MIL 2022: Meaning in Life 2022 International Conference Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 22-25, 2022 |
Conference website | https://meaninginlife2022.hksyu.edu |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mil2022 |
Submission deadline | January 31, 2022 |
The concept of meaning in life (MIL) has recently earned a renaissance of interest. Although MIL has always been framed as significant for human survival, it has simultaneously been portrayed as chronically lacking in people’s lives. Furthermore, though MIL has been seen as a universal need, it is also highly idiosyncratic. These paradoxes of MIL being a basic necessity but also a rare commodity, and as being universal yet idiosyncratic, have driven the quest for meaning throughout history and across disciplines. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only been changing and impacting the ways we live, but also initiates us to quest more about what still makes life meaningful in this chaotic, challenging, and uncertain world? The increasing quest for MIL provides the driver for meaning-enhancing interventions and meaning-centered practices, but the efficacy of these interventions is influenced by cultural and developmental moderators. Thus, the MIL International Conference 2022 will focus on the theme of cultivating, promoting, and enhancing meaning in life across cultures and life span, and welcomes paper presentations that share and discuss empirical-based and evidence-based MIL research, practice, and applications.
Submission Guidelines
All abstract/paper must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following submission categories are welcome:
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Presentation Abstract Submissions (Deadline: 31 January 2022): The Conference welcomes extended abstracts (no more than 500 words) to be submitted to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mil2022). In the abstracts, you should clearly state research objectives, research questions, hypotheses (if any), research methods, findings, and implications/contributions. To ensure academic quality, all abstracts will go through a blind peer-review process. Subject to authors’ successful registrations to the Conference, accepted abstracts will be included in a conference program booklet and you will be invited to make presentations at the Conference.
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Post-Conference Book Full Paper Submissions (Deadline: 31 January 2022): Submissions of full paper (12-20 pages, single line spacing, APA style 7th edition) should be uploaded to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mil2022). All full papers submitted will be subject to a blind peer-review process. Upon acceptance, and subject to authors’ successful revision enhancement based on the reviewers’ comments, your accepted manuscripts will be included in a new volume under the Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span.
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English is the working language of the Conference. Authors who are not native English speakers are strongly encouraged to seek professional English editing services before their submissions to the Conference. Each author can contribute maximum TWO submissions as first author.
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The Organizing Committee of MIL International Conference 2022 cordially invites you to submit abstract proposals (500 words) or full papers (12-20 pages) to address topics relevant to the conference theme, including but not limited to the following:
- MIL and Well-being
- Measurement, Content, and Types of MIL
- MIL and Cultures
- MIL Across Life Span
- Meaning-enhancing Interventions
- Meaning-centered Therapy and Practice
- MIL and Education
- MIL in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
- MIL and Traumatic Growth
- MIL with Grief and Suffering
- Other relevant topics are welcomed
Committees
International Advisory Committee (IAC)
Meike BARTELS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Albert Tsun-hung CHAN, Clinical Psychologist, HKSAR
H. S. CHUI, Gratia Christian College, HKSAR
Samantha HEINTZELMAN, Rugters University - Newark, United States
Yuk-Ching (Sylvia) KWOK LAI, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Lap Yan KUNG, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Shui-Fong LAM, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Alex Wang-On LI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Sonja LUYBOMIRSKY, University of California - Riverside, United States
Jiayan PAN, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR
Travis PROULX, Cardiff University, England
Pninit RUSSO-NETZER, Achva Academic College, Israel
Satoshi SHIMAI, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Japan
Michael F. STEGER, Colorado State University, United States
Siu-Ming TO, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Allan H. K. YUEN, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education, HKSAR
Man-Tak YUEN, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Joel VOS, Metanoia Institute, England
International Program Committee (IPC)
Michael BENDER, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Christian CHAN, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Kai-tai CHAN, Individual Consultant, HKSAR
Wallace Chi Ho CHAN, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Wendy Wing-lam CHAN, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Chris CHEUNG, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education, HKSAR
Sing-hang CHEUNG, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Floria CHIO, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Jason CHOW, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Wai FU, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Anna N. N. HUI, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Man Yee HO, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Ho-Man (Raymond) KONG, Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Kalina MICHALSKA, University of California Riverside, United States
Lufanna LAI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Bobo LAU, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HKSAR
Esther Yuet-Ying LAU, Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Wilbert LAW, Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Yuk-Yee (Karen) LEE, Gratia Christian College, HKSAR
Hildie LEUNG, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia
P. F. Jonah LI, Indiana University – Bloomington, United States
Li LIN, Lingnan University, HKSAR
Su LU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR
Matthew OSEKA, Concordia Theological Seminary, Poland
Nelly TONG, Educational Psychologist, HKSAR
Anna TSO, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Jiawen (Carmen) YE, Lingnan University, HKSAR
Ben C. L. YU, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Livia YUILAWATI, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia
Michela ZAMBELLI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan), Italy
Organizing committee
Conference Chair
Chi-Keung (Alex) CHAN, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Conference Chair
Program Co-Chairs
Chung Ping (Susanna) WONG-IP, Gratia Christian College, Program Chair
Michael F. STEGER, Colorado State University, International Program Committee Chair
Yin-hung (Bess) LAM, The University of Hong Kong, Review Chair
Chi-fai (Raymond) CHUI, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Finance Chair
Yat-fan (Nicolson) SIU, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Publicity Chair
Keynote Speakers
Professor Michael F. Steger, Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Centre for Meaning and Purpose, Colorado State University
Dr Pninit Russo-Netzer, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Education Department, Achva Academic College; Head of the Compass Institute for the Study of Meaning in Life; Head of the Logotherapy training program, Tel-Aviv University
Professor Satoshi SHIMAI, Professor of Psychological Sciences, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
Professor Samantha J. Heintzelman, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University – Newark
Dr Joel Vos, Researcher and Psychologist, Metanoia Institute; Chairperson, International Meaning Conferences (IMEC)
Dr Travis Proulx, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
Publication
MIL 2022 online conference book (open access) will be published in the summer of 2022 by Atlantis Press (Part of Springer Nature)
Venue
The conference will be held in the Hong Kong Shue Yan University (onsite and live online)
Contact
Email: meaninginlife2022@gmail.com