EFPTA 2026 Conference – “Why (learning) psychology matters”: anouncing our call for posters!

Thu 16 Apr 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026

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If you haven’t already booked, register here, and secure your place at our EFPTA 2026 Conference in Ljubljana, 16-19 April!

We’re delighted to announce that the EFPTA Conference will, for the first time, include poster presentations! The deadline for submission is 27 February 2026, and you will hear whether your poster has been accepted by 16 March. Find full details here, and submit your poster proposal via the online form.

The Conference programme is coming together. Our Keynote Speakers for the Ljubljana 2026 EFPTA Conference will be Professor Katja Košir of the Department of Psychology, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Professor Ana Kozina, Head of Centre at the Pedagoški inštitut (Educational Research Institute), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

And we are delighted, too, that Professor Anja Podlesek, Ph.D, the President of Društvo psihologov Slovenije (the Slovenian Psychologists’ Association), and Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, will give a welcome speech at the opening of Conference along with EFPTA President, Mairi Rice.

You can register to attend the conference here. The online form contains information on fees as well as practical info for taking part in the Conference. Register before 31 January to get the Earlybird rate (110 euro)! There are not many places still available, so book as soon as possible. Here you will find helpful information about transport and hotels in Ljubljana, including a hotel that offers a discount code.

We have received a great set of interesting  submissions for workshops, symposia, and short talks! The call for submissions is now closed. We are very grateful for these contributions from the European psychology teaching community to the Conference programme: they are varied in their topics – all relevant to the conference theme of “Why (learning) psychology matters” – and the presenters are from a wide range of backgrounds / perspectives / nationalities, including psychology teachers, teacher educators, researchers. Look out for updates of details of the workshops and short presentations, in the conference schedule overview (below). Look out for the call for posters too, coming soon!

The conference schedule overview  has information on venue and conference timings over the four days, to help you plan your trip. We are indebted to our Slovenian colleagues who will host the conference, and to the National Education Institute of Slovenia and the Secondary School of Nursing, Ljubljana, for their generous support. Psychology is widely taught in high schools in Slovenia, and it is one of the most popular subjects; find more information about psychology education in schools in Slovenia here.

EFPTA Conferences attract participants of many nationalities and are conducted in English. Our very successful 2024 Conference in Helsinki was attended by participants of 17 nationalities from Europe and beyond, and we very much look forward to getting together again with our international colleagues in psychology education in the spring of 2026!

If you would like to publicise the Ljubljana Conference in your school/institution, you can download a printable A3 poster or A5 two-sided flyer.

The EFPTA Conference organising group are working hard to plan the event, and meanwhile, watch this space for more updates.

We are looking forward to getting together in Ljubljana on 16-19 April 2026!

You can register here.

 

Links to key Conference information:

Conference schedule overview

Keynote Speaker, Katja Košir: Abstract and Biography

Keynote Speaker, Ana Kozina: Abstract and Biography

Information about Ljubljana transport and hotels