CONFERENCES

BSPID holds an annual conference. The goal of the conference is to provide a friendly and dynamic forum for both early career and more established researchers to present their latest work. Please see below for information on our upcoming and previous conferences.

British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences 2025 15th Annual Conference

Planning for our 2025 15th Annual Conference is underway. Please check back to more information.

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

2024

University of Salford

2023

London South Bank University

Hosted by

  • Dr Preethi Premkumar

Keynote speakers

  • Dr Gemma Modinos, (Kings College London)

  • Prof Paul Allen (Kings College London)

2022

Nottingham Trent University

Hosted by

  • Dr Alex Sumich

  • Dr Nadja Heyn

Keynote speakers

  • Prof David Schmitt, (Brunel University London)

  • Prof Bridget Waller (Nottingham Trent University)

2021

University of Winchester

Hosted by

  • Dr Liam Satchell

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Sophie von Stumm, (University of York)

  • Prof Anu Realo (University of Warwick)

2019

Brunel University London

Hosted by

  • Prof Veena Kumari

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Ulrich Ettinger, (University of Bonn)

  • Dr Rob Latzman (Georgia State University)

2018

University of Edinburgh

Hosted by

  • Dr Michelle Luciano

  • Prof Timothy Bates

  • Dr Mary Stewart

  • Dr Alan Gow (Heriot-Watt University)

Keynote speakers

  • Dr Kathryn Asbury (University of York)

  • Prof Matthew McGue (University of Minnesota)

2017

University of Kent

Hosted by

  • Prof Joachim Stoeber

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford)

  • Prof Robert Plomin (King's College London)

2016

Nottingham Trent University

Hosted by

  • Dr Alex Sumich

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Constantine Sedikides (University of Southampton)

  • Prof Mark Griffiths (Nottingham Trent University)

2015

University of York

Hosted by

  • Dr Gary Lewis

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Tim Croudace (University of Dundee)

  • Dr Angelica Ronald (Birkbeck, University of London)

2014

City, University of London

Hosted by

  • Prof Philip Corr

Keynote speakers

  • Prof Marcus Richards (University College, London)

  • Prof Martin Conway (City, University of London)

2013

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London

Hosted by

  • Dr Adam Perkins

Keynote speaker

  • Prof Timothy Bates (University of Edinburgh)

2012

University of Nottingham

Hosted by

  • Prof Eamonn Ferguson

Keynote speaker

  • Professor Veena Kumari (King’s College London)

  • Professor Eamonn Ferguson (University of Nottingham)

2011

Goldsmiths, University of London

Hosted by

  • Prof Alan Pickering

Keynote speaker

  • Prof Alan Pickering (Goldsmiths, University of London)

  • Prof Bill Revelle (Northwestern University)

2010

University of Edinburgh

Hosted by

  • Dr Alyson Blanchard

Keynote speakers

  • Professor Rebecca Elliott

  • Dr Ashley Weinberg

Hosted by

  • Dr Beverley Roberts

Keynote speaker

  • Prof Ian Deary (University of Edinburgh)