
Program
The young scientist representatives of the division “Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology” of the DGPs and the DGPA are organizing various program items for and with young scientists in the context of the conference "Psychology and Brain". These include the pre-conference workshops, the Young Scientists Meeting, the Buddy-Program, the Supervisor Award, Scicomm Prize and the Poster Flash.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the Young Scientists program, please feel free to contact us. These are the current young scientist representatives:
DGPs Section Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology
Dr. Matthias Sperl matthias.sperl@psychol.uni-giessen.de
Deputy: Dr. Helena Hartmann helena.hartmann@uk-essen.de
German Society for Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA)
Marie Mückstein marie.mueckstein@ipu-berlin.de
Deputy: Dr. Anne Saulin a.c.saulin@bham.ac.uk
The DGPA, the DGPs Division of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology and the congress organizers support us in our offers for you young scientists. For this we would like to thank them very much!
We are offering two workshops in the run-up to the conference. These will take place on Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 (probably 9:00-18:00) and Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 (probably 9:00-13:00). More info about the content will be posted here soon.
We recommend early registration, as the number of participants per workshop is limited. Places will be allocated in the order of registration. Workshops will be held in English. The cost per workshop is 20 euros for bioDGPs (section Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology) and/or DGPA members and 50 euros for non-members, and include participation including food. You can also become a new member during workshop registration.
To register, please send an e-mail to pug.workshops@gmail.com including the following information: which workshop you want to participate in, your current status (PhD, PostDoc, etc.) and the status of your membership regarding the DGPA/bioDGPS.The meeting of young researchers will start on Wednesday, June 18th 2024, probably around 14:00. The meeting is aimed at master's students, doctoral candidates, post-docs and junior professors and serves to exchange ideas and network all young scientists. First, the young member representatives of the DGPs Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology Section and the DGPA will report on their activities in the past year and give an outlook on the activities planned for the coming year. Any upcoming elections for the representative positions will then take place. We highly appreciate your suggestions and feedback.
Following the meeting, there will be another event for young scientists. In the past, for example, there have been panel discussions or discussion groups on hot-topic issues such as the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertrags-Gesetz), open science, or diversity in science. The topic and format of the 2025 event will be announced in the coming months.
Following the Young Scientists' Meeting, we will set off together for the conference welcome evening. We look forward to seeing you there!Our Posterblitz Symposium offers a stage for the young members of the society. Here, innovative research projects by you young scientists are presented to as broad a professional audience as possible. Specifically, the symposium consists of ten five-minute short presentations, each followed by three minutes of questions.
You can apply for participation in the poster flash when submitting your poster contributions. Simply check the appropriate box in the online form when submitting your abstract. So that we are not influenced by your results in our selection, we ask you to write a results-blind abstract for the poster flash. Among the submissions, we, a jury consisting of young scientists of the DGPA and the DGPs Section Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, will select the best ten abstracts. We will then inform you in a timely manner about the selection. Our evaluation criteria are: Clarity of presentation, study design, theoretical derivation of hypotheses, and incorporation of open and reproducible science practices. We look forward to reading your abstracts!The Buddy Program will take place for the fourth time at the PuG and connects PuG newcomers (mentees) with experienced PuG participants (mentors) in so-called "buddy teams". The program is designed to help mentees get their bearings at PuG, meet nice people, and expand their network. More info regarding the registration will follow soon.
The basic idea
When attending a conference for the first time, it's easy to feel lost. It's not just a matter of mastering the logistics and finding the right lecture rooms at the right time. Making contact with other colleagues can also be a challenge. And then there's the social program - what should I take part in?
In our buddy program, mentors can be a helpful support: they introduce their mentees to the PuG world, give tips, provide an overview, and give a little push when it comes to networking. Conversely, the mentors also expand their network through their mentees and possibly get to know PuG from a different perspective.What tasks do the mentors have and what can the mentees expect?
There are no fixed requirements for the individual buddy teams. We recommend at least one personal meeting before or at the start of the PuG, for example during the welcome evening. Mentors can share tips and tricks about the PuG process (e.g., "How do I decide which sessions to attend?" or "How do I minimize stress during a packed PuG day?"), recommend events (e.g., the JuWi meeting), or introduce their mentee to colleagues. Informal exchanges about research topics or introducing other colleagues are also ways to help mentees get off to a good start in the PuG community. Mentors can also be available to answer questions during and before the PuG. Young scientists who are already receiving support through their research group can benefit from the additional perspective that "external" mentors can provide.
As in previous years, this year we young scientists are again supplying the Supervisor Award of the DGPA and the DGPs Division Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology. The prize is awarded on the basis of a survey on supervision during the PhD. The aim of this survey is to honor excellent supervision. The prize will be awarded during the PuG social event.
Who can participate?
The survey is open to all individuals who are currently doing their doctorate (supervision relationship of at least 6 months) or who have completed their doctorate within the last 24 months. For a valid nomination, at least two independent evaluations must have been received for a supervising person.
In order to complete the survey, the nominated supervisor must be shown the Privacy Policy Information. This document is linked in the survey. Please forward the document to your nominated supervisor. A signature or other written confirmation is NOT necessary - it is sufficient to show the document.
The survey will be conducted online, the link to the survey will appear here in the coming weeks and will also be distributed via email.
All data collected in the survey will be analysed anonymously. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Leibniz Institute of Psychology (ZPID), which is again responsible for data processing this year. They provide the survey via the Unipark platform and take care of the evaluation for us. We will only receive the contact details of the nominees in the first three places and anonymised, item-level data aggregated over all participants. It is not possible for us to connect the evaluating people to this data.
If you have any questions about the prize or the survey, please contact Angelika Dierolf (angelika.dierolf@uni.lu).As in previous years, we are again awarding the SciComm Prize to young scientists to promote excellent science communication in biopsychology. Here you can find more information about past prize winners and soon there will also be information about this year's application process.
If you have any questions, please contact Helena Hartmann (helena.hartmann@uk-essen.de).A young scientist is any person who has not yet obtained a doctorate or did not obtain her doctorate a maximum of eight years ago and who has not yet been appointed to a full professorship (W2/W3).
The period is extended by one year for each child cared for.
IGOR Prize
The Interest Group Open and Reproducible Science in the Biological Psychology Section of the German Psychological Society(IGOR) awards the annual Open and Reproducible Science Prize.
Papers (poster and symposium presentations) presented at PuG 2025 that exemplify the application of open and reproducible science practices or represent metascience on open and reproducible science topics are eligible. The abstract should include statements on the open and
reproducible science aspects of the published or unpublished work (this includes, but is not limited to, pre-registration, open data and materials, reproducible analyses, and metascience work).
When submitting an entry, it must be stated that it is to be considered for the IGOR Prize. Applicants will then be contacted separately by email and asked to write a short letter of justification (approx. 100 words).
Based on this information (abstract, justification), the jury will select the most promising entries. Two jury members will look at each shortlisted presentation and evaluate it according to various aspects related to the promotion of openness and reproducibility.
The contribution that best meets the objectives of IGOR will be honoured at PuG 2025 with a certificate and a cash prize of €500.
Thursday
8:45-9:00 | Welcome note |
9:00-10:00 | Keynote 1 |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-12:00 | Symposia Session 1 |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-14:30 | Symposia Session 2 |
14:30-16:00 | Postersession 1 |
16:00-16:30 | Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 | Symposia Session 3 |
18:00-19:00 | DGPs Meeting |
19:00-20:00 | DGPA Meeting |
Friday
9:00-10:00 | Keynote 2 |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-12:00 | Symposia Session 4 |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
13:00-14:30 | Symposia Session 5 |
14:30-16:00 | Postersession 2 |
16:00-16:30 | Coffee break |
16:30-18:00 | Symposia Session 6 |
Starting around 19:00 | Social evening |
Saturday
9:00-10:30 | Symposia Session 7 |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-12:00 | Award ceremony |
12:15-13:15 | Keynote 3 |
13:15-13:20 | Closing remarks |
Starting 13:20 | Lunch-Bags |