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).

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

IACCP Constitution 2022 (PDF file)

Conferences

IACCP holds international Congresses every two years and regional conferences in most years. The next international Congress will be conducted online in July, 2022. See http://iaccp2022.com.

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.

Research Grants

IACCP gives research grants for small projects conducted by members. For information, click here.

Code of Conduct

The new IACCP Code of Conduct is here.

Meeting Minutes

VIEW HERE

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.

Images of some past Executive Councils

Officers

Colleen Ward
Past-President
2022-2024

School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand

colleen.ward@vuw.ac.nz

Zeynep Aycan
President-Elect
2022-2024

Koç University

Istanbul, Türkiye

William K. Gabrenya
President
2022-2024

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

Jason Young
Treasurer
2020-2022

City University, New York
USA

treasurer@iaccp.org

Johnny Fontaine
Deputy Secretary-General
2022-2024

Ghent University

Belgium

Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Chair, Communication and Publications Committee
2018-2022

Grand Valley State University
Michigan, USA

friedlmw@gvsu.edu

Martina Klicperova
Co-opted member for the 2020 IACCP
International Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Institute of Psychology
Czech Academy of Scineces

klicperovabaker@gmail.com

Historical List of Officers (all devices)

Historical List of Officers (full screen)

Regional Representatives

Mustapha Achoui
MENA Observer
2018-2022

Professor of Psychology and Management
Arab Open University
Kuwait

Mustafait@hotmail.com

Emma Buchtel
Regional Representative - East Asia
2020-2024

Education University of Hong Kong

emma.buchtel@gmail.com

Jaimee Stuart

Regional Representative - Insular Pacific

Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

j.stuart@griffith.edu.au

Jessica McKenzie
Regional Representative - North America
2022-2024

Fresno State University, USA

jmckenzie@csufresno.edu

Christin-Melanie Vauclair
Regional Representative, Europe
2022-2024

Lisbon University Institute, Portugal

melanie.vauclair@gmail.com

Andrian Liem
Regional Representative, Southeast Asia
2022-2024

Monash University Malaysia

andrian.liem@uq.net.au

Michael Weinstock
Regional Representative, North Africa and the Middle East
2022-2024

Ben Gurion University, Israel

micwein@bgu.ac.il

Harrun Garashi
Regional Representative Central and Southern Africa
2020-2024

Pwani University, Dept of Social Sciences

h.garrashi@pu.ac.ke

Raquel Hoersting
Regional Representative, North America (Canada)
2022-2024

University of Prince Edward Island
Canada

rhoersting@upei.ca

Ihuoma Faith Obioma
Student Representative
2022-2024

Goethe University, Germany

if.obioma@gmail.com

Mariano Rosabal-Coto
Regional Representative, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
2022-2026

Psychology Faculty, Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica

mrosabal@gmail.com

Nicolas Geeraert
Regional Representative - Europe
2020-2024

Department of Psychology
University of Essex

geeraert@essex.ac.uk

Shagufa Kapadia
Regional Rep - South Asia
2022-2024

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda -
India

shagufa@gmail.com

Alex English
Special Representative - Early Career
2020-2024

Zhejiang University

AlexEnglish84@gmail.com

Claudio Torres
South America Regional Rep
2022-2024

Department of Social and Work Psychology, University of Brasilia
Brazil

claudio.v.torres@gmail.com

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.

Historical List of Regional Reps (all devices)

Historical List of Regional Reps (full screen)

List of nations assigned to regions (2011)

Guidelines for Regional Representatives