Below are some of our conference presentations and public outreach events. For additional information about our findings, please see our dissemination page.
2025
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2025, September 10). GENERATION PEACE: Developing & Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Beliefs Scale (YPBS). [Oral presentation]. Paper presented by Isabelle Nic Craith at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Meeting, Oxford, UK.
Nic Craith, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2025, September 9). European and national identities in Ireland: A qualitative exploration of what it means to be Irish and European. [Oral presentation]. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Meeting, Oxford, UK.
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2025, August 28). Assessing Young Children’s Knowledge of Religious Outgroups: Cognitive and Social Influences. Paper presented at European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2025, July 6). GENERATION PEACE: Developing and Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Scale. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Nic Craith, I., O’Connor, C., & Taylor, L. K. (2025, July 6). Development of national identity among youth: A systematic review of youth national identity and intergroup outcomes in an age of immigration.Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2025, May). GENERATION PEACE: Developing and Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Scale. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research on Child Development in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
2024
Nic Craith, I., O’Connor, C., & Taylor, L. K. (2024, December 2). A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between National Identity Content and Attitudes and Behaviours Towards of Immigrants Among Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. [Poster presentation]. UCD School of Psychology 3rd Annual Aidan P. Moran Research Day, Dublin, Ireland.
McEvoy, S.C., Nearchou, F., & Taylor, L.K., (2024, September) British Psychology Society’s Social Psychology Section, Annual Conference 2024, ‘Contributing factors to cohesion within women’s refugee networks on the island of Ireland’.
Nic Craith, I., O’Connor, C., & Taylor, L. K. (2024, September 28). A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between National Identity Content and Attitudes and Behaviours Towards of Immigrants Among Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. [Oral presentation]. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence Biannual Conference, Limassol, Cyprus.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2024, July). GENERATION PEACE: Youth perspectives and behaviours on peacebuilding in conflict-affected settings. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Santiago, Chile.
Nic Craith, I., Taylor, L. K., & O’Connor, C. (2024, July 5). A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between National Identity Definitions and Social Inclusion of Migrants. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Meeting, Santiago, Chile.
Nic Craith, I., Corbett, B., Tomašić Humer, J., Tomovska Misoka, A., Maloku, E., Dautel, J., & Taylor, L. K. (2024, July 4). Supraordinate identity integration in childhood: Intergroup implications of ethno-national and supraordinate identification in three divided societies. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Meeting, Santiago, Chile.
McEvoy, S.C., Nearchou, F., & Taylor, L.K., (2024, June) International Conference on Social Identity and Health 2024, ‘Motherhood, trauma management and strength of relationships in women’s refugee networks in Ireland’.
Corbett, B., Liu, V., & Taylor, L. (2024, June). Irish children’s prosocial giving by target: The importance of socially relevant outgroups. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lisbon, Portugal.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2024, June). GENERATION PEACE: Youth perspectives and behaviours on peacebuilding in conflict-affected settings. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lisbon, Portugal.
Zammit, I., Hennessy, E., Borinca, I. & Taylor, L. K. (2024, June). From prayer to practice: Children’s religious understanding and prosocial behaviours. Paper presented at International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) Biennial Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2024, May). From Prayers to Peers: The impact of early religious understanding on child social harmony. Paper presented at Religion and Society Conference 2024, Faculty of Theology, University of Malta, Malta.
Zammit, I., Counihan, D., Corbett, B., Tomašić Humer, J., Dautel, J. B., & Taylor, L. K. (2024, May). Shadows of Previous Generations. Paper presented at Malta Chamber of Psychologists Forum on Collective Trauma, Qawra, Malta.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2024, April). GENERATION PEACE: Prosocial behaviour in conflict-affected settings. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research on Adolescence, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K. (2024, March). GENERATION PEACE: Prosocial behaviour in conflict-affected settings. Flash Talk presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, California, USA
2023
Nic Craith, I., Taylor, L. K., & O’Connor, C. (2023, December 4). A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between National Identity Definitions and Social Inclusion of Migrants (Study Protocol). Poster presented at the UCD School of Psychology 2nd Annual Aidan P. Moran Research Day, Dublin, Ireland.
Moran, D., Liu, V., & Taylor, L. (2023, August). Predictors of children’s outgroup prosocial behaviour towards socially relevant groups. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Turku, Finland.
Nic Craith, I., Corbett, B., Tomašić Humer, J., Tomovska Misoka, A., Maloku, E., Dautel, J., & Taylor, L. K. (2023, June 24). Supraordinate identity integration in childhood: Intergroup implications of ethno-national and supraordinate identification in three divided societies. Paper presented at the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Small Group Meeting on Social Cohesion in Divided Societies, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Corbett, B., Dautel, J., Tomovska Misoska, A., Tomašić Humer, J., Maloku, E., Liu, V., & Taylor, L. (2023, June). The shadow of war: Parental competitive victimhood and children’s contact intentions in two post-accord societies. Talk presented at the European Association for Social Psychology Small Group Meeting: Social Cohesion in Divided Societies, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2022
Counihan, D. & Taylor, L.K. (2022, November). Empathy to Action: Attitudes and Prosocial Behaviour Towards Travellers and Refugees. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Annual Conference, Laois, Ireland.
Nic Craith, I. & Taylor, L. K. (2022, November). A rapid evidence assessment of European identity among children, adolescents and young people. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Annual Conference, Laois, Ireland.
Taylor, L. K., Corbett, B., Maloku, E., Tomašić Humer, J., Tomovska, A., & Dautel, J. B. (2022, July). Saliency of European versus national and ethnic identity in conflict affected societies. Paper presented at International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Athens, Greece.
Corbett, B., Dautel, J., Tomovska Misoska, A., Maloku, E., Taylor, L.K. (July, 2022). The legacy of war: minority and majority children’s prosociality in four post-accord societies. Paper presented at International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Athens, Greece.
Taylor, L. K., Corbett, B., Maloku, E., Tomašić Humer, J., Tomovska, A., & Dautel, J. B. (2022, June). Parental competitive victimhood and children’s contact in 4 post-accord societies. Invited Symposium. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece.
Corbett, B., Dautel, J., Tomovska Misoska, A., Maloku, E., Taylor, L.K. (June, 2022). Children’s strength of ethno-religious identity and prosociality within legacies of conflict: the effects of cost and context. Paper presented at International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece.
Kramer, H. J., Blaylock, D., & Taylor, L. K. (2022, June). Longtidunal scale development of a multidimensional family ethnic socialization measure for children. Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece.
Kramer, H. J., Blaylock, D., & Taylor, L. K. (2022, June). Family ethnic socialization among majority and minority group children in a setting of political conflict. Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece.
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2022, June). A systematic review of the association of religiousness to Children’s prosocial behavior. Paper presented at International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) Biennial Meeting, Island of Rhodes, Greece.
Taylor, L. K., Corbett, B., Maloku, E., Tomašić Humer, J., Tomovska, A., & Dautel, J. B. (2022, May). The Role of a Children’s Supraordinate European Identity in Four Divided Societies. Poster presented at Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) – Constructing the Other, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Corbett, B., Dautel, J., Tomovska Misoska, A., Maloku, E., Taylor, L.K. (April, 2022). The shadow of war: parental competitive victimhood and children’s contact intentions in four post-accord societies in Europe. Paper presented at Cognitive Development Society (CDS), Madison, USA.
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2022, March). The association of religiousness to Children’s prosocial behaviour: A systematic review of empirical research. Paper presented at Research Symposium 2022; Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Malta.
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2022, February). Stage 1 Registered Report: Association between Parental and Children’s religiosity in Early Childhood. Draft presentred at Monthly GrouPSI (Group Processes and Social Inclusion) Meeting, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland.
2021
Zammit, I., & Taylor, L. K. (2021, December). A systematic review of the association of religiousness to Children’s prosocial behavior. Paper presented at Research & Innovation EXPO 21, Malta College of Science and Technology, Malta.
Shabani, G., Dautel, J. B., Taylor, L. K. (2021, November). Perceptions of Conflict and Intergroup Behaviours among Kosovo Children. The Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference 2021 [online].
Cohen, M., Rylander, R., Dautel, J. B., Taylor, L. K. (2021, April). Influence of National Identity on Intergroup Contact Intentions. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development [online].
Taylor, L.K., Tomašić Humer, J., & Dautel, J. B. (2021, April). Predictors of outgroup empathy among children in a conflict-affected society. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development [online].
Taylor, L.K., & McKeown, S. (2021, April). Outgroup helping, collective action, and political activism toward ethnic minorities in a setting of protracted conflict. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development [online].
Lee, J. Y., Jin, K., Taylor, L. K., & Song, H. (2021, April). Positive contact with North Korean can extend to South Koreans’ support for refugees. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development [online].
Zammit, I (2021, July). The association of religious beliefs to children’s prosocial behaviors: A Systematic Review using Covidence. Presentation focusing on methodology at ICS MCAST Webinar: Research Methodologies and Research Projects in Education, Sports, and Health and Social Care, Malta.
2019
Dautel, J.B., Taylor, L.K., Maloku, E., Tomovska, A., Razpurker-Apfeld, I., Shamoa-Nir, L., & Rylander, R. (2019, Nov.). Helping Kids! Investigating children’s awareness of and preferences for ethnographies-political symbols in divided societies. Building Sustainable Peace: Ideas, Evidence, Strategies. Talk presented at the University of Notre Dame Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame, Indiana, US.
Tomovska Misoska, A., Taylor, L.K, Dautel, J., & Rylander, R. (2019, Sep.). The importance of contact in promoting better interethnic relations among primary aged children. Paper presented at the International Scientific Conference Psychology for All at the Institute of Psychology, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia. https://doi.org/10.37509/psyscip19560167tm
Taylor, L.K., Dautel J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., & Rylander, R. (2019, July) Helping Kids! Children’s Peacebuilding in Divided Societies. Paper presented at the International Network for Peace Psychology, Bogota, Colombia.
Dautel, J.B., Taylor, L.K., & Rylander, R. (2019). Development of social preferences and categories based on ethno-religious symbols in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development: Baltimore, Maryland.
Dautel, J.B., Taylor, L.K., Feeney, A., Coley, J.D., & Rylander, R. (2019). School and family environments influence children’s essentialist beliefs about ethno-religious categories in Northern Ireland. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Taylor, L.K., Dautel J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., & Rylander, R. (2019, Mar.) Helping Kids! Children’s Peacebuilding in Divided Societies. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, USA.
Taylor, L.K., Dautel J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., & Rylander, R. (2019, Mar.) Helping Kids! Antecedents of Peacebuilding in Three Divided Societies. Poster presented at the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), Lisbon, Portugal.
February 2019
Taylor, L.K., Dautel J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., Rylander, R. (2019, Feb.) Helping Kids! Children’s Peacebuilding in Divided Societies. Public Lecture, RIT Kosovo.
2018
October 2018
Taylor, L.K., Dautel, J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., Rylander, R. (2018, Oct). Helping Kids! Antecedents of Peacebuilding in Divided Societies. Invited Talk, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Taylor, L.K., Dautel, J., Maloku, E., Tomovska-Misoska, A., Rylander, R. (2018, June). Promoting Positive Intergroup Relations and Peacebuilding in Divided Societies. Poster presented at the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) annual conference, San Sebastian, Spain.
Dautel, J.B. & Taylor, L.K. (2018). Effects of perceived conflict on children’s essentialism of ethno-religious categories. Paper presented at Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs, and Religious Minds, Erice, Italy.
2017
O’Driscoll, D., Taylor, L.K., & Dautel, J. (2017, September). Children’s intergroup friendships within post-accord Northern Ireland: The role of perceived sectarian conflict. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Section Annual Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
O’Driscoll, D., Taylor, L.K., & Dautel, J. (2017, July). Intergroup resource distribution among children: The role of living in segregated neighbourhoods amid protracted conflict. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Edinburgh, UK.
O’Driscoll, D., Taylor, L.K., & Dautel, J. (2017, June). Intergroup resource distribution among children: The role of living in segregated neighbourhoods amid protracted conflict. Paper presented at the medium group meeting of the European Association of Social Psychologists (EASP), Belfast, UK.
Taylor, L.K., Dautel, J., O’Driscoll, D. (2017, May). Intergroup resource distribution among children: The role of living in segregated neighbourhoods amid protracted conflict. Paper presented at the Committee for the Psychological Study of Peace (CPSP) biannual symposium, Florence, Italy.
Taylor, L.K., & Dautel, J., O’Driscoll, D. (2017, March). Intergroup resource distribution among children: The role of living in segregated neighborhoods amid protracted conflict. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biannual Conference, Austin, Texas, US.
Dautel, J.B., Taylor, L.K., & White, E., (2017, March). Effects of perceived intergroup conflict on children’s essentialism in Northern Ireland. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biannual Conference, Austin, Texas, US.
2016
O’Driscoll, D., Taylor, L.K., & Dautel, J. (2016, September). Age differences in the relation between parent and child social identity in post-accord Northern Ireland. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Section Annual Conference, Belfast, UK.
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