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The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) condemns racism and discrimination in any form and at any level in a society and in an organization. We believe that a society or an institution that is based on preferential treatment, inequality, and privilege for some people at the expense of others is unjust and harmful. As…

We are happy to announce the results of the 2020 IACCP elections! Elected officers are:William Gabrenya President-electMárta Fülöp Secretary GeneralAnat Bardi Deputy Secretary General Elected Regional Representatives are:Gail Ferguson North America (US)Nicholas Geeraert Europe IIEmma Buchtel East AsiaJulie Lee Insular PacificHarrun Garrashi Subsaharan AfricaRegional Representatives from other regions continue their office term for another two…

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The IACCP now has two Facebook pages: “International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)” – for all IACCP members “IACCP Next Generation” – Sponsored by the IACCP Youth Group Click HERE to check out the new facebook group for IACCP! Join and help us add content, please! To join: Go to the group page, click on…

The largest conference in IACCP history begins on July 30 as about 1000 people open its 23rd Congress in Nagoya, Japan. The first keynote of the conference will be given by Edward Diener, ‚ÄúA Cross-Cultural View of Well-Being.‚Äù

The 2020 Congress will take place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, 28-31 July. For more information click here.

The election of officers and regional representatives is complete. Thanks to all members who voted in this election. Officer Results The new President-Elect is Colleen Ward of New Zealand. Saba Safdar, Canada, was re-elected to a second term as Deputy Secretary-General. (The Secretary-General, Marta Fulop, was not up for election this year. The Treasurer and…

The EC voted in Nagoya (2016) to fully professionalize its IT functions, turning development and maintenance of its website and membership systems over to a private company. A committee comprised of Fons van de Vijver, Marta Fulop, Sharon Glazer (replaced by the new Treasurer, Brigitte Armon) and Bill Gabrenya evaluated several vendors and technologies and…

The deadline for abstract submission, set in the 2nd Announcement for December 31, 2016, will be moved to January 15 2017 January 31, 2017. Our intention is to provide an opportunity to all colleagues for whom the 2nd Announcement’s short notice made it difficult to complete their proposals by the end of this month.   …

The Executive Council has issued a call for applicants for the position of Chair and Coordinator of IACCP Culture and Psychology School. The Call can be downloaded from this page. Applications are due to the Secretary-General, Marta Fulop, by July 1, 2017.

The Executive Committee recently approved a code of conduct and set of procedures involving its conferences. The draft statement can be downloaded here.

The Reims eBook, a peer-reviewed volume based on presentations at the Reims 2014 Congress, is now online at https://www.iaccp.org/ebooks.  Titled Unity, Diversity and Culture, it is the largest congress book published to date, with 80 chapters in addition to a Forward and Preamble by the conference organizers, Christine Roland-L√©vy and Patrick Denoux. The book includes 8…

The Nagoya Congress was a great success! You can see photos taken by the official photographer here: http://www.iaccp2016.com/iaccp2016-congress-photographs/ The conference PCO created a slide show video that was shown at the closing ceremony. The video is posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi01AJCEpGc

The 23rd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) will be held on July 30th-August 3rd, 2016 in Nagoya, Japan. Abstract submission is now open. To submit your abstract, please visit http://www.iaccp2016.com/call-for-papers/. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to February 21. We look forward to your submissions! PRESENTATION FORMATS: – Paper Presentation…

In preparation for the 2016 election of officers and regional representatives, we are making an open call for nominations.   The following officer positions are up for election this year: Please submit nominations for these positions.   President-Elect (2-year term; the person in this position automatically becomes President then Past-President) Secretary-General (4 year term; may…

The 22nd Congress of IACCP will be held in Reims, France, immediately following the International Congress of Applied Psychology in Paris. The organizer of the Congress is Christine Roland-L√©vy of the University of Reims. Please see the official Congress website at http://www.iaccp2014.com for additional information.

We are pleased to announce that the complete program and abstracts from the Los Angeles conference are now online, formatted for reading on a computer display or a tablet. Click on Conference eBooks in the left sidebar to access the page.

We are pleased to announce that the Stellenbosch Congress book, Toward Sustainable Development through Nurturing Diversity, edited by Leon Jackson, Deon Meiring, Fons van de Vijver, Erhabor Idemudia and William Gabrenya, is now available. The book includes 21 peer-reviewed chapters in five sections. It is published online in five formats for printing, reading on computer displays, and…

IACCP announced at its General Assembly on July 19 in Reims, France that it will hold its 2015 regional conference in San Crist√≥bol de la Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The conference will take place July 28-31 with workshops and opening reception on July 28. The conference will be organized by Ashley Maynard. Ashley presented a Powerpoint…

The Association is now collecting dues for 2015. Please pay your dues by January 9, 2015 so that you can continue receiving the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JCCP) without interruption. All current members will receive the first and second 2015 issues of JCCP, but only those who have paid their dues through 2015 by January…

Individuals or organizations are invited to submit bids for the 2017 regional conference of the IACCP and the 2018 international Congress. Proposals for the 2017 regional conference can be made for any region, although proposals for regions that we have not met in recently are more desirable. Please see the historical list of conferences on…

Following the conclusion of the 2014 election, we are pleased to welcome these new and returning members of the IACCP Executive Council: Officers: President-Elect: Fons van de Vijver, Netherlands Deputy Secretary-General (reelected): David Sam, Norway Regional Representatives: Europe Regional (seat 2) Representative: Aikaterini Gari, Greece Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Regional Representative (reelected):Alejandra del…

Ernest Eduard Boesch, a giant in the development of cultural psychology (the Saarbruecken School of Cultural Psychology), died on Saturday, 12 July.  Born 26 December 2016, he was mentor to many, including Paul Baltes and Lutz Eckensberger.  In 1958 he organized a small international conference in Bangkok.  It was probably the first conference dealing with…

Association for Psychology Science, International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-14 March, 2015) Integrative Science in the Study of Individuals in Their Cultural Context Chair: Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; North-West University, South Africa; and University of Queensland, Australia The symposium will provide a cutting-edge overview of integrative science…

IACCP invites proposals for hosting our 2019 regional conference and our 2020 international Congress. Please refer to the conference guidelines on the IACCP website at https://www.iaccp.org/drupal/conferences for details in preparing a preproposal.

   INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DIVISION (52) AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   Announcement and Criteria   Ursula Gielen Ursula Gielen (1916-1997, Germany) was vitally interested in the well-being of indigenous, persecuted, and poor people around the world, with a special emphasis on women and children.  Her legacy and commitment to international concerns and human welfare continues through her…

The deadline for the Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award is October 31. If you have recently completed a dissertation, please consider applying for the award.  If one of your students has completed one, please encourage him or her to apply. Additional information on this website is here: https://www.iaccp.org/drupal/node/318 Click on the attachment link for the…

Please submit applications for the Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award, to be given at the 2014 Congress of IACCP in Reims, France.  Click here to see information about the award, the application procedure, and a list of previous winners. Deadline: October 31, 2013 Send your application and inquiries to: Dr. David Sam, Deputy…

The curriculum, costs, and schedule for the Summer School have been finalized. Click here for details.

The 2012 election of officers and regional representativers is currently underway. The deadline to vote is March 30. Information about the candidates is posted on this website at http://iaccp.org/drupal/election To be eligible to vote, you must have joined IACCP before February 1, 2012 and you must be a paid-up member. Invitations to vote have been…

Applications are due November 15, 2013. Early career researchers‚Äô contributions are critical for the health and growth of cross-cultural psychology. Their research inspires not only more established researchers, but also sets a standard of excellence and provides examples for aspiring researchers.  An Award for Early Career Contributions to Cross-Cultural Psychology has been established to honor…

The 2013 IACCP Regional Conference will take place in Los Angeles June 20 – 22. For information, see the conference listing on this website and the conference website at: http://iaccpla2013.org

Academy of Management conference, Chicago, August 11, 2009 Harry Triandis will receive the Eminent Scholar in International Management Award from the Academy of Managment in Chicago on August 11, 2009.  He will deliver an address on culture and psychology, and self-deception across cultures, for which Kwok Leung and Chris Earley will be the discussants.

(SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 2009 Southeastern Europe Looking Ahead: Paradigms, Schools, Needs and Achievements of Psychology in the SEE Region (SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria   Update (February 2009)   The South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology (SEERCP2009) is scheduled to be held in Sofia from 30 October to 1 November 2009…

Bremen, Germany – July 2008 Honorary Fellowship conferred by The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology upon   Deborah L. Best, Professor, Wake Forest University, USA For more than three decades, Deborah L. Best has been a highly respected member of the family of cross-cultural psychologists and a significant contributor to the discipline of psychology.  She…

  The website for the 2012 Stellenbosch, South Africa biennial Congress is now live. See www.iaccp2012southafrica.co.za

Deadline for submissions extended to April 18, 2009 To be hosted by The University of Buea, Cameroon Organizers: Therese M. Tchombe & A. Bame Nsamenang Conference web site  

The membership approved the new IACCP Constitution in a referendum held in February and March 2011. The vote was 121 in favor with 6 abstentions.  The new Constitution provides for improved administrative processes, governance of JCCP and new IACCP publications such as Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, and Special Interest Groups. The Constitution is…

The scientific program is posted on the web: www.iaccp2011.org.   (click on the ‚ÄòScientific Program‚Äô from the main menu).

Call for abstracts / DUE: August 1 Special Issue on Religion and culture: Perspectives from cultural and cross-cultural psychology Guest editors: Vassilis Saroglou (Université catholique de Louvain) and Adam B. Cohen (Arizona State University) The Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology announces a call for submissions of paper proposals on religion and culture.  Religion is – at…

Bremen, Germany – July 2008 Honorary Fellowship conferred by The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology upon Peter B. Smith, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex, United Kingdom   This worthy recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from the IACCP began his cross-cultural journey after he had already established a reputation as an acute observer and analyst of…

The 2010 election of officers and regional representatives is completed.  The Executive Council decided in its 2008 Bremen meeting to move up the date of elections and announce the results as soon as possible so new EC members would be able to make plans to attend the two-day EC meeting the precedes each congress. We…

Shihui Han of Peking University (Èü©‰∏ñËæâ, Âåó‰∫¨Â§ßÂ≠¶ÂøÉÁêÜÁ≥ª) will be the editor.   For details see: http://www.springer.com/psychology/klinische+psychologie/journal/40167

The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2nd edition) is now online at Google Books. This edition was published in 1997 and had been out of print for a while. As a service to the scientific community, the editors have arranged to make it available online. Google Books provides full text search, which means that you can…

South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology 2009 (SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 2009 Southeastern Europe Looking Ahead: Paradigms, Schools, Needs and Achievements of Psychology in the SEE Region (SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria Update (February 2009) The South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology (SEERCP2009) is scheduled to be held in Sofia from 30…

Marshall Segall was names as an Honorary Fellow of IACCP at the 2010 Melbourne, Australia Congress.  Marshall was not able to travel to Australian to accept his honor. The text of his citation follows: — Marshall Howard Segall is a pioneer in the study of the relationship between culture and behavior.  As a student at…

The first editiorial board of the Online Readings in Psychology and Culture eBook has been named.  The new editor is Wolfgang Friedlmeier of Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA.  The Board includes: Michael Bender, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsChuck Hill, Whittier College, California, USAWalter Lonner (emeritus), Western Washington University, Bellingham, USAEmiko Kashima, La Trobe University, Melbourne,…

The PhD Regional Summer School is a new program sponsored by the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) to provide specialized training by experts, often from nations beyond participants‚Äô own nationalities. In addition to its educational benefits, the programme is designed to facilitate cross-cultural contact and understanding among future academic leaders and to broaden their…

Colleen wins Public Contribution Award; Ron wins Otto Klineberg Award Colleen Ward was presented with the Public Contribution Award by Victoria University of Wellington as “a result of her connection with many people and groups throughout academia, government, and the community”.   See:http://issues.co.nz/diversityissues/Blog/An+award+that+gets+at+the+heart+of+CACR Ron Fischer and Katja Hanke were given the 2010 Otto Klineberg Award by the Society…

Among the applied goals of cross-cultural psychology is the promotion of effective psychological and behavioral functioning in cultural, multicultural, and transcultural contexts. We therefore are pleased to issue this call for papers that will be considered for inclusion in a special issue with the tentative title, Cross-Cultural  Competence.  We encourage the submission of manuscripts that…

The programme for ARTS 2012 is now finalised, and the Announcement and Call for Participation is about to be launched. Three seminars will be offered in South Africa. Seminar 1: Coping with the Strains of Globalization: Culturally Appropriate Methods for Research on Health and Wellbeing (Convenors: Sonia Suchday and Oscar Barbarin) Seminar 2: Analyses of…

IACCP and ORPC Editor Wolfgang Friedlmeier are pleased to announce the launching of a new website for the Online Readings in Psychology and Culture. The site is at a new URL: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc The site is now hosted on the Grand Valley State University website using technology supplied by the University of California’s BePress system. The switch…

3rd Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience http://culturalneuroscience.isr.umich.edu/home.htm   July 9-20, 2012 Center for Culture, Mind, and the BrainUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan   Co-Directors: Shinobu Kitayama (kitayama@umich.edu)Carolyn Yoon (yoonc@umich.edu)  Application Deadline:  March 15, 2012 We invite you to apply to attend the third annual Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.…

The results of the 2012 Election are in! Officers President-Elect: Patricia Greenfield, University of California-Los Angeles, USA Secretary General: Willliam Gabrenya, Florida Institute of Technology, USA Deputy Secretary General: David Sam, University of Bergen, Norway Treasurer (an appointed position): Sharon Glazer, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, USA Continuing Officers: Kwok Leung, Hong Kong,…

We are proud to present the IACCP PhD Winter School, the second instalment of a new program sponsored by IACCP. We held the first Regional PhD Summer School in Istanbul, Turkey during the last Regional Conference in 2011. It was a major success, with 40 students from all over the world interacting and planning research.…

I would like to complete my archive of Bulletins (Newsletters), then digitize the entire collection for posterity.  I’m missing some issues from the 1990s, 1980s and 1970s.  If you have any of these issues, I would very much like to have them or borrow them for scanning. 1967 (no vol) #2, 3, 51972 (6) #1,…

The 2011 Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology is being hosted by the Bahamas Psychological Association (BPA), under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), with the collaboration of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP). CRCP 2011 is being organized to promote the…

NEW Abstract Submission Deadline:   February 4, 2011 Submission Categories include paper, poster and symposium. You are also encouraged to submit in the following categories: Round-table discussion: Consist of papers around a theme that will draw a focused audience. Authors will make very short presentations (5 minutes) and open the floor for interactive discussions. Teachers’ panel: Panel participants…

Center for Culture, Mind, and the BrainUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan July 18-29, 2011 http://culturalneuroscience.isr.umich.edu/home.htm Co-Directors:  Shinobu Kitayama (kitayama@umich.edu)Carolyn Yoon (yoonc@umich.edu) Application Deadline:  March 15, 2011 We invite you to apply to attend the second annual Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. SICN is a two-week program that…

The IACCP will hold its XX Congress from 7 July to 10 July, 2010 at the University Melbourne, Australia.  A day of workshops will be conducted on Wednesday 7 July, prior to the Wednesday evening Welcome Reception.  Workshops are included in the conference registration fee.  The formal Official Opening of the Congress will take place…

Lawrence Harrison, Director of the Cultural Change Institute at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, will deliver the 2010 Walter J. Lonner Distinguished Invited Lecture Series address in July, 2010 at the XX Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology to be held in Melbourne, Australia.   Professor Harrison has provided a reading list for those interested in his…