About Us
The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was founded in 1972 and has a membership of over 800 persons in more than 65 countries. The aims of the Association are to facilitate communication among persons interested in a diverse range of issues involving the intersection of culture and psychology. IACCP is affiliated with the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).
IACCP Constitution 2010 (PDF file)
Conferences
IACCP holds international Congresses every two years and regional conferences in most years. The next international Congress will be in Olomouc, Czech Republic in 2020.
Publications
We are associated with several publications, including the bimonthly Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, the online teaching resource Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, and conference proceedings. Membership fees are based on annual gross income.
Awards
The IACCP sponsors the Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award, given for outstanding dissertations in any area of culture and psychology, and the Early Career Award.
Special Interest Groups
The new 2010 Constitution of IACCP provides for the creation of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Bylaws for creation and administration of SIGs are found here.
Code of Conduct
The new IACCP Code of Conduct is here.
Meeting Minutes
Executive Council
The Executive Council constitutes the governing body of IACCP, and includes officers and regional representatives. The officers are the board of directors of IACCP, Inc. Regional representatives are elected to 4-year terms from 10 regions: 1) Europe; (2) North Africa and Middle East; (3) Central and Southern Africa; (4) South Asia; (5) South East Asia; (6) East Asia; (7) Insular Pacific; (8) North America; (9) Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and (10) South America.
Officers
Colleen Ward
President
2020-2022
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
Klaus Boehnke
Past President
2020-2022
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
Jacobs University, Bremen
Bremen International School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
Germany
k.boehnke@jacobs-university.de
William K. Gabrenya
President-Elect
2020-2022
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida USA
gabrenya@fit.edu
Márta Fülöp
Secretary-General
2020-2024
Institute for Psychology
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Victor Hugo utca 18-22
Budapest 1132
Hungary
+36-70-313-87
sec-gen@iaccp.org
Anat Bardi
Deputy Secretary-General
2020-2022
Royal Holloway, University of London
Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Chair, Communication and Publications Committee
2018-2022
Grand Valley State University
Michigan, USA
Martina Klicperova
Co-opted member for the 2020 IACCP
International Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institute of Psychology
Czech Academy of Scineces
Regional Representatives
Mustapha Achoui
MENA Observer
2018-2022
Professor of Psychology and Management
Arab Open University
Kuwait
Emma Buchtel
Regional Representative - East Asia
2020-2024
Education University of Hong Kong
Julie Lee
Regional Representative - Insular Pacific
University of Western Australia
Gail Ferguson
Regional Representative - North America
2020-2024
University of Minnesota, USA
Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka
Regional Representative, Europe
2018-2022
Department of Cross-Cultural and Gender Psychology University of Gdansk, Poland
Andik Matulessy
Regional Representative, Southeast Asia
2018-2022
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas 17 August 1945
Indonesia
Maya Benish-Weisman
Regional Representative, North Africa and the Middle East
2018-2022
Department of Counseling and Human Development
University of Haifa, Israel
Harrun Garashi
Central and Southern Africa Regional Rep
2020-2024
Pwani University, Dept of Social Sciences
Valery Chirkov
Regional Representative, North America (Canada)
2018-2022
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Mariano Rosabal-Coto
Regional Representative, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
2018-2022
Psychology Faculty, Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Nicolas Geeraert
Regional Representative - Europe
2020-2024
Department of Psychology
University of Essex
Purnima Singh
Regional Rep - South Asia
2018-2022
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,Hauz Khas
New Delhi- 110 016
India
+91-11-26591367
purnima125@hotmail.com
Alex English
Special Representative - Early Career
2020-2024
Zhejiang University
Claudio Torres
South America Regional Rep
2018-2022
Department of Social and Work Psychology, University of Brasilia
Brazil
The Membership Committee deals with issues related to membership, is driven by the Deputy Secretary General and includes all the Regional Representatives and the MENA Observer.
Grants Committee
Enables members to apply for small grants from IACCP
Michael Bender
Purnima Singh
Emma Buchtel
Lusine Grigoryan
Conference Committee
Investigates whether our conferences can be improved even more
The Knowledge Exchange Committee
Initiates online acitivies, e.g., chats, webinars, seminars, support groups
Nicolas Geeraert
Mustafa Achoui
Faith Obioma
Takeshi Hamamura
The Language Committee
Works on making IACCP supportive in other languages
Klaus Boehnke
Mustafa Achoui
Claudio Torres
Alex English