Zoom-Psychology and Law Symposium

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The Zoom-Psychology and Law Symposium (Z-PLS) is an online conference in the area of psychology and law. Z-PLS was launched in 2020 at the initiative of Prof. Henry Otgaar (Maastricht University; KU Leuven), Dr. Irena Boskovic (Erasmus University Rotterdam), and Dr. Ivan Mangiulli (KU Leuven) as a series of online one-day symposia following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main idea was to “zoom” into timely topics in the legal psychological domain. Thus, by organizing symposia on various psychology and law topics and inviting experts to talk about these topics, Z-PLS has been able to reach a wide variety (via Zoom) academics, legal professionals and students from all around the world.

 

At present, Z-PLS organized two editions, counting more than 300 attendees. The first edition of Z-PLS, held in May 2020, proposed a series of talks concerning various topics in legal psychology, such as investigative interviewing and eyewitness memory issues in the courtroom. The second edition, supported by an FWO (the Research Foundation – Flanders) grant and organized in November 2020, orbited around controversial issues on trauma and memory, specifically on how, and to what extent, people can remember (or forget) traumatic autobiographical experiences.

Z-PLS Third Edition: Forensic Assessment

This is the third edition of Z-PLS which will focus on Forensic Assessment. That is, the primary aim is to “zoom” into a forensic multi-method approach and assessment methods usually adopted in the forensic psychology domain to assist the court in legal decision making (e.g., competency to stand trial, risk assessment).

The full program of the symposium can be downloaded here.

Organizing Committee

Prof. Henry Otgaar (Maastricht University, NL; KU Leuven, BE) 

 henry.otgaar@maastrichtuniversity.nl 

Dr. Irena Boskovic (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL)

 boskovic@essb.eur.nl 

Dr. Ivan Mangiulli (KU Leuven, BE)

 ivan.mangiulli@kuleuven.be

Dr. Fabiana Battista (KU Leuven, BE) 

 fabiana.battista@kuleuven.be

Drs. Paul Riesthuis (KU Leuven, BE; Maastricht University, NL) 

 paul.riesthuis@kuleuven.be

Drs. Charlotte Buecken (KU Leuven, BE; Maastricht University, NL) 

 charlotte.buecken@kuleuven.be

Organisers Z-PLS