Below are some of our conference presentations and public outreach events. For additional information about our findings, please see our dissemination page.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.