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Thekla Constantinou
Department of Psychology and Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
ejpoeditor(at)ucy.ac.cy
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EJPO is calling for papers on Military Psychology in Europe. Scroll down to read the full call.
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Joint call for special issues paper proposals: Military Psychology in Europe in European Psychologist and European Journal of Psychology Open
Guest Editors: Karl-Heinz Renner & Cornelia Kuesel, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany
At the 18th European Congress of Psychology 2023 in Brighton, an invited symposium on “European Psychology in The Wake of the War in Ukraine – Initiatives and Impact” attracted the attention of many European and international colleagues. During this symposium, a question came up whether there is something like a military psychology in Europe and nobody really had a final answer. Therefore, the primary goal of this special issue is to give a comprehensive answer to this question by providing a broad overview on research and applied activities with regard to the broad field of military psychology in Europe which has perhaps led a kind of shadowy existence as yet. Facing the now over three-year long war in Ukraine (and the war in Middle East) the time has more than come to inform the psychological community and the public on the contributions of psychology in preventing and alleviating the terrible suffering caused during war times in soldiers, their families and the civil public.
The range of tasks and topics covered by military psychology is broad: From a historical perspective, the role of military psychology is closely linked to the development of the global political situation. While in peacetime the focus is primarily on the prevention of deployment-related mental disorders and the maintenance of the health of deployed personnel and their training, in times of crisis the focus is often on aftercare and treatment, but there is also a link to operational psychology.
Against this background, we are calling for review articles on the development, current challenges and application of military and operational psychology in Europe. In doing so, we aim at informing and stimulating theory, research and practice and to bring together different perspectives in the area of military psychology. We invite you to primarily submit overview articles which may include interdisciplinary perspectives. Empirical articles are welcome as well if a core topic of military psychology is exemplarily addressed and highlighted.
Download the full call here (PDF)
Deadline for the submission of proposals: June 30, 2025
Feedback on proposals and invitation for full articles: July 31, 2025
Submission deadline for invited full articles: January 31, 2026
Review and revision processes: February – July 2026
Final decisions on all papers: September 2026
Karl-Heinz Renner: karl-heinz.renner(at)unibw.de
Cornelia Kuesel: cornelia.kuesel(at)unibw.de
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Senior Editor
Kallipoleos 75
1678 NicosiaConsultant Editor
TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Technische Universität München
Arcisstr. 21
80333 MunichThekla Constantinou
Department of Psychology and Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
ejpoeditor(at)ucy.ac.cy
Alexios Arvanitis
Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
Panagiota Dimitropoulou
Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
Margarita Gavrilova
Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Polymnia Georgiou
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MI, USA
Nikos Konstantinou
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Alessandro Musetti
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Italy
Renato Pisanti
Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy
Andrea E. Abele-Brehm, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Erlangen and Munich, Germany
Conny H. Antoni, Trier University, Germany
Antonino Callea, Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
Maria Inês Clara, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Milvia Cottini, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, Italy
Jonathan Firth, School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Giorgos Georgiou, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, European University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Mojca Juriševič, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Evangelos Karademas, Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
Žan Lep, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luis Joaquin Garcia Lopez, Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, Spain
Heather Lucke, Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Paolo Soraci, Department of Psychology, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy
Mark Sullman, Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Flavio Urbini, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Italy
Potheini Vaiouli, Special Scientist for Research, Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Elke Vlemincx, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scott Vrana, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA