Time and place
When
- 21. Oct 2024
- 22. Oct 2024
- 23. Oct 2024
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Organizer
Where
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What does it mean to be human in a time of crises?
Existential approaches are on the agenda and vital within a number of disciplines and practices. The idea behind this conference is that we can meet, tell each other about our research, learn from each other, and together contribute to further research and knowledge development in our related fields.
The conferences builds on the psychology of religion conferences, which have been arranged annually since 2007. This year, the conference asks what it means to be human in a time of crises. This relates to the global situation of war and ecological threats, as well as to individual human crises associated with illness or other forms of suffering. However, all themes within the broad spectrum of existential approaches are welcome for presentations at the conference.
Speakers
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Pehr Granqvist
Professor, Stockholm University
Holds the opening lecture on attachment, spiritual experiences, and psychedelic science.
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Neil Krishan Aggarwal
Professor and psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Centre
Will talk about the importance of cultural and existential information for diagnostics and treatment planning.
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Jan-Olav Henriksen
Professor in systematic theology, MF School of Theology
Gives a lecture about religion, solidarity, and response-ability in times of crisis.
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Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
Associate professor and Deputy head, School of Theology, University of Eastern Finland
Will speak about navigating existential crises in nursing homes and share viewpoints from the perspective of caregiver competence.
Program
Monday, 21 October 2024
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Opening and keynote lecture 1: “Attachment, spiritual experiences, and psychedelic science”, Pehr Granqvist
Discussion
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Keynote lecture 2: ”The importance of cultural and existential information for dignostics and treatment planning”, Neil Krishan Aggarwal
16.30 Parallel sessions
- CFI network presentations (open for all)
- Paper session 1: Death, bereavement and existential health (3 papers)
19.00 Dinner
20.30 Social
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
09.00 Parallel sessions
- CFI network meeting (for network members only)
- Paper session 2 (09.00-10.20) Environment, community and nature (4 papers) and paper session 3 (10.30-11.50) Dementia, nursing homes and existential health (4 papers)
12.00 Lunch
13.15 Parallel sessions
- Paper session 4: Medication, therapy, eco-grief, existential health (3 papers)
- Paper session 5: Religious affiliation, stress and meaning (3 papers)
14.30 Keynote lecture 3: "Religion, Solidarity, and response-ability in time of crisis", Jan-Olav Henriksen
15.45 Panel 1: "Existentially healthy societies and the awareness of death”, Tatjana Schnell, Peter la Cour, Christina Prinds and Christiaan Rhodius
17.15 Panel 2: "How do chaplains and psychologists work (best together) to reach people in times of crisis?", Heidi F. Pedersen, Aida H. Andersen and Karsten Thomsen
19.00 Dinner
20.30 Social
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
09.00 Keynote lecture 4: "Navigating Existential Crises in Nursing Homes: Viewpoints from the Perspective of Caregiver Competence”, Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
10.30 Plenary discussions / sum up / closing
12.00 Lunch
Conference commitee
Lars Danbolt, Tatjana Schnell, Peter la Cour, Gry Stålsett, Lars Lien
and Sigrid Helene Kjørven Haug. The conference is planned in collaboration
with a network group of researchers in the Nordic countries.
Presentations
Panels
Panel 1: "Existentially healthy societies and the awareness of death", Tatjana Schnell (MF vitenskapelig høyskole), Peter la Cour, Christina Prinds, Christiaan Rhodius
Panel 2: "How do chaplains and psychologists work (best together) to reach people in times of crisis?", Heidi F. Pedersen (Faculty of Health, Aarhus University), Aida H. Andersen, Karsten Thomsen
Papers
Paper session 1: Death, bereavement, existential health
- "Meaningful Deathscapes", Auli Vähäkangas, University of Helsinki
- "Exploring Sibling Bereavement Bonds Through Supernatural Experiences among Finns", Milla Korkalainen (University of Helsinki), Auli Vähäkangas, Anna Liisa Aho, Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
- "Existential Dialogues in Mental Healthcare Chaplaincy relating to Patients at Risk of Suicide. Pluralistic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives", Ane Inger Bondahl Søberg, Innlandet Hospital Trust
Paper session 2: Environment, community and nature
- "Existential crisis as gateway to what it means to be human: Kierkegaard’s remedy against (suicidal) despair", Almut Furchert, The Hong Kierkegaard Library, Center for Research and Publication, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA / Independent Scholar / Private Practice
- "Love, Personhood and Ecological Awareness: Renewing Psychology in a Planetary Age", Gunnar Gjermundsen, psychologist, PhD fellow, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo
- "Meaning and mental health if connected and attached to decaying nature and place", Sindre Cottis Hoff, NTNU
Paper session 3: Dementia, nursing homes and existential health
- "Meaning in life and the experience of time as it passes by for people living with dementia", Knut Hestad, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "Meaning in life in persons with severe dementia", Tor-Arne Isene, Research centre for existential health, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "The validity of the Meaning in Life in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Questionnaire (MIND)", Torgeir Sørensen, VID Specialized University and Research Centre for Existential Health, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "Physicians’ understandings and experience of advanced care planning in Norwegian nursing homes: a qualitative study", Liv Ødbehr (RN, PhD, University of Inland Norway), Reidun Hov, Harald Sanaker, Åsa Serholt Jensen. Aina Korup, Tuva Sandsdalen
Paper session 4: Medication, therapy, eco-grief, existential health
- "Downsizing psychotropic medication: Patients’ quests for existential health", Stine Madsen Kvaløy, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway
- "Psilocybin-Assisted Group vs. Individual Therapy in Cancer Survivorship", Anja Hallan-Wolff & Ida Falchenberg Espensen, AFS, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "Existential climate and disaster fear and grief as themes in pastoral care", Lars Danbolt (Research Centre for Existential Health, Innlandet Hospital Trust), Anne Austad, Hans Stifoss-Hanssen, Anne Hege Grung
Paper session 5: Religious affiliation, stress and meaning
- "Existential needs of a client who is in crises after religious disaffiliation", Maria Björkmark (Åbo Akademi University), Malin Andtfolk, Linda Nyholm
- "Religious affiliation and the experience of covid-stress and meaning-in-life – preliminary results", Cathrine Bang Hellum, Research Centre for Existential Health, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "Meaning of Parenting among Syrian Migrants in Sweden", Mudar Shakra, Uppsala University
CFI network presentations (open for all)
- "CFI in palliative care", Yvonne Aarestrup, Research Center for Existential Health, Innlandet Hospital Trust
- "CFI in acute psychiatry", Ruth Abraham, Lovisenberg Hospital
- "Mental health assessment for refugee minors, questions from the CFI", Cecilie Ruud Dangman and Marja Leonhardt
- "Process and progress with the implementation of the CFI in Norway", Valerie DeMarinis
Poster/stand
- "Openness about death", Åsa Serholt Jensen and Reidun Hov, Utviklingssenter for sykehjem og hjemmetjenester, Innlandet
Research groups meetings
Established research groups can ask for time to arrange their own meetings during the conference. It is also possible to have meetings before the program starts Monday morning. The organizers will arrange meeting rooms and other practical issues.
Fill in the contact form for requests (nettskjema.no)
Practical information
Registration
Online registration opens in early May and closes in late September. More practical information about registration will come later.
Conference fee
The conference fee of 550 NOK is to be paid online at registration.
Accomodation
- All inclusive per day: 1,795 NOK (single room, lunch, dinner, breakfast, coffee/tea, fruit)
- Day package on Wednesday: 625 NOK (lunch, coffee / tea, fruit)
- Total hotel costs: 4,215 NOK (full pension Monday and Tuesday, day package Wednesay)
It is possible to arrive Sunday evening for 1,225 NOK extra (single room) or 1,150 NOK extra (double room), which includes dinner Sunday evening and breakfast Monday morning. Double room with full pension (Monday-Wednesday) is 1,675 NOK per day.
All hotel expenses are to be paid to the hotel by checkout.