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Interested in engaging more deeply with opportunities afforded by The Love Consortium? Read on!

IN-PERSON EVENTS

The Love Consortium Inaugural Meeting: Theoretical Perspectives on the Science of Love

​Invited scholars from a variety of theoretical perspectives met to discuss evidence and theory related to the construct of love (Days 1 and 2) as well as to offer visions for a future of thriving research in this domain (Day 3).

Date: April 25-27, 2019

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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The Love Consortium Trainee Workshop on The Science of Love

Selected attendees met to share their research, learn about the science of love from affective and relationship scientists (Drs. Algoe, Fredrickson, Gable, Reis), and develop scientific collaborations on love with one another.

Date: June 17-19, 2019

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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The Love Consortium Pre-Conference Workshop

Attendees of the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference on Positive Action in Relationships joined this Pre-Conference Workshop to learn more about The Love Consortium and how to get involved, to offer expertise to facilitate the goals of The Love Consortium, and to consider how their own work (independently or in collaboration with others at the workshop) may benefit from The Love Consortium resources.

Date: June 19-20, 2019

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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METHODOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Love Consortium initiative holds great promise for scientific advances by capitalizing on the methods afforded by the approach of uncovering untapped data from across labs, disciplines, and geographic locations. For now, we feature two key opportunities that we believe will be especially fruitful.

Using Integrative Data Analysis to Pool Data Across Samples

Find out more about Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) by reading this paper by Hussong, Curran, & Bauer (2013). IDA provides many advantages for theory testing that could be capitalized upon through collaborations developed via The Love Consortium.

Expanding the Range of Evidence Related to the Construct, Love

Evidence points to the value of love for individual and collective welfare, but surprisingly, most of it is indirect. While many researchers study people who are in love-based relationships, most do not study the construct of love itself. Other researchers study emotion, but few study the emotion, love. Datasets uncovered via The Love Consortium may help us take a new look at longstanding questions about the nature and value of Love.

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Grant Opportunity

Announcing our Request for Proposals for small grants to graduate students. The funding will be to establish a collaboration using data described on The Love Consortium Dataverse, with proposed research that significantly advances scientific understanding of love. Click here for more information.