationships and what keeps them thriving? The goal of the workshop is to exchange research ideas and findings on relationship thriving and social connection, and to inspire future research and collaboration.
As part of the workshop, Sara Algoe will give a colloquium on emotional experiences that foster social connection. Before and after the colloquium, researchers from the BSI will give brief presentations that are relevant to the broader topic on relationship thriving and social connection. For each presentation, there will be adequate time for discussion. With the presentations and colloquium as input, workshop participants will form small groups to brainstorm about future research, potential collaborations, and ‘big’ questions. Finally, these brainstorm ideas will be presented and discussed in a plenary session. The workshop should be of interest to anyone working on or interested in social connection and social relationships, from all disciplines in psychology and pedagogy.
Bio
Sara Algoe is a professor at the University of North Carolina, where she is director of the Emotions and Social Interactions in Relationships (EASIR) lab. She is the founder of The Love Consortium (TLC), a global network of researchers that facilitates the collaborative use of archived data to advance the scientific study of social connection.
Her expertise spans emotions, relationships and health. Some of her most influential work is on the find-remind-and-bind theory of gratitude, which – at its core - posits that the emotional response of gratitude helps to solve a central problem of human survival: identifying high-quality relationship partners and keeping them interested
in the relationship. More broadly, she has studied the dynamics of social interactions in the context of friendships, romantic couples, coworkers, and new acquaintances. She uses a range of quantitative methods to measure the behaviour, psychology, and biology of each member of the relationship dyad, and uses longitudinal study designs
to test hypotheses about the impact of accumulated instances of such interactions on relational and personal health.
Morning programme
Location: MM 04.640
10.15-10.30 Walk-in
10.30-10.50 Presentation Mirna
10.50-11.10 Presentation Dannis
11.10-11.30 Presentation Ruddy
11.30-11.50 Presentation Maartje
11.50-12.20 Lunch
12.20-13.20 Colloquium Sara Algoe (all BSI members invited)
Afternoon programme
Location: MM 04.650
13.30-13.50 Presentation Farnaz
13.50-14.10 Presentation Daniel (or Johan/Charlotte)
14.10-14.30 Presentation Ege
14.30-14.45 Coffee/tea break
14.45-15.45 Brainstorm sessions in small groups
16.00-16.45 Plenary session with short presentations of brainstorm outcomes, the conclusion of the day by Sara Algoe and Johan Karremans
