Why psychology and spiritualism?
Young people today face psychological dilemmas rooted in materialism, technological saturation and spiritual disconnection. The meeting point of psychology and spiritualism offers a profound framework for understanding the human psyche, healing, and the search for meaning and wholeness.
Alongside our school, the Kamil Ud Din Foundation is working with the Institute of Research, Development & Innovation (IRDI) to bring scholars, psychologists, theologians and practitioners together in an international conference, with a university partner as host.
The aim is to support the personality development, character building and moral flourishing of youth, and to build a lasting discourse on spiritually informed mental health and conscious living.
At a glance
- Conference
- ICPS: International Conference on Psychology & Spiritualism
- Main theme
- Exploring the Nexus of Psychology and Spiritualism in a Globalized World
- Format
- 3-day international conference
- Organisers
- Kamil Ud Din Foundation with IRDI and a host university
- Publication
- Special edition of Faith and Discovery, Journal of IRDI
- Dates & venue
- To be announced
What the conference will explore
- Historical and philosophical foundations of spiritual psychology
- Comparative religious approaches to the human psyche, morality and self-development
- Sufism, Vedanta and Buddhist psychology: insights for modern therapy
- Mental health, mindfulness and spiritual practices
- Transpersonal psychology and the expansion of consciousness
- Spiritual intelligence and emotional well-being
- The role of rituals, prayer and meditation in psychological healing
- Mysticism, near-death experiences and altered states of consciousness
- Ethics and moral psychology in the light of spiritual traditions
- Interdisciplinary approaches to psychology and spirituality
What we want to achieve
Academic forum
A platform for researchers, psychologists, philosophers, theologians and practitioners.
Practice as healing
Critical engagement with spiritual practices as psychological interventions.
Sessions and activities
Plenary sessions
Keynote addresses by leading international scholars.
Parallel sessions
Peer-reviewed research paper presentations.
Workshops
Mindfulness, meditation and spiritual counselling.
Panel discussions
Interfaith perspectives on healing.
Poster presentations
By students and early-career researchers.
Exhibition
Book exhibition and spiritual art display.
Share your research
A global Call for Abstracts will be announced with submission guidelines focused on scholarly rigour and innovation. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Academic Committee, and accepted papers will be published in a special edition of Faith and Discovery, the Journal of IRDI.
Who should attend
Expected outcomes
- Richer academic dialogue on spiritually informed psychological models
- Published proceedings that add to scholarly literature
- New interdisciplinary curricula and research projects
- A network of global scholars and practitioners
- A permanent Spiritual Psychology Research Cluster
Conference secretariat
Institute of Research, Development & Innovation (IRDI)
Sponsor or partner with ICPS
The conference is funded by organisations working in psychology and spirituality, international donor agencies, universities and private academic sponsors. If you or your institution would like to partner, sponsor a session or host the event, we would love to hear from you.