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
Klaus Boehnke
President
2018-2020
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities
Jacobs University, Bremen
Bremen International School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
Germany
Fons van de Vijver
Past-President
2018-2020
Fons passed away unexpectedly in early June, 2019
Department of Psychology
Tilburg University
Tilburg 5000 LE
Netherlands
Colleen Ward
President-Elect
2018-2020
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
Márta Fülöp
Secretary-General
2016-2020
Institute for Psychology
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Victor Hugo utca 18-22
Budapest 1132
Hungary
+36-70-313-87
sec-gen@iaccp.org
Saba Safdar
Deputy Secretary-General
2018-2020
Department of Psychology, Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario
Canada
Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Chair, Communication and Publications Committee
2018-2022
Grand Valley State University
Michigan, USA
Regional Representatives
Moustapha Achoui
MENA Observer
2016-2020
Professor of Psychology and Management
Arab Open University
Kuwait
Minoru Karasawa
Regional Representative - East Asia
2016-2020
University, Nagoya
Japan
+81.90.2131.5691
mkarasawa@nagoya-u.jp
Regional Representative - Insular Pacific
This position is currently open
Adriana Manago
Regional Representative - North America
2014-2020
Department of Psychology, University of California-Santa Cruz
USA
Natasza Kossakowska
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
Deon Meiring
Central and Southern Africa Regional Rep
2016-2020
Department of Human Resource Management
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
+27 012 420 3846
meiringd@yebo.co.za, deon.meiring@up.ac.za
Valery Chirkov
Regional Representative, North America (Canada)
2018-2022
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Vladimir Ponizovskiy
Student Representative
2018-2020
Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Mariano Rosabal-Coto
Regional Representative, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
2018-2022
Psychology Faculty, Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica
mrosabal@gmail.com
Ayse Uskul
2016-2020
Regional Representative - Europe
University of Kent, UKUskul
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
Mostafa Zarean
Special Representative - Early Career
2018-2020
Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University Evin, Velenjak, Tehran Iran
982129903262
mostafazarean85@gmail.com
Claudio Torres
South America Regional Rep
2018-2022
Department of Social and Work Psychology, University of Brasilia
Brazil