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 2022 (PDF file)
Conferences
IACCP holds international Congresses every two years and regional conferences in most years. The next international Congress will be August, 2024.
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
![img_7311_ec_750w Most of the Executive Council at the Guelph Congress, 2018.](https://www.iaccp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_7311_ec_750w.jpg)
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
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Colleen Ward
Past-President
2022-2024
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
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Zeynep Aycan
President-Elect
2022-2024
Koç University
Istanbul, Türkiye
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William K. Gabrenya
President
2022-2024
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida USA
gabrenya@fit.edu
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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
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Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Chair, Communication and Publications Committee
2022-2026
Grand Valley State University
Michigan, USA
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Martina Klicperova
Co-opted member for the 2020 IACCP
International Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institute of Psychology
Czech Academy of Scineces
Regional Representatives
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Mustapha Achoui
MENA Observer
2018-2022
Professor of Psychology and Management
Arab Open University
Kuwait
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Emma Buchtel
Regional Representative - East Asia
2020-2024
Education University of Hong Kong
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Jaimee Stuart
Regional Representative - Insular Pacific
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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Jessica McKenzie
Regional Representative - North America
2022-2024
Fresno State University, USA
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Christin-Melanie Vauclair
Regional Representative, Europe
2022-2024
Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
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To be filled
Regional Representative, Southeast Asia
2022-2024
TBD
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Michael Weinstock
Regional Representative, North Africa and the Middle East
2022-2024
Ben Gurion University, Israel
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To be filled
Regional Representative Central and Southern Africa
2020-2024
TBD
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Raquel Hoersting
Regional Representative, North America (Canada)
2022-2024
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada
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Mabel Osnaya-Moreno
Regional Representative, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
2024-2026
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México
Mexico
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Nicolas Geeraert
Regional Representative - Europe
2020-2024
Department of Psychology
University of Essex
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Shagufa Kapadia
Regional Rep - South Asia
2022-2024
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda -
India
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Alex English
Special Representative - Early Career
2020-2024
Zhejiang University
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Claudio Torres
South America Regional Rep
2022-2024
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
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Michael Bender
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Purnima Singh
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Emma Buchtel
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Lusine Grigoryan
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Conference Committee
Investigates whether our conferences can be improved even more
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TBD
Chair
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William K. Gabrenya
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Emma Buchtel
The Knowledge Exchange Committee
Initiates online acitivies, e.g., chats, webinars, seminars, support groups
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TBD
Chair
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Nicolas Geeraert
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Mustafa Achoui
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Ihuoma Faith Obioma
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Takeshi Hamamura
The Language Committee
Works on making IACCP supportive in other languages
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TBD
Chair
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Klaus Boehnke
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Mustafa Achoui
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Claudio Torres
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Alex English
The Social Media Team
Publishes IACCP content via IACCP.org, YouTube and Twitter
Rachana Bhangaokar
Co-Chair
rachana.bhangaonkar-hdfs@msubaroda.ac.in
Miriam Sang-Ah Park
Co-Chair
miriam.park@ntu.ac.uk
Lauren Eales
Website publishing
Ihuoma Faith Obioma
Website publishing
Benjamin Voyer
YouTube Team
Josiane Zhang
YouTube Team
Niesya Ridhania Harahap
YouTube Team
Wolfgang Friedlmeier
Michael Bender
Vladimir Ponizowskiy
Frauke Goebel
Zeynep Nur Saruhanlioglu
Zoya Ziaali Mohammedi