Society of Australasian Social Psychologists

The Journal of Criminal Psychology (ISSN: 2009-3829 www.emeraldinsight.com/jcp.html ) published by worldwide publisher EMERALD Group Publishing Ltd, encourages submissions of papers from all fields including the social, cognitive, personality, and biological domains that are relevant to the theoretical, research, or clinical aspects of criminal psychology. The journal publishes quantitative and/or qualitative research, original conceptual papers, and brief research reports.

The ARC has announced the award of an Australian Laureate Fellowship (ALF) to Alex Haslam from the University of Exeter. This is absolutely wonderful news for social psychology in Australia.

We have had previous awards of eminent  (and intensely competitive) professorial fellowships in social psychology to Joe Forgas, Mike Hogg and the late John Turner. The Australian Laureate Fellowship is the next level up (and as high as you can go in Australia).  This is an extraordinary achievement.

I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to Alex and to the University of Queensland as the host institution.

--  Professor Craig McGarty

With great sadness we confirm the death of Emeritus Professor John Turner.

John passed away peacefully at 7am on the 24th of July, 2011, in the loving company of his daughters, Jane and Isobel, and their mother, Penny.  He was 63.

John has been a leading social psychologist for 35 years.  He spent 20 years at The Australian National University, serving terms as Head of the Department of Psychology, and as Dean of Science.  A towering figure in international social psychology, John developed two major theories -  Social Identity Theory, focused on intergroup relations and social change dynamics, and Self-Categorization Theory, an explanation of the shifts in the self-process from the individual to group level, and the consequences of this for both mind and behaviour. These theories have lead to significant advancement in core areas of social psychology (such as the self-concept, social influence, power, prejudice, categorization processes) and have fundamentally changed the field for the better, inspiring a generation of young researchers.

John will be sadly missed. We have lost a great intellectual - a man who helped us all to see the true complexity and wonder of the social mind. He is survived by two loving daughters, Jane and Isobel.

-- Kate Reynolds and Penny Oakes

The Guardian's obituary celebrating John Turner's life and work, written by Steve Reicher and Alex Haslam, is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/sep/06/john-turner-obituary.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Foundational Processes of Behaviour, School of Psychology

We are seeking an energetic, forward thinking, dynamic, and innovative post-doctoral researcher to join the Foundational Processes of Behaviour group within the School of Psychology. The successful applicant is expected to have an excellent research background in any of the areas of the group - Visual Perception, Cognition, Associative Learning or Experimental Social Psychology - and an interest in working across two or more of these areas. The successful applicant is also expected to be developing a strong international standing and research reputation, have an excellent publication record and the potential to win competitive research income.