Past summer schools

Valencia, Spain - 2010

The Second EAWOP Early Career Summer School was held in Valencia from the 11th to the 17th of September 2008. 

The summer school was funded by EAWOP. Local organizers were Prof. José Maria Peiró and his team from the University of Valencia. Overall, 36 young scientists from a variety of countries participated in the event.

The summer school had seven themes:

1. Work engagement;
2. Personnel selection;
3. Team organization and team climate;
4. Methodology, diary research;
5. Organizational change;
6. Evidence-Based Management;
7. Workplace safety.

The summer school had 7 keynote presentations:

1. Diary Research on Employee Well-being by Prof. Remus Ilies, Michigan State University;
2. Construct Validity of Personnel Selection Methods and a session on Funds and Fundraising by Prof. Martin Kleinmann, University of Zurich;
3. Work Engagement by Prof. Arnold Bakker, Erasmus University of Rotterdam;
4. Work-team Climate and a session on Publishing by Prof Vicente Gonzalez-Romá. University of Valencia;
5. Leadership and Occupational Health: Research and Intervention by Prof. José Maria Peiró, University of Valencia;
6. Evidence-based Management and a session on Research Management by Prof. Rob Briner, Birkbeck, University of London;
7. Workplace Safety by Prof. Nik Chmiel, University of Chichester. 

Full programme and key notes (PDF)

Report (PDF)

Berlin, Germany - 2008

The First EAWOP Early Career Summer School was held in Berlin from the 6th to the 12th of September 2008.

The summer school was funded by the VolkswagenStiftung. Local organizers were Prof. Jürgen Deller and his team from Leuphana University in Lüneburg. Overall, 40 young scientists from 22 different countries participated in the event.

The summer school had six themes:

1. Group Processes and Performance;
2. Leadership and Management;
3. Organizational Behavior;
4. Motivation and Perspectives;
5. Work, Stress, and Well-being;
6. Advances in Assessment and Methods.

The summer school had 5 keynote presentations:

1. The Science – Practice Divide in IWO Psychology: Responsibilities of Scientists and Strategic Bridging Mechanisms by Prof. Neil Anderson, University of Amsterdam, NL;
2. Validation, Meta-analyses and the Scientific Status of Selection by Prof. Neal Schmitt, Michigan State University, MI, USA;
3. Emotional Intelligence at Work by Prof. Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK;
4. How to Detect and Correct the Lies that Data Tell by Prof. Dr. Frank Schmidt, University of Iowa, IA, USA;
5. Global Leadership by Prof. Joyce Osland, San José State University, CA, USA.

Full programme (PDF) 

Key notes (PDF)