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SSM Annual Meeting 2025

The Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) is inviting proposals for talks and posters to be presented at the 17th Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in-person on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in advance of the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Washington DC. Both the SSM and APS meetings will be held in the Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC).
 
This year's meeting encourages presentations that explore the topic of motivation, broadly construed, with contributions from fields such as social psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and AI.

We’re thrilled to have an incredible lineup of speakers already confirmed, including

  • Alison Gopnik (UC Berkeley)
  • Amitai Shenhav (UC Berkeley)
  • Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland)
  • Catalina Köpetz (Wayne State University)
  • Mickey Inzlicht (University of Toronto)
  • Tali Sharot (University of College London)
  • Laura Schulz (MIT)
  • Jacqueline Gottlieb (Columbia University)
  • Maya Tamir (The Hebrew University)
  • Ayelet Fishbach (University of Chicago Booth)
  • Luiz Pessoa (University of Maryland)
  • Abigail Scholer (University of Virginia)
  • Gordon Pennycook (Cornell University)
  • Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine)
  • James Druckman (University of Rochester)
  • Erin Westgate (University of Florida)
  • Wouter Kool (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • James Danckert (University of Waterloo)
  • Matthew Apps (University of Birmingham)
  • Emily Liquin (University of New Hampshire)


Program

The program for the SSM Annual Meeting is available here.


Registration

Registration closes on the day of the conference. Early bird rate closed on March 31, 2025.
  • Member: $85 (early bird) / $115 (regular)
  • Non-Member: $120 (early bird) / $155 (regular)
  • Student Member: $35 (early bird) / $49 (regular)
  • Student Non-Member: $49 (early bird) / $70 (regular)
 
Please register for SSM Annual Meeting here:

Reserve Your Room

We encourage attendees to stay at the Washington Hilton, the APS-approved Convention hotel, where you’ll receive the special APS Convention rate. Book your room here.

If you haven’t already, we also recommend registering for the full APS Convention—it promises to be an exciting event with an incredible lineup of speakers. Check out the program here.


Please direct any questions to David Melnikoff, the organizer of this year’s meeting, at dmelnik@stanford.edu.
 
Please spread the word. We look forward to seeing you in Washington DC!
 
Warm regards,
David Melnikoff (Stanford University), Co-chair
Amitai Shenhav (UC Berkeley), Co-chair