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On September 9, 2021, a meeting was held on problems of cyberpsychology and virtual reality. The event was organized by the Specialized University of America UDELAS in Panama, the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, the Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, as well as the Russian Psychological Society and the Panamanian Association of Psychologists.

The event was opened by Francisco Javier Cedeño, Director of Strategic Communications at UDELAS, and Ricardo González Escartín, Dean of the Faculty of Social Education and Human Development at UDELAS.

On June 22, 2021, a meeting was held on problems of the psychology of modern childhood in the framework of cultural-historical psychology. The event was organized by the Specialized University of America UDELAS in Panama, the Agrarian University of Havana "Fructuoso Rodríguez Pérez" in Cuba, the Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, as well as the Russian Psychological Society and the Panamanian Association of Psychologists.

24 hours of the Forum sessions in three languages were devoted to the issues of sustainable development of children and adolescents in the context of the transformation of childhood against the background of digitalization of modern society.

More than 12 thousand specialists from 90 countries united online at the Forum.

The special Issue of "Psychology in Russia: State of the Art" — "Developmental Research and Practice in Cultural-Historical Psychology": deadline is extended!

We are glad to announce that the manuscript submission deadline for the special issue “Developmental Research and Practice in Cultural-Historical Psychology" is extended until July, 1!

You can submit your manuscripts here http://psychologyinrussia.com/for-authors

We are pleased to announce that the International Psychological Forum "Child in a Digital World" will feature over 300 speakers and over 10,000 attendees from 63 countries!

By popular demand, registration as a participant has been extended until May 15. We remind you that only registered participants will receive certificates of participation in the Forum. Participation is free. Register by 15 May on https://digitalchildhood.org/registration_form/form_members/.

On April 7, 2021, the first meeting of the seminar on cultural-historical psychology was held. The organizers are the Specialized University of America UDELAS in Panama, the National Pedagogical University of Francisco Morazán in Honduras, the National Distance University in Costa Rica, the Agrarian University of Havana in Cuba, the Faculty of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, as well as the Russian Psychological Society and the Panamanian Association of Psychologists.

This special issue will be devoted to the topic of developmental research and its practical applications from the perspective of Cultural-Historical psychology.

The main aim of the issue is to show the wide range of phenomena related to psychological development, including experimental procedures in the field of psychological development, methods for assessment of development, descriptions of original methods of work with children in different conditions of life and cultural contexts. The special issue invites articles that advance knowledge and experience gathered via psychological research with groups and/or individual cases. Submitted articles might contribute to a variety of aspects of psychological development, such as development of personality, role of guiding activity, social situation of development and so forth. Theoretical and methodological aspects of Cultural-Historical psychology are also in focus of the issue. Novel experiences related to the process of psychological development in changing life conditions including the situation of pandemic COVID-2019 are also welcomed. All works should be related to the theoretical positions and concepts of Cultural-Historical psychology.

Guest co-editors: Yulia Solovieva (Mexico), Athanasios Koutsoklenis (Greece)

Deadline for submission is June 1^st, 2021

We invite you to attend the International Psychological Forum “Child in a Digital World” which will be held online on 1-2 June 2021.

The Forum is initiated by the Psychology Institute of Russian Academy of Education together with the Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian Psychological Society and is supported by European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations. Participation in the forum is free of charge.

All sessions will be simultaneously translated into Russian, English and Spanish, and presentations can be made in any of these three languages.

All presenters and participants must register by April 1, 2021: https://digitalchildhood.org/en/.

We are glad to announce that the manuscript submission deadline for the special issue "Subjective well-being: predictors and consequences" is extended until February, 7!

You can submit your manuscripts here http://psychologyinrussia.com/for-authors

Venue: 22/48, Stepan Razin Str., Tsiolkovskiy Kaluga State University, Kaluga, Russia. The Conference is to be held in an on-line format.

Ways of participating in the Conference:

• Delivering a plenary report on one of the conference research areas (15 minutes).
• Making a speech at a panel discussion (5-7 minutes).

The working languages are Russian and English. The registration is free by any link:

• registration in Russian
• registration in English

The conference participant needs to include the name of his/her report/speech and abstracts (up to 300 words) in the registration form.

Deadline: December 5 (plenary reports) and December 10 (panel discussion).