The Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues is proud to announce the Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award honoring Otto Klineberg (1899-1992), an early president of SPSSI and distinguished figure in these fields. An award of $1,000 is given to "the best paper or article of the year on intercultural or international relations"—a field about which Professor Klineberg cared deeply from his social psychological commitment. Originality of the contribution, whether theoretical or empirical, will be given special weight. Please note that an individual or group may submit to only one SPSSI paper award (from among the Allport, Klineberg, and Dissertation Awards) per year.

Entries can be unpublished manuscripts, in press papers, book chapters, or journal articles published no more than 18 months prior to the submission deadline. Entries cannot be returned. The competition is open to nonmembers, as well as members of SPSSI, and graduate students are especially urged to submit papers. Submissions from across the social sciences are encouraged; however, the paper must clearly demonstrate its relevance for psychological theory and research in the domain of intercultural and international relations.

Online submissionsopens in new window are the preferred method. Please limit the number and size of files uploaded when applying online.

For hard copy submissions, send five (5) copies to:

SPSSI
Attn: Klineberg Award
208 "I" (Eye) St NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-4340

Deadline

This is an annual award. Applications must be received by March 1. Late applications will be retained for the next year. The winner will be announced by May 1.

Past winning papers: 

• Understanding Dialectical Thinking from a Cultural-Historical Perspective (2007, Wan-chi Wong)
• If I look at the Mass I Will Never Act: Psychic Numbing and Genocide (2006, Paul Slovic)
• Debate in Science: The Case of Acculturation (2005, Floyd Rudmin)
• Dialectical Self-Esteem and East-West Differences in Psychological Well-being. Personality and Social Psychology (2004, Julie Spencer-Rodgers)
• Pathologizing Populations and Colonizing Minds: International Psychological Programs in Kosovo (2003, Vanessa Pupavac)
• Interethnic Contact, Identity, and Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Communication (2002, Clément, Noels & Deneault)
• Multicultural Minds: A Dynamic Constructivist Approach to Culture and Cognition (2001, Hong, Morris, Chiu & Benet-Martinez)
• "I" Value Freedom, but "We" Value Relationships: Self-Construal Priming Mirrors Cultural Differences in Judgment (2000, Gardner, Gabriel & Lee)
• Guilty by Association: When One’s Group Has a Negative History (1999, Doosje, Branscombe, Spears & Manstead)
• A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist (1998, Levin)