SPSP Pre-Conference on Motivation Science

The Motivation Science Preconference in conjunction with the SPSP 2025 Annual Convention will be held in person on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Denver, Colorado.

The SPSP Motivation Science pre-conference is still accepting submissions for posters! Come present your research at the SPSP preconference (Thursday, February 20th, 2025 in Denver, Colorado). Please send the title, abstract and authors list to the co-organizers Marina Milyavskaya(marina.milyavskaya@carleton.ca) and Ariane Marion-Jetten (ariane.marion-jetten@uni-hamburg.de) by November 11th.

Program: Integrating Diverse Approaches to the Study of Self-regulation

Self-regulation is a broad topic that encompasses the processes of goal pursuit and self-control. Researchers approach the study of self-regulation from various angles—some focus primarily on goal pursuit, others on momentary self-control, and still others on self-regulation in specific domains, or in field settings. How can we hope to bridge these different perspectives and approaches to gain a better, more comprehensive, understanding of self-regulation? In this pre-conference, five speakers using varied approaches and methodologies to the study of self-regulation will present their recent research. Speakers will touch on examining personal goal pursuit, self-regulation in the moment (using ESM methodologies), field studies, and lab studies, among other topics. A poster session, for which we particularly welcome early career researchers to submit their work, will follow to promote further discussions between attendees. We aim to make this preconference an opportunity to foster collaborative work between researchers at different career stages and with different perspectives on self-regulation. Our preconference will wrap up with a keynote by Prof. Wilhelm Hofmann, focusing on an overview of self-control research, followed by a roundtable including all speakers. This discussion will focus on bridging across their specific approaches to gain a more holistic perspective on self-regulation Following the preconference, all attendees are invited for a happy hour sponsored by the Society for Science and Motivation.


Invited Speakers
  •     Wilhelm Hofmann, Ruhr University Bochum (Keynote)
  •     Richard Koestner, McGill University
  •     Denise DeRidder, Utrecht University
  •     Kaitlin Woolley, Cornell University
  •     Rex Wright,  University of Texas at Austin

Co-Organizers


Welcome to the SSM 

The Society for the Science of Motivation is an international, interdisciplinary organization of researchers who study motivation. Its mission is to encourage inquiry into all aspects of motivation from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, and to facilitate the dissemination of findings to a broad scientific audience. 

The SSM provides a forum for the exchange of scientific information, foster discussion of new ideas and findings on motivation among researchers, and encourages exchange and collaboration in research. It will do this through a list serve, online information exchange, annual conferences, and a journal dedicated exclusively to motivation research.