Recognition for Scholarship - International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Early Career Award

Early career researchers’ 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 researchers at an early stage of their careers for their outstanding contributions to knowledge generation, dissemination and application for cross-cultural psychology primarily through research, but also through teaching of cross-cultural psychology and service to the field given the available opportunities.

Eligibility

Award Procedure

One award may be given every two years during a Biennial Congress.

The award consists of the following:

1. A certificate and a grant of USD1500 to contribute to the cost of attendance at the Congress at which the award is given, as well as a waiver of the Congress registration fee.

2. Recipient’s contribution to cross-cultural psychology is to be featured and publicized in a suitable forum of IACCP.

3. Recipient must attend the Congress and give a plenary presentation, which is to be scheduled at a suitable time during the Congress.

Application Procedure

To nominate an awardee, a nominator must electronically submit the following items to the chair person of the Award Selection Committee chair.

1. A letter of nomination by a member of the IACCP (two pages maximum length). The nominator may not be the nominee’s former supervisor. ) The letter should state the nominator’s relationship with the nominee, and reasons for nomination including the nominee’s most notable contributions to cross-cultural psychology. Please use the form attached.

2. A brief biography of the nominee (500 words maximum length).

3. The nominee’s current vita including the past educational history, employment history, prior awards or honors received, and full list of publications.

4. No more than five reprints representative of the nominee's contributions.

5. Supporting materials (two pages maximum) to document the nominee’s contribution to the teaching of and service to cross-cultural psychology. They normally take the form of documented activities such as the provision of workshops, organization of symposia, development of extensive teaching materials, publication of textbooks, and the like. Supporting letters written by an appropriate person from the nominee’s institution (e.g., department head) are also considered.

6. Submit applications to the Immediate Past President of IACCP - Colleen Ward

7. Self-nominations are accepted after consultation with the Chair of the Standing Committee on awards

Deadline

End of February in years of the Biennial Congress

Nomination Forms

Honorary Fellows of IACCP

John W. Berry	Walter J. Lonner
Deborah L. Best	David Matsumuto
Michael H. Bond	Ruth H. Munroe
Jerome Bruner	Charles E. Osgood
John L. M. Dawson	Janak Pandey
James Georgas	Ype Poortinga
Michelle Gelfand	Marshall Segall
Patricia Greenfield	Shalom Schwartz
Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero	Durganand Sinha
Geert Hofstede	Peter B. Smith
Gustav Jahoda	Harry C. Triandis
Cigdem Kagitcibasi	Fons van de Vijver
Daphne M. Keats	Colleen Ward
Heidi Keller	Herman Witkin

Nomination

The biennial congresses of IACCP provide an occasion on which one or more Honorary Fellowships can be awarded to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of cross-cultural psychology through scholarship, through the work of the Association, or both. Nominations will be considered by the Standing Committee on Awards. Nominations are now invited for Awards to be made at the 2024 congress of the Association

Nominations can be made by any current member of the Association and must be supported in writing by at least two other persons who are current members of the Association. Referees from outside the IACCP membership may also be used but are not mandatory. The nomination must be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae, together with a summary statement of support for the nominee and reasons for the nomination.

Completed nominations together with the associated supporting statements should be sent to Colleen Ward (Colleen.Ward@vuw.ac.nz) by 28 February 2024. Normally, the nominee is not informed of the fact that she or he is being nominated.

Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award

The purpose of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology is to promote and facilitate research in the areas of culture and psychology. The IACCP believes that it is important to encourage high quality intercultural research at the predoctoral level. The Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award is intended to honor and reward good research and to advance the early careers of dedicated researchers. Support for the award is provided by the Harry and Pola Triandis Fund that was established in 1997 (see Bulletin, June, 1997).

Prize

Criteria for Submission and Deadlines

Your doctoral thesis (dissertation) must be relevant to the study of cross-cultural/cultural psychology, have scholarly excellence, innovation and implications for theory and research, and methodological appropriateness. Doctoral theses eligible for an award must have been completed (as defined by your university) between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023.
Submissions must be received by the IACCP Deputy Secretary/General by December 10, 2023 (deadline extension)
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Application Procedure

Please submit a 1500-word abstract of the doctoral thesis in English. The abstract must contain no information that identifi es the applicant, thesis supervisor, or institution. The abstract must include detailed theory, method, results, and implications for the field. The abstract must be submitted via email attachment, using a common word processing fi le format such as MicrosoftWord, or RTF.

A letter from the thesis advisor certifying the university acceptance date of the thesis must be included. This letter must be sent directly from the supervisor to the Deputy Secretary-General. The application cover letter must include complete applicant contact information, including an address or addresses through with the applicant can be contacted during the evaluation process, including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Following a preliminary evaluation, fi nalists will be asked to send copies of their complete doctoral thesis in English, to the evaluation committee.

Application materials should be sent to:
Prof. Sophie D. Walsh, Deputy Secretary-General, IACCP
walshs@biu.ac.il

Previous Winners

Click on the award winners to see stories they wrote describing their research:

2000 - Candan Ertubey, University of Luton, United Kingdom

2002 - Samar Zebian, American University of Beirut, Fran Brew, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia

2004 - Judit Arends-Tóth, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

2006 - Arief Darmanegara Liem, National University of Singapore

2008 - Randal Horton, University of Chicago

2010 - Emma Buchtel, University of British Columbia, Canada

2012 - C.-Melanie Vauclair, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand

2014 - Michael Boiger, University of Leuven, Belgium,

2016 - Jia He, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Title: The General Response Style From A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Supervisor: Fons van de Vijver

2020 - Alexander Kirschner-Hausler, University of Leuven, Belgium: “The Relationality of Feelings: A cultural comparison of affective patterns in Western and East-Asian relationships”

2022 - Kongmeng Liew, Kyoto University, Japan: "“Applications of Machine Learning in Exploratory Approaches to Cultural Psychology”

2024 - Momoka Watanabe: “Kokoro no Kenko: Understanding Mental Health Beliefs from a Culturally Grounded Perspective Using a Mixed-Methods Approach in Japan and Canada”

The Walter J. Lonner Distinguished Lecture Series

The Walter J. Lonner Distinguished Invited Lecture Series was created in 2004 in appreciation of the contributions of Walt Lonner to the discipline, including his founding, in 1970, of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

The Lecture is delivered at the biennial International Congresses of IACCP. Previous lecturers include:

2022 online: Pippa Norris

2020 (in 2021 online): Ara Norenzayan

2018 Guelph, Ontario, Canada: Sandra Jovchelovitch

2016 Nagoya, Japan: Lawrence Kirmaier

2014 Reims, France: Daniel Everett

2012 Stellenbosch, South Africa: Scott Atran

2010 Melbourne, Australia: Lawrence Harrison

2008 Bremen, Germany: Michael Tomasello

2006 Spetses, Greece: Gustav Jahoda

Outstanding Service Award

The Outstanding Service Award has been established to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the Association’s organizational goals and development, including but not limited to IACCP events, functions, administration, and external relations.

Eligibility

Nominees must be Members of the Association. Current members of the EC (officers, regional representatives, special representatives), are normally not eligible for the Award until they leave the EC. However, the Committee may accept nominations for current EC members under the following conditions: (1) with the goal of presenting the Award in a timely manner, the EC vote must take place at a point when the recipient is in the first term of an office that allows two consecutive 4-year terms; (2) the Award is for service to the Association outside of the recipient’s official role on the EC; and (3) to eliminate the appearance of self-dealing, (a) no member of the Committee may receive the Award and (b) the recipient may not participate in the EC’s vote on the Award.

Nomination Procedure

Nominations may be made by any Member of the Association and shall be sent to the chair of the Standing Committee on Awards. The nominee is not typically informed of the nomination. The nomination must be accompanied by a statement of the nominee’s contributions to the Association and sent to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Awards (the Immediate Past-President). This year (2024) is the first time the Award has been offered. The nominations should be sent to Colleen Ward by 28 February.
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Award Procedure

The Standing Committee on Awards may determine how to interpret “outstanding service,” i.e., the extent to which the service to the Association is unusually large. The Committee may decide to bring a nomination to the EC if it deems that the chance of approval is high. If the committee decides that the nomination is unlikely to be approved by the EC, the nominator but not the nominee will be informed. If the nomination is approved by the EC, the nominee is informed of the decision, and it is publicized through Association media.