Podcasts about Beauty and appearance

Follow the excellent podcasts by Centre of Appearance research here;

https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters

COST ACTION IS1210 final conference

The last event of COST IS1210 will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 20-22nd April, 2017. Venue: Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia

20th April – MC meeting and Task Group Meetings

21st April – Final Summit Day 1

22nd April – Final Summit Day 2

Five excellent keynote speakers have accepted an invitation to speak at […]

COST ACTION IS 1210 Training school in Malta

The training school took place in Msida, Malta between 9 November – 11 November 2015, and RSBDF was present with lecturer focusing on vocational education

The training school addressed the following topics via lectures, reflective exercises and group work during the 3 days.

The psychology of Appearance Who are the marginalised and socially disadvantaged […]

Appearance articles in Norwegian news headline

http://www.nrk.no/norge/en-av-ti-unge-vil-endre-pa-utseendet-1.12399764

http://www.nrk.no/norge/ungdommer-er-lei_-_-utseendepresset-er-umulig-1.12399890

COST action IS1210 work group workshop in Budapest

The 12 different dedicated work groups of Cost action IS1210 met in Budapest on 14th+15th April 2015 to further develop their research and survey plans. The action expects more countries to be joining this year, making it the biggest research network of the COST actions in Europe.

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Appearance matters conference video

Høgskolan i Kristianstad has made a video with some key points from the Appearance Matters conference in Kristianstad in December 2014.

The 3rd International Weight Stigma Conference

INSTITUTIONALIZED WEIGHTISM: HOW TO CHALLENGE OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS?

The 3rd International Weight Stigma Conference will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, on September 18th-19th 2015. This year’s theme focuses on the larger social hierarchies that favor thinness and reject fatness within western culture and how these systems have dictated the framing of fatness within the media, medicine, […]

RSBDF at APPEARANCE MATTERS CONFERENCE 2014

160 participants from 36 countries

Swedish p4 radio interviews dr Marin Persson; http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=86&artikel=6041507

Pictures from the conference

KRISTIANSTAD, SWEDEN 9 – 10 DECEMBER 2014 […]

New version of America the Beautiful: The Sexualization of Our Youth

Daryll Roberts has released a new version of his movie America the Beautiful: The Sexualization of Our Youth. Daryll will be presenting the movie at the Appearance Matters conference in Kristianstad early December 2014. RSBDF will be there to plan social activism projects in connection with the movie together with Dr. Martin Persson from University […]

Appearance matters conference Kristianstad

An International Conference about the Impact of Appearance in our Society KRISTIANSTAD, SWEDEN 9 – 10 DECEMBER 2014

Download program here;

COST Kristianstad III

COST ACTION IST1210 SUMMER SCHOOL

Training School 2: Interventions to prevent or ameliorate appearance dissatisfaction: Examining the evidence

You can now apply to the 2nd training school.

Venue: Bristol, United Kingdom

Dates: 30 June – 2 July 2014

This Training School will comprise participation in 2 workshops, attendance at papers delivered at the International Appearance Matters 6 conference and […]

COST Action IS1210 website up and running

COST Action IS1210- APPEARANCE MATTERS, TACKLING THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF DISSATISFACTION WITH APPEARANCE has launched its new web page.

http://appearancematters.eu/

 

COST action meeting at Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy

COST action IS1210 had its 3 day meeting at the Fondazione Palazzo Bondoni Pastorio, an old traditional Italian upper class house having been in the same family for 600 years. Today it is run by a foundation and serves as a museum.

The very special house served as a very inspiring place for the meeting […]