“A Meeting of Methodologies” (AMOM) is a mini-conference on the use, evaluation, and teaching of research methods in psychology. The full title of this meeting is: A Meeting of Methodologies -- Advancing Methods Development, Application, and Teaching in Psychology, the Behavioural, and Social Sciences. The conference aims to bring together researchers from multiple communities who examine, think about, use, and teach research methods in psychology, as well as across the behavioral, social and health sciences, including evaluation researchers, statisticians and data scientists. The meeting seeks to bring discussions around advancing research practice and teaching in MULTIPLE methodologies together (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, indigenous).  

Topics & Format

Building on the successful meeting in 2020, the 2025 conference will be divided into six topic areas. These are:
· Metascience and Research Justice (this includes work on multiple methods, ethics, social justice & diversity in research)
· Measurement Theory, Assessment, and Applications
· Quantitative and Computational Methods
· Evaluation Methodologies in Theory and Practice
· Methods of Qualitative Inquiry 
· Rethinking Pedagogy in Methods in Psychology and Related Fields

The conference will include distinguished keynotes, competitively selected peer-reviewed presentations, and noted discussants.

Why AMOM? and Who?

The methods of any knowledge-making discipline are of fundamental importance, as the knowledge gathered is only as sound as the methods used to gather and interpret it. In psychology in particular, the methods of the discipline are under scrutiny as the field faces the replication crisis. Many people are also questioning the structure of academic psychology: As we question how we use methods in psychology, do we also need to rethink what we teach students in the discipline? And how can we make our methods and our research more inclusive, diverse, and just? While important work is being done considering the critical application of methods in psychology, little has brought together these issues with the conversation around social justice in research and academia. We feel there are important intersections, and hope to bring people together to consider these points of overlap.

AMOM seeks to bring together a diversity of individuals/perspectives from across many career stages. Importantly, methodological inquiry and teaching practices are of importance, not just to individuals within psychology but across other areas of speciality. As such, faculty members, researchers, and students from multiple disciplines will be interested in and can benefit from the discussions at AMOM and the gathering of individuals who are interested in and motivated to advance methods, application, and teaching. Through discussions at AMOM, ideas for new directions in research, application and teaching will be stimulated.

Timing/Dates & Location (cyber-space)

AMOM 2025 will be held online, with livestreamed presentations.

The e-conference is scheduled to be online: March 2025

The e-meeting will be hosted from Burnaby, British Columbia, specifically from Bunaby Mountain which is located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples including the Squamish, Tseil-Waututh, Kwikwitlem, and Musqueum Nations.

Conference dates:

March 29-30, 2025 

To submit a proposal to e-AMoM 2025:

Submit Proposal Here: https://forms.gle/jQGrzLWqCKRS9BKaA

First call due date: Jan 15, 2025

Registering to attend the e-meeting

Faculty/students/applied researchers/community members who are interested in the topics of the current conference are invited to atttend. All attendees (including presenters) must register to attend the e-meeting

Registration links will be sent with first priority to presenters & co-authors, and then will be opened up to the public. The public registration links will be added here.  

Cost to attend the conference

Registration fee for online/livestream of 2025 e-meeting: 
Presenters/co-authors listed on proposal submission: $0
Public/Others: $0

In lieu of registration fees, presenters and attendees are asked to make a donation to specified organizations. The list of suggested organiations will be added here.