Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change

Steinebach, Christoph

Publication type:	Conference other
Type of review:	Peer review (abstract)
Title:	Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change
Authors:	Steinebach, Christoph
et. al:	No
Conference details:	17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022
Issue Date:	6-Jul-2022
Language:	English
Subjects:	Resilience; Professional development
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology
Abstract:	Resilience is a construct recognized in many sciences. In the social sciences, resilience is applied to individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. In this context, the focus is not only on restoring the old state. Rather, it is about internal change and/or external shaping of conditions that enable positive coping with challenges and crises as a basis for positive further development. Resilience thus becomes a multi-systemic process in which the interplay of risk and protective factors, of weaknesses and strengths of the system, as well as difficulties and supportive potentials of its environment are balanced in such a way that development opportunities open. To do justice to psychology as a profession, we can assume that science and practice and their fields can be understood as semi-autonomous systems. They contribute to the positive adaptation of the overall system to changing internal and external conditions. Specific expertise defined professional ethics, commitment to the common good, responsibility and self-control, specific privileges, prestige as characteristics of a profession help to distinguish and profile different professions among one another. The period of the pandemic has led to a variety of adjustments in professional science, professional practice, and professional policy. These changes can be understood as systemic change in the sense of resilience. With them come opportunities for positive advancement of the discipline. Psychology has mastered this challenge excellently in many countries. Now it is important to secure these successes and to use the new status as a multi-functional "hub science and profession" for the future. However, it is also important to develop an identity from the narrative of a competent and helpful science and profession that strengthens the unity of psychology in all its diversity. With growing self-confidence and a positive identity, psychology can then also face the challenges reflected in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Further description:	“Psychology as the Hub Science: Opportunities & Responsibility”. Keynote, 6 July 2022.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27204
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Steinebach, C. (2022, July 6). Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change. 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022.

Steinebach, C. (2022) ‘Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change’, in 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022.

C. Steinebach, “Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change,” in 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022, Jul. 2022.

STEINEBACH, Christoph, 2022. Can a profession be resilient? : European psychology in times of rapid transformation and unpredictable change. In: 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022. Conference presentation. 6 Juli 2022

Steinebach, Christoph. 2022. “Can a Profession Be Resilient? : European Psychology in Times of Rapid Transformation and Unpredictable Change.” Conference presentation. In 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022.

Steinebach, Christoph. “Can a Profession Be Resilient? : European Psychology in Times of Rapid Transformation and Unpredictable Change.” 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2022, 2022.