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European Workshop on Ecological Psychology (EWEP16)

  • 09.00 - 17.00
  • 15 Jul 2025 - 18 Jul 2025
  • DoubleTree by Hilton, Leeds City Centre
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European Workshop on Ecological Psychology (EWEP16)
Hosted by The Centre for Psychological Research (PsyCen),Leeds Beckett University, the 16th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology will brings together researchers working in the many disciplines being shaped by the ecological approach.

Taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton, Leeds City Centre, talks can cover perception-action, motor control, dynamical systems, ecological dynamics and skill acquisition, philosophy of perception, affordances, and more.

 

Abstract submissions for talks are now closed. Registration will open shortly; the first, early registration date will be until Friday 16 May 2025. If you have any queries include ‘EWEP16’ in your email subject line and contact:

The deadline for Abstract Submission is the Friday 14 March 2025 with confirmation of acceptance on Wednesday 3 April 2025. If a symposium is not accepted,  individual talks will be considered for open slots.

You can select from an 15 minute oral presentation or a poster presentation. We are also accepting symposium submissions, which requires a symposium abstract and an abstract from each contributor. Any queries please email Andrew Wilson.

 For an oral Presentation/  or poster, please submit an abstract (max 250 words), text only including a title, your name, affiliation, and email address.

Symposium: Please submit an abstract for the symposium (max 250 words), text only. Please include your name, affiliation, and email address, and the names of the invited contributors. Each contributor should then submit a separate abstract and note the symposium they are included in.

Please submit your abstract submission through the Microsoft form

The conference will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton, Leeds City Centre

The registration costs will cover accommodation between the 15- 17 July and catering will include:

  •     Finger buffet and drinks on Tuesday 15 July 
  •     Breakfast included between the 16-18 July 
  •     Hot and Cold refreshments throughout the conference 
  •     Buffet lunch between the 16-18 July 
  •     Dinner on Wednesday 16 July 
  •     BBQ dinner on Thursday 17 July

Registration 

There are two room options: single or shared twin room. If you select a twin, please indicate who you intend to share with on the form.

Early registration by Friday 16 May
 Room  Price
 Student/Post doc shared twin room  £535
 Student/Post doc single queen room  £650
 Non- student shared twin room  £650
 Non-student single queen room  £750
 Registration after Friday 16 May
 Room  Price
 Student/Post doc shared twin room  £635
 Student/Post doc single queen room  £750
 Non-student shared twin room  £750
 Non student queen room  £850

Any queries including accompanying person costs, delays impacting early registration please contact Andrew Wilson and include ‘EWEP16’ in your email subject line.

The conference will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton, Leeds City Centre. The hotel is approximately 10 mins walk from Leeds Train Station, and a taxi ride from the airport.

Doubletree by Hilton, Leeds City Centre

Granary Wharf

Leeds LS1 4BR,

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General travel information

Electronic Travel Authorisation: All visitors to the United Kingdom who do not need a visa will need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to travel to or transit through the UK. An ETA costs £10 and permits multiple journeys to the UK for stays of up to six months at a time over two years, or until the holder's passport expires –whichever is sooner. Check Gov.co.uk to see the full list of countries that require an ETA, to apply. Please make sure to do this in good time.

Arriving by plane

Leeds is served directly by Leeds-Bradford Airport, with easy train connections from Manchester airport.

The official taxi company at Leeds Bradford Airport is Arrow Cars, they operate an easy to book taxi drop off and pick up service right on the terminal front at Leeds Bradford Airport. Arrow Cars can transport you to and from Leeds Bradford Airport and fares can be checked before booking.

There are three easy ways to book your taxi:

Online - simply enter your journey details into our search tool on this page

Phone - 0113 258 5888

In person - at the Arrow Cars airport office on the terminal front or using the touchscreen kiosk in International Arrivals.

Arriving on public transport

The  Doubletree by the Hilton, Leeds City Centre is a 10 minute walk from Leeds train station.

Through Conference Leeds, we have secured a 25% discount on any LNER train travel to Leeds; and please contact Aidan Enright for the promotional code.

Arriving by car

 Leeds has good motorway links from the M1, M62 and M621 making it easy for your to reach.

Parking

There are a number of city centre pay and display car parks located near to our campus buildings. These can get busy during events and we would advise that you use Leeds Travel Info to check available car parking spaces on the day and that you leave plenty of time to find a parking space and walk to the campus. Postcodes for the closest city centre car parks are as follows:

  • Woodhouse Lane Multi-storey: LS2 3AX
  • Merrion Centre: LS2 8BT
  • St. Johns Centre (NCP): LS2 8LQ
  • The Light: LS1 8TL

Please also note that park-and-ride facilities are available at Elland Road and Stourton. They are easily accessible from the motorway and will allow you to avoid driving into the city centre altogether. Please the Metro website for more information.

 

Tuesday 15 July 2025

Check in at the hotel opens from 3pm (bag check available). Andrew will be around from about 3pm as well.

Welcome Reception

7pm-11pm in the Bute & Arran section of the Sky Lounge

Drinks and food available throughout

  • Tempura Prawn, Sweet Chilli
  • Avocado, Sundried Tomato Bruschetta (Gluten Free)
  • Maple & Grain Mustard Glazed Pigs In Blankets
  • Chorizo Arancini, Spiced Mayonnaise
  • Salt & Pepper Chicken Bites
  • Deli Meat Brioche Club Sandwich
  • Deli Cheese & Pickle Brioche Club Sandwich
  • Roast Vegetable & Hummus Flat Bread (Vegan)
Wednesday-Friday

Tea, coffee snacks: 8:30am, 10:30am, 3pm each day

Wednesday 16 July 2025

  Symposium 1: Grant Opportunities
9-9:45am Nicoletta Mirachi, Leeds Beckett University Research and Enterprise Services Funding opportunities
10-10:30am Raoul Bongers, University Medical Center Groningen Lessons learned from REPAIRS

Session discussion throughout 
10:30-11am: BREAK
11am-12pm Poster Session  
  Harjo J de Poel, University Medical Center Groningen Moving larger to (re)stabilize coordination
  Harjo J de Poel, University Medical Center Groningen Rocking Against Each Other: Dynamics of Between-Agent Interactional Opposition

Jessica Dukes, University of Southern Mississippi Are Object-Affordance Pairs Bidirectional?

Dees Postma, University of Twente Not All Solutions are Created Equally: From Possibility to Actuality in Affordance-Based Control
12-1:30pm: LUNCH

Symposium 2: Plurality in Empirical Analyses of Affordances and Effectivities (Anadi Mehta, Convener)
1:30pm Giulia Di Renzo, University of Antwerp Affordances in Context: Behaviour Settings and the Social and Material Organisation of Possibilities for Action
1:50pm Samruddhi Damle, University Medical Center Groningen Affordance Perception for Others
2:10pm Marijn Hafkamp, Aix-Marseille University Interpersonal Coordination to Actualise Social Affordances: Lessons from a Ball & Beam Paradigm
2:30pm Anadi Mehta, University Medical Center Groningen Influence of Practice Variability on Search for New Effectivities
2:50pm Symposium discussion
3-3:30pm: BREAK

Talks: Philosophy & Theory
3:30pm David Sánchez González, Universidad de Granada Reclaiming Meaning in Perception: A Biosemantic Account of Ecological Information
3:50pm Edward Baggs, University of Southern Denmark James J Gibson’s Affordance Examples
4:10pm Anna Finke, University of Murcia Beyond the Extended Mind: Memory as a Continuum in the Organism-Environment System
4:20pm Miguel Gramage, University of Valencia Prioritising Relevance: Two Views on Agency and Direct Perception
4:40pm Session discussion

Thursday 17 July 2025


 Symposium 3: Ecological Psychology and the Bliss of Motor Abundance (Dees Postma, Convener)
9am Dees Postma, University of Twente Modelling Motor Equivalence in Sport to Inform the Constraints-Led Approach
9:20am Matthew Rodger, Queen’s University Belfast Motor Abundance Concepts for Skill Acquisition: Research and Applications
9:40am Raoul Bongers, University Medical Center Groningen Action and perception co-evolve when learning a novel coordinative structure
10am Andrew D Wilson, Leeds Beckett University How Task Dynamical Affordances Constrain Motor Abundance
10:30-11am: BREAK

Talks 2: Social Coordination
11am Catherine Read, Rutgers University The Ecological Self and Its Development
11:20am Sarka Kadava, Leibniz Centre General Linguistics TBC
11:40am Lisette De Jonge-Hoekstra, University of Groningen TBC
11:50am Session discussion
12-1:30pm: LUNCH
  Talks 3: Coordination
1:30pm Harjo J de Poel, University Medical Center Groningen TBC
1:50pm James Trujillo, University of Amsterdam Multimodal Characteristics of Phase Transitions in Collaborative Conversation
2:10pm Marije ten Den, University of Groningen Patterns of Variability in Young Children’s Coordinative Processes Across Different Tasks
2:30pm Session discussion
2:30-3pm: BREAK
2:30-5pm Visit to Royal Armouries
We will walk along the canal (approximately 20mins) to visit the Royal Armouries, one of Leeds' major attractions. This museum is free and open to the public, and sits in a square with coffee and bars.

Friday 18 July 2025


 Talks 4: Neuroscience & Robotics
9am Vicente Raja, University of Murcia A Brain for the Ecological Mind
9:20am Ruud Van der Weel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Neural Aspects of Prospective Control through Resonating Taus
9:40am Matteo Antonelli, University of Urbino Beyond Morphological Computation: An Ecological Approach to Control in Soft Robotics
10-10:30am: BREAK
10:30-12pm Discussion: Future Directions for EWEP (Led by Andrew Wilson)
Open discussion about what we want next for the group; next meeting, research collaborations, etc. Part of this can be reflections from the grant session, ideas that have come up over the course of the conference

Full Schedule (PDF)
  • The Doubletree
  • The Lock outside space
  • The doubletree restaurant

The Centre of Psychological Research (PsyCen), within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, supports research projects dedicated to improving psychological wellbeing for different communities in conjunction with a range of external collaborators and funders.

Our work showcases diverse methodologies, from psychometric and experimental designs to qualitative and critical psychology approaches, to advance knowledge across different branches of psychological science, from social and community psychology to cognitive neuroscience and biological psychology.  The PsyCen research group features 70 + Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Senior Research Fellows, Post-Doctoral Research Fellows, Research Associates and Postgraduate Research Students. 

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