5th International Attachment Conference 2011

The National Network for the Study of Infant Mental Health in Norway welcomes you to Oslo, Norway and the 5th biennial International Attachment Conference from 19.-21. of August 2011: Attachment - the importance of intimate relationships from the cradle to the grave.

The main theme of the 2011 Attachment Conference will be the importance of intimate relationships throughout the life span.

The focus will be on developmental processes, neurosciences, genetics, and clinical work. Implications for clinical and social intervention with children, adolescents, adults and old people will be addressed.

We are proud to announce the participance of highly acclaimed professionals and lecturers. Among them are:

Bakermans-Kranenburg Marian, Ph.D. Social Sciences, Professor at Centre for Child and Family Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Green Jonathan, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s Hospitals University NHS Trust and Manchester Biomedical Research Centre

Lyons-Ruth Karlen, Associate Professor of Psychology in Pschiatry Harvard Medical School, USA. Director, Biobehavioral Family Studies Lab, Cambrigde Hospital

Mikulincer Mario, Professor of Psychology, Dean of the New School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC Herzliya) in Israel. Fellow of the American Psychological Society and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Oppenheim David Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel, Associate Editor of Infant Mental Health Journal

Pierrehumbert Blaise, Ph.D, Faculty of Biology and medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Steele Howard, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research (NSSR), New York, USA

Steele Miriam, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research (NSSR), New York, USA

Suess Gerhard J. , Professor of Psychology, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work

The Conference will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in down town Oslo - http://www.radissonblu.com/scandinaviahotel-oslo

Following the successful International Attachment Conferences in Regensburg 2003, Paris 2005, Braga 2007, and in Barcelona 2009 we are looking forward to seeing you in Oslo in August 2011.

 

Conference Committee

Name	Work	Email
Heidi Jacobsen	National Network for the Study of Infant Mental Health in Norway	heidi.jacobsen@r-bup.no
Marit Bergum Hansen	National Network for the Study of Infant Mental Health in Norway	mbh@r-bup.no
Anders Broberg	Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg	anders_broberg@mac.com
Marinus van IJzendoorn	Professor of Theoretical and Historical Pedagogics, University of Leiden, The Netherlands	VANIJZEN@FSW.leidenuniv.nl
Howard Steele	Professor at Graduate Studies Department of Psychology at the New School for Social Research (NSSR)	SteeleH@newschool.edu