The ASPO conference takes place every year. It is the largest meeting sponsored by the Association, and provides an opportunity for members to meet and discuss their work with a large proportion of the membership. It is also the occasion on which the Members Meeting takes place, where, among others, new members of the Board are announced.

Next ASPO Conference

The 2026 ASPO conference takes place 9-10 December in Amsterdam.

Message from the organisers

ASPO conference 2026 – Call for submissions

We are very happy to host the ASPO conference on the 9th and 10th of December 2026 in Amsterdam!

General Information

The conference will be hosted at the public library of Amsterdam (OBA Amsterdam), conveniently located close to Amsterdam Central Station: OBA Oosterdok, Oosterdokskade 143, 1011DL Amsterdam

The (optional) conference dinner will be hosted at the restaurant „de Waag“, which is at walking distance from the conference location.

Important Dates

  • Deadline submissions: 06.07.2026, 23:59
  • Information about acceptance: 01.09.2026
  • Deadline registration: 31.09.2026

Submission (regular talk and poster)

The submission of abstracts is now possible here: ASPO congres 2026: Submission form – Fill in form

We are planning to host regular talks (10 + 5 min) in parallel sessions and posters. The allocation decisions are contingent on the amount and quality of submissions.

Submissions as talks need to contain information the collected sample and the (planned) analyses in the abstract. In the case of multiple studies, the data of at least one study must have been collected. Results should be available by the time of the conference.

Projects submitted as posters may be at an earlier stage at the time of submission. In that case, authors should describe the sampling and analysis plan in the abstract.

Registration fees

The registration opens after the evaluation of submissions has been completed and communicated.

Full registration: 250€

PhD Students: 200€

By registering for the conference, you will agree to become an ASPO full member or ASPO PhD member for one year. The membership fee is €30 for full members and €20 for PhD members. This fee included in the conference fee above. Membership will not be automatically renewed.

The cost for joining the (optional) dinner is 75€. Although the dinner location is large, seats are limited.

Contact

You can contact the organizing team via email

Leon Hilbert: l.p.hilbert@uva.nl

Suzanne Oosterwijk: s.oosterwijk@uva.nl

Bastiaan Rutjens: b.t.rutjens@uva.nl

More information: The conference website will follow soon

Previous Conferences

ASPO Conference 2025
20-21 November, Maastricht
The conference program and impressions can be found here

ASPO Conference 2024
12-13 December, Groningen

ASPO Conference 2023
20 – 21 of April 2023, Utrecht

The conference program can be found here. The corresponding abstracts can be found here.

ASPO Conference 2022 (replacement for the 2021 cancelled conference)
23 June 2022, Tilburg

The conference program canbe found here https://www.sociale-psychologie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Program-ASPO-summer-event-June-23-2022.pdf

ASPO Conference 2021 (cancelled)
Instead a online afternoon session was organised on 16 December 2021