To further promote and advance behavioural development research, ISSBD is proud to have sponsored over 20 regional workshops worldwide to date. Cooper and Verma’s historical overview of ISSBD regional workshops is available to read, here.
ISSBD Regional Workshop, Gramado, Brazil, 2007
Guidelines for Workshop Proposals
The next submission call will open in March 2026 for workshops to be held during 2027.
ISSBD sponsors Regional Workshops to introduce scholars to new research methods, emerging topics, and key developments in behavioral science. These workshops provide a platform for early career scholars, particularly from developing and under-developed countries, to engage with experts and peers from around the world, including Western Europe and North America. The goal is to foster equity, unity, and collaboration across regions.
Workshop Structure
Duration: 3–6 days Dates: Workshops take place usually in the off-biennial years (i.e. 2025, 2027, 2029). Format: Senior researchers deliver key addresses and lead discussions, while early career scholars present posters or short papers. Locations: Workshops are held globally, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America.
Support & Funding
ISSBD provides funding for its workshop series, but organizers are encouraged to seek additional support from institutions, local governments, and foundations.
Submission Guidelines :
The workshop proposal must be submitted to the President a minimum of six months before the scheduled date.
The proposal will be reviewed by the Regional Workshop Committee and any other members the President may invite.
ISSBD will support up to two Workshops per year, usually in the off-biennial years.
Preference will be given to a new region/city where a workshop has not been held yet.
The host organizer must be an ISSBD member.
Selection Criteria:
Title: Does the topic reflect regional relevance and priorities?
Objectives: Are they clear and attainable? Are the ISSBD membership goals included in the proposal?
Participants: Are the selection criteria transparent? Do they address regional representativeness? Do they represent the relevant, regional, and diverse (disciplinary and methodological) expertise and capacity related to the workshop topic?
Conceptual background: Is it stated clearly and linked to the workshop purpose in the proposal and reflected in the program?
Program format and content: Is the format interactive and participatory? Does it provide opportunities to collaborate and network? Does the content of the program fulfil the objectives? Does the program foster capacity development of early career scholars (such as building competencies, knowledge and learning, dissemination)
Resource persons: Does the program include resource persons with regional expertise?
Workshop outcomes: Has the workshop increased ISSBD membership? Are there clear short—and long-term impacts of the workshop, and is there a follow-up action plan?
How to submit the proposal:
Proposals must be submitted through the Membership Website. Currently, we are not accepting proposals. The next submission call will open in March 2026 for workshops scheduled for 2027.
1991USA, Michigan – Organizer: Harold W. Stevenson
1991USA, Pennsylvania – Organizer: Richard Lerner
1991USA, Washington, DC – Organizers: Patricia M. Greenfield, Rodney Cocking
Regional Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 2015.
1994 Beijing workshop, participants discussing a seminar.9th ISSBD Africa Regional Workshop, 2011.
Graduate Student Summer Institute held in July, 1987 at the Academia Sinica in Beijing. The faculty is pictured in the second row, left to right, Harold Stevenson; unknown; Kees van Lieshout; Bill Hartup; Warner Schaie; Franz Weinert; Sandra Scarr; Robert Seigler; Paul Baltes; and Liu Fan.
