Culture & Psychology (C&P) School

The Culture & Psychology (C&P) School is sponsored by the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) and held annually before the IACCP conferences. It is designed as an educational forum for doctoral and master's level students and early scholars, providing them with research-intensive and interactive learning experiences. Students have the opportunity to receive specialised training from renowned experts who integrate cultural aspects into fields of psychology.

The C&P School promotes the development of comprehensive research skills, fostering international collaborations, honing effective grant-writing skills, and mastering the intricacies of scientific manuscript analysis and preparation. The primary goal is to create a safe and productive environment that encourages networking and interaction among peers and faculty.

In addition, the C&P School strongly emphasises the practical application of research findings and emphasises the critical need for interdisciplinary collaboration. This academic endeavour serves as a critical precursor to the IACCP conferences and contributes significantly to advancing knowledge in cross-cultural psychology.

Names of committee members: Alex English (Chair), Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, Saba Safdar, Ariane Virgona and Marie Kollek, Student representatives.

Pre-Conference Training June 26th – 27th, 2025 Call for Instructors

Overview

The pre-conference training, sponsored by the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) and the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), is open to PhD and Master level students who are interested in the intersection of culture and psychology.

The pre-conference training provides a research-intensive and interactive experience for participants from various universities to learn from one another and to receive specialized training from experts in different fields that incorporate culture in their study of psychology.

The pre-conference training precedes the IAIR & IACCP joint conference, June 28th – July 1st 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (https://www.intercultural- academy.net/iair-iaccp2025)

IAIR & IACCP pre-conference training focuses on community engaged scholarship and supports the development of broad research skills, international collaborations, effective grant proposal writing, and preparation of scholarly manuscripts. Our goal is to stimulate networking and interactions with peers and instructors in a safe and productive environment. We also aim to emphasize the importance of the applied character of research and the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Program

Students will be able to choose two content streams from potentially 3 streams. Please note that all streams will be in-person. Instructors are asked to prepare 1 day (8 hours) of content that will have to be taught twice.

Instructors are encouraged to submit proposals to the following stream area. Please note these are some examples of the streams that the Organizing Committee has developed (modifications are welcomed).

 

Stream 1: Methodological and Research Design	Focus A: Quantitative Approaches ●  Core principles for ensuring validity and reliability in comparative research, including sampling strategies and measurement equivalence. ●  Techniques for addressing cultural bias, back-translation methods, and adapting instruments for cross-cultural contexts.
	Focus B: Qualitative Approaches ●  Thematic analysis, narrative inquiry, ethnography, and discourse analysis with applications to intercultural contexts. ●  Digital ethnography and the role of researcher identity, positionality, and power dynamics in cross-cultural research.
Stream 2: Rethinking Research and Meta- Research	Focus A: Systems Thinking and Participatory Methods ●  The interconnectedness of cultural, social, and ecological systems as a foundation for more holistic approaches to understanding intercultural dynamics. ●  Examining intercultural issues through participatory methods that enhance community voices and lived experiences.
	Focus B: Open Science and Meta-Research ●  Strategies to improve reproducibility and apply open science principles (e.g., pre-registration, data sharing, and open-access publishing) in cross-cultural research. ●  Meta-scientific methods such as systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
Stream 3: Skills Development Workshops	Focus A: Grant Writing and Career Pathways ●  Competitive proposals for cross-cultural and intercultural research funding. ●  Pathways for PhD students in academia, industry, NGOs, and policymaking with a focus on cross-cultural applications.
	Focus B: Writing, Ethics, and Synthesis ●  Develop skills for writing for non-academic audiences, such as blogs, opinion pieces, or public reports. ●  Techniques for combining findings from different cultures using meta-analysis and systematic reviews, including addressing challenges in cultural variability.

Timeline: February 20th, 2025 –Deadline for Instructor applications

Compensation: $400 USD payment, plus two days of accommodation, breakfast, and lunch.

Application and further info: To apply, please submit a cover letter outlining your chosen 1-day course, your motivation for wanting to be part of the pre-conference training, along with your curriculum vitae (CV). Send these documents to: cultureandpsychologyschool2020@gmail.com

Organizing Committee

Saba Safdar, University of Guelph, Canada

Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, University of Gdansk, Poland Alex English, Wenzhou-Kean University, China

Rui Zhang, Dickinson College, USA

Marie Kollek, Student Member, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Ariane Virgona, Student Member, La Trobe University, Australia

Luan Nguyen Huynh, Student Member, RMIT University, Vietnam

Hajar Soltan, Student Member, University of Guelph, Canada

Liliyana Mbeve, Student Member, University of Limerick, Ireland