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European Association for Developmental Psychology Conference

• Rutland, A., Law, F., Jay, A., McGuire, L., Hoffman, A., Mulvey, K L., Winterbottom, M. & Hartstone-Rose, A. (September 2021). Gender stereotypes and peer evaluation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics across childhood and adolescence.
• Rutland, A., Gönültaş, S., Palmer, S., Argyri, E., McGuire, L., & Killen, M. (September 2021). Children’s and adolescents’ bystander reactions to the social exclusion of stigmatized and non-stigmatized immigrant peers. In A. Rutland and S. Gönültaş (co-chairs), ‘Developmental and Contextual Factors Influence Evaluations of Social Inequality and Strategies to Reduce Intergroup Discrimination’.
• Gönültaş, S. & Mulvey, K.L (September 2021). The Role of Theory of Mind and Egalitarian Beliefs in Bystanders’ Responses to Bias-based Bullying. In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Bystander Responses to Bias-based Bullying and Exclusion Across Three Countries’.
• Argyri, E., Gönültaş, S., Palmer, S., McGuire, L., Killen, M., & Rutland, A. (September 2021). Context Matters: Children’s and Adolescents’ Individual and Perceived Group Evaluations of Bystanders Who Challenge Intergroup Bullying. In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Bystander Responses to Bias-based Bullying and Exclusion Across Three Countries’.
• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S. B., Rutland, A. (September 2021) The Effect of Group Norms on Young People’s Prosocial Bystander Reactions to the Social Exclusion of Immigrants.In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Bystander Responses to Bias-based Bullying and Exclusion Across Three Countries’.
• Law, F., McGuire, L., Winterbottom, M. Rutland, A., (September 2021). Growth mindset intervention in a science museum: Children’s gender stereotypes beliefs about STEM ability following a growth mindset intervention. In Law, F., Joy, A., (co-chairs) 
  Understanding gender stereotypes and STEM engagement among children and adolescents in informal science learning sites.

British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference

• McGuire, L., Palmer, S., & Faber, N. (September 2021). Loving some animals and eating others: Developmental differences in speciesism. Part of “The development of speciesism: Early findings from the field” symposium.
• Farooq, A., Rutland, A. & Adlam, A. (September 2021).  Misinformation about violations of COVID-19 rules: The development of ingroup bias in moral evaluations of misinformers.
• Gönültaş, S. & Mulvey, K.L (September 2021). Do Perceived Parental Norms Shape Adolescents’ Bystander Responses towards Syrian Refugees through Discrimination and Prejudice?. In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Immigrant Victimization and Discrimination’.
• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S. B., Rutland, A. (September 2021). Children’s and Adolescents’ Evaluations of Social Exclusion and Social Moral Reasoning in Different Group Contexts.In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Immigrant Victimization and Discrimination’.
• Rutland, A.,Gönültaş, S., Palmer, S., Argyri, E., McGuire, L., & Killen, M. (September 2021). Developmental trends in prosocial bystander reactions to peer exclusion depend on the group membership of the victim. In S. Gönültaş and A. Rutland (co-chairs), ‘A Developmental Intergroup Perspective on Immigrant Victimization and Discrimination’.
• McGuire, L., Rutland, A., Rizzo, M.. & Killen, M. (September 2016). How group and generic norms affect children and adolescents’ resource allocation decisions. Presented in symposium convened by R. Banerjee entitled ‘Social norms and reputational concerns’
• Law, F., McGuire, L., Winterbottom, M. Rutland, A., (September 2021). Children’s gender stereotypes beliefs about STEM ability following a growth mindset intervention in a science museum. In Law, F., McGuire, L., (co-chairs) Understanding the development of and factors associated with gender stereotypes in STEM among children and adolescents.

British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference

• Farooq, A., Rutland, A. & Adlam, A. (August 2021). Thinking critically: The role of norms in children and adolescents’ evaluations of group members who support misinformers.
• Gönültaş, S., Argyri, E., Palmer, S., McGuire, L., Killen, M., & Rutland, A. (August 2021). Does Perceived Similarity Shape Adolescents’ Bystander Responses towards Social Exclusion of Immigrants through Group Support and Self-efficacy? In L. De Amicis (chairs), ‘Stepping in to help in intergroup contexts: who does it, why and how are they perceived?’
• McGuire, L., Elenbaas, L., Killen, M. & Rutland, A. (August 2018). Developmental and normative influences on whether children and adolescents rectify intergroup inequality.

British Psychology Society Developmental-Social Section Annual Conference (Manchester, UK)

• Rutland, A., Hitti, A., Mulvey, K. L., Abrams, D. & Killen, M. (September 2015). Social and moral judgments about exclusion and inclusion: Developmental and contextual differences.
• McGuire, L., Rutland, A. & Manstead, A. (September 2015). Group identity and group norms guide children’s and adolescent’s resource allocation.

Animal Advocacy Conference

• McGuire, L., Palmer, S., & Faber, N. (June 2021). Loving some animals and eating others: Developmental differences in speciesism. Part of ‘Perspectives on speciesism and the moral standing of animals’ symposium

Annual Kaleidoscope Conference at the Faculty of Education (University of Cambridge, UK)

• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S. B., Smith J., Rutland, A. (June 2021). ​We found that only adolescents, but not children, supported the group’s decision significantly more than they would find exclusion acceptable.
• Law F, McGuire L, Winterbottom M and Rutland A. (June 2021). Growth mindset intervention in a science museum: Challenging gender stereotypical beliefs about STEM abilities.
• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B., Rutland A. (May 2019) What makes bystander helping more likely? The role of group membership in British students’ bystander reactions to the exclusion of immigrants.
• Law, F., McGuire, L., Winterbottom, M. Rutland, A., (June 2021). Growth mindset intervention: Challenging gender-stereotypical beliefs about STEM abilities in Informal Science Learning Sites.

Social Domain Theory International Colloquium: SDT as a Global Concern

• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S. B., Rutland, A. (May 2021). Developmental Differences in Evaluations and Social-Moral Reasoning about Intergroup and Intragroup Exclusion.

South West Doctoral Training Partnership Conference: Exploring the Kaleidescope of Graduate Research

• Farooq, A., Rutland, A. & Adlam, A. (April 2021). Does Misinformation Affect Children’s Moral Decisions in School-Group Contexts?

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting

• Rutland, A., Palmer, S., Argyri, E., McGuire, L., & Killen, M. (April 2021). Developmental trends in bystander reactions to the social exclusion of different types of immigrant peers.
• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B. & Rutland A. (April 2021). Children’s and Adolescents’ Expectations of Bystander Reactions to Social Exclusion in Intergroup and Intragroup Contexts. In Kelly Lynn Mulvey & Seçil Gönültaş North Carolina State University Paper Symposium entitled ‘How Intergroup-related and Social-cognitive Factors Shape Bystanders’ Responses to Bias-based Bullying and Exclusion Across Three Countries’.
• Palmer, S. B., Sierksma, J., Kaufman, N. Yuksel, A. & Rutland, A. (March 2019). Bystander responses to intergroup social exclusion using the cyberball paradigm.
• Rutland, A., Adeyanju, A. & Jones-Bartoli, A. (April 2017). Acculturation, social exclusion and social-emotional development among ethnic minority status British children. Presented in symposium convened by A. Rutland entitled ‘Acculturation in context: Social exclusion and national belonging among ethnic minority status children and adolescents’
• McGuire, L., Elenbaas, L., Killen, M. & Rutland, A. (April 2017). Developmental and normative influences on whether children and adolescents rectify intergroup inequality. Presented in symposium convened by L. McGuire & A. Rutland entitled ‘Challenging Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion: A Developmental Intergroup Perspective’

 PG-LSS Poster Conference (University of Exeter, UK)

• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B., Rutland A. (June 2020). Developmental Differences in Prosocial Bystander Behaviour towards Intergroup and Intragroup Exclusion.

College of Life and Environment Sciences CLES Conference (University of Exeter, UK)

• Law, F.,McGuire L., Winterbottom, M., Rutland, A. (November, 2019). “The brain can grow?” A one-shot growth mindset intervention in an interactive science show.
• Farooq, A., Rutland, A. & Adlam, A. (November, 2019).  The Effect of Misinformation on Moral Decision Making in Intergroup Contexts.

British Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Manchester, UK)

• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B., Rutland A. (September 2019). Students’ Evaluations of Prosocial Bystander Behaviour to the Exclusion of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Intergroup Contexts​.

European Conference on Developmental Psychology

• Rutland, A., McGuire, L., Jefferys, E. Goff, E., Mulvey, K.L., Irvin, M., Winterbottom, M., Hartstone-Rose, A (August 2019). Developmental trends and social inequality around science: Children’s gender stereotypes and evaluation of group deviants.
• Rea, M.  DiBiase, A., Marshall, T., Jefferys, E., & Rutland, A. (August 2019). Bullying among school children and adolescents: Does the appearance of my teeth matter?.
• Gibb, S. Palmer, S. B. & Rutland, A. (August 2019). Children’s evaluations of hyper-competitive deviant peers within an intergroup context.
• Palmer, S. B., Argyri, E., McGuire, L., Killen, M. & Rutland, A. (August 2019). “They’re Not Like Us”: Bystander Responses To The Social Exclusion Of Immigrants In Childhood And Adolescence.
• Law, F., McGuire, L., Goff, E., Mulvey, K.L., Irvin, M., Winterbottom, M., Hartstone-Rose, A., & Rutland, A. (August 2019). The effect of social interaction on children’s science knowledge within informal science learning sites.
• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B., Rutland A. (August 2019). Developmental Trends in Children’s and Adolescents’ Prosocial Bystander Behaviour towards ​the exclusion of Immigrants and ​Non-Immigrants​.
• Rutland, A., Adeyanju, A. & Jones-Bartoli, A. (August 2017). Acculturation and peer relationships among ethnic minority status British children. Presented in symposium convened by B. Reichle & Z. Ülger entitled ‘Acculturation and Integration of Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds (2) Focus: Promoting positive intergroup relations in children’

European Network for Science Centres and Museums Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark)

• Rutland, A. & McGuire, L. (June 2019). STEM teen research project: Are teens the most effective educators and explainers?

Stories 2019: Inclusivity, Mental Health, Access and Accountability Department of Education (University of Oxford, UK)

• Yüksel, A. Ş., Palmer, S.B., Rutland A. (March 2019) Developmental Trends in Children’s and Adolescents’ Prosocial Bystander Behaviour towards the exclusion of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants within a Diverse Context​.

European Association for Research in Adolescence Annual Conference (Ghent, Belgium)

• Rutland, A., McGuire, L., Goff, E., Hartstone-Rose, A., Mulvey, K. L. & Irvin, M. (September 2018). STEM gender stereotypes: The role of educators in informal science learning settings.
• McGuire, L., Rizzo, M., Killen, M. & Rutland, A. (September 2018). The role of competitive and cooperative norms in the development of deviant evaluations.

American Psychological Association Annual Conference (San Francisco, USA)

• McGuire, L., Goff, E., Irwin, M., Mulvey, K. L. Hartstone-Rose, A., & Rutland, A. (August 2018). STEM attitudes and knowledge: The effect of youth volunteers in informal science learning sites.
• McGuire, L., Rizzo, M., Killen, M. & Rutland, A. (August 2018). Coordination of ingroup and moral goals in varying resource allocation contexts.

‘Education in Unequal Societies’ Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference, Centre for Education Studies (University of Warwick, UK)

• Yüksel, A. Ş. (May, 2018).The Influence of Group Membership on Children’s And Adolescents’ Bystander Reactions to the Exclusion of Immigrants in Behavioural and Hypothetical Scenarios.

General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (Granada, Spain)

• McGuire, L., Rizzo, M., Killen, M., Manstead, A. & Rutland, A. (July 2017). Context matters (especially when you are older): Group norms and the development of resource allocation. Presented in symposium convened by M. Brauer entitled ‘The powerful influence of social norms in intergroup relations’

24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Vilnius, Lithuania)

• Rutland, A., McGuire, L & Manstead, A. (July 2016). Group norms and the development of resource allocation from childhood into adolescence. Presented in a symposium convened by A. Dahl entitled ‘Morality, group norms and interpersonal relationships’

Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting (Baltimore, USA)

• Rutland, A. (March 2016). Developmental and contextual influences on intergroup social exclusion from late childhood into adolescence. Presented in a symposium convened by A. Hitti entitled ‘Dimensions of Social Exclusion in Adolescence: Affect, Norms, and Identity’