In Episode 5 of the IAPR Podcast, host Sarah Charles interviews Dr Robert Arrowood, the winner of the IAPR 2025 Early Career Award and discuss his work in the area of existential psychology, with a focus on his work on the role of quest religiosity on existential coping.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Robert's academic Background
3:40 Robert's research lab
5:20 Robert's current work on Existential Psychology
9:05 Types of religiosity
12:17 Cultural differences in death anxiety
19:30 Robert's current research and Terror Management Theory
25:10 Doing good research in the Psychology of Religion
32:35 Robert's future research
39:25 Online research and AI bots
44:10 Closing remarks and outro

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In this special episode of the IAPR Podcast, host, Dr Sarah Charles, talks with Dr Carissa Sharp from the University of Birmingham about the upcoming 2025 IAPR Conference that will be held in Birmingham, UK in August of 2025.

0:00 Introduction

0:45 About Carissa Sharp

3:45 How Carissa found the IAPR

4:30 2025 IAPR Conference

9:10 Keynote Speakers

11:25 Pre-Conference information

14:00 Associated event (Psychology-engaged theology)

16:50 Networking as friends-making not a chore

18:35 Recap and conference dates

IAPR Conference Dates: Tuesday 19th August - Friday 22nd August

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Conference Website: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/iapr2025/

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In the Third episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, who is an associate professor at the University of Eastern Finland, about her work on the religious coping and existential loneliness


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:22 Suvi's academic Background
3:35 IAPR as an academic home
4:41 Suvi's work on religious coping
7:05 Generational differences and similarities
10:35 Existential Loneliness
14:20 Relationship to wider loneliness research
16:45 Cultural differences between Finland and Sweden
19:50 Theoretical frameworks & Suvi-Maria's Future
25:00 Palliative care and Bereavement
27:40 Visual Methods
32:05 Outro

Suvi's Email Address: suvi-maria.saarelainen@uef.fi

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In the second episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi about his work on the psychology of mediumship, possession, and dissociation

Chapters

0:00 Intro
1:27 About Everton
5:21 Psychology's WEIRD approach to mediumship and spiritism
11:40 Everton's cross-cultural work and potential for new ideas
14:00 The role of embodied cognition in possession and mediumship
19:10 Cross-cultural consistency of diagnosis of dissociation
20:30 Trauma, dissociation, and depersonalisation
25:05 Meta-psychological discussion, measurement, bias in interpretation, and demand characteristics
31:20 How to avoid methodological issues, and deception
37:50 The assumed link between spirituality and dissociation
44:45 Future work in the era, and the role of including both qualitative and quantitative work
57:00 The importance of dialogue with the humanities
1:03:20 Conclusion and closing remarks


Everton's email: everton.nom(a)gmail.com

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In the first episode of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Julia Gyimesi about her recent article published in Issue 1 of Volume 45 of the Archive for the Psychology of Religion entitled "Epilepsy and religiosity: A historical overview" (DOI: 10.1177/00846724221135678)

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