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• Eligibility
• Value
• Criteria for the award
• Submission
• 2008 winner
• Previous winners  

Eligibility

The Award is made annually to a student enrolled in an accredited fourth year psychology program or Masters by coursework psychology program who has conducted a research project on a peace-related topic.

Value

The Award is typically for $500 in recognition of high calibre research and to encourage dissemination of the research findings. If there are projects of sufficient merit, more than one award may be made depending on yearly funding. If no entry is worthy of the Award, no winner shall be chosen.

Criteria for the award

Projects will be judged on their scientific merit and their potential contribution to theory or practice in:

• the peaceful resolution of conflict;
• understanding and preventing aggressive behaviour; and
• the fostering of harmonious relationships whether at global, intergroup or interpersonal levels.

The award application should include

1. A cover page showing the project title, the name of the student and address for correspondence, the course and institution, and the name and email address of the supervisor.
2. An abbreviated version of the thesis, excluding appendices and reduced to approximately half its length.
3. A paragraph explaining how the project contributes to the aim of the Award (as stated in the above criteria) and any anticipated method of disseminating the findings.
4. A statement from the supervisor(s) supporting the quality of the project.

Submission

Entries must be lodged with the coordinator of the project:

• Associate Professor Tony Thompson
  School of Humanities & Social Sciences
  Charles Sturt University
  Locked Bag 588
  Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678
  Email: athompson@csu.edu.au

Closing date for submissions: 4 December, 2009

More information

2008 Peace Project Award winner 

This year there were six applicants for PFP's Peace Project Award offered. As stipulated in the guidelines, selection of a winner was undertaken by a panel of three judges (academics) from different states in Australia.

We are pleased to announce that this year's winner is Irene Giaprakis from the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University. Her Honours research entitled The contribution of emotional intelligence and its components in the prediction of forgiveness is supervised by Professor Eleanor Wertheim.

The judges acknowledged the high calibre of all applications, and thank commended all the students for their research efforts on topics relevant to "Peace".

Project Summary

The Contribution of Emotional Intelligence and its Components in the Prediction of Forgiveness Although we gain comfort and support in our interactions with others, the interpersonal context is also a forum where transgressions and conflict inevitably arise. One way of overcoming such difficulties is by forgiving a transgressor. Some people are more adept at doing this than others. This research seeks to understand whether emotional intelligence differentiates people in their capacity to forgive and, if so, which components of emotional intelligence are implicated. The study uses both self-report and ability measures of emotional intelligence with a community sample of English-literate adults. This research may assist in identifying aspects of emotional intelligence that could be developed to promote peaceful conflict resolution through the process of forgiveness.

 

Previous winners