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What is IRSP?
Humans are social animals whose lives are powerfully shaped by their relations with friends, family, teachers, co-workers, and many others. Currently, a new interdisciplinary science of relationships is emerging that draws on many intellectual traditions, uses an array of increasingly sophisticated research methods, and seeks to integrate knowledge across different levels of analysis.
In July 2005, UCLA launched a unique doctoral program to train future leaders in relationship science. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the UCLA Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program (IRSP) trains students in anthropology, education, psychology and sociology for careers as research scientists studying social relationships from a multidisciplinary perspective. We invite you to learn more about us.
Contact the IRSP Program Coordinator
irsp@ucla.edu
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What's New?
April 2009 IRSP faculty affiliate Shelley E. Taylor, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, was elected to the National Academy of Science.
April 17 & 18, 2009Workshop on Evolutionary Foundations and Functions of Close Social Bonds gathered 50 researchers from various scientific disciplines at UCLA for a two-day event.
April, 2009 IRSP graduate trainee Bailey House presents "Altruistic behavior in children" at the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver CO.
May 2009 IRSP graduate trainee Jenjira Yahirun presents "Homeward bound: Determinants of Return Migration among Germany's elderly immigrants" at the Annual Population Association of America Conference, Detroit, Michigan.
May 18, 2009 At a recent NSF meeting, IRSP trainee Mariana Preciado received an excellence award for her poster (with Prof. Kerri Johnson) on "Loving and looking: How visual processing helps maintain positive beliefs about a romantic partner."
June - August 2009 IRSP will be hosting 3 undergraduate research interns for 8 weeks: Roberto Corona, from California State University, Northridge; Erica Robinson, from Tuskegee University; and Belinda Vicuna, from the University of New Mexico.
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Featured Profile:
The Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture (BEC) unites scholars exploring the connections among evolution, culture, the mind, and society. BEC provides a framework to facilitate research and training on the interaction among natural selection, cultural transmission, social relations, and psychology.
Visit BEC.
We regularly feature a research center or organization dedicated to research on relationships. Email the IRSP coordinator if you would like to suggest a future profilee.
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