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International Academy for Intercultural Research

A professional interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the understanding and improvement of intercultural relations through world-class social science research
Established 1997

News Flash: The 2013 Conference flyer is availabe for download. Click here

Two articles by Anthony Marsella on American Culture: Available from the Downloads page. Click here to access the page

Kenneth Cushner enters Kent State's Hall of Fame Click here to read more

APA Award to Landis: Founding Academy Fellow, Dan Landis will be honored with the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. The award will be confered at the American Psychological Associations 2012 Conference in August in Orlando, Florida. For more information, click on this news item.

Early Career Award made: The Early Career Award honored Julie Spencer-Rogers of the University of California at Berkeley. The award was conferred at the Singapore Conference.

Outsanding Dissertation Award Made: The 2011 Rae and Dr. Dan Landis Outstanding Dissertation Award went to Jesse Olsen of Kwansei Gakun University, Japan.

Academy book being published: The first Academy Book, Handbook of Ethnic Conflict will be published in January, 2012 by Springer

Important paper published: Academy Fellow Fons J. R. van de Vijver has co-authored an article in October, 2011 issue of American Psychologist entitled "Toward a new approach to the study of personality in culture in personality."

New Editor for IJIR: Colleen Ward is appointed the Editor-in-Chief of IJIR effective January 1, 2012.

Registration for IAIR 2013 is now open!
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Lifetime Achievement Award

David Heise

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Dr. Linda Tip

Early Career Award

Dr. Melody Chao

Outstanding Book Award

Handbook of Ethnic Conflict

Featured Intercultural Researcher

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Book by Featured Intercultural Researcher

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Featured Intercultural Graduate Program

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Welcome to the website of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR)

IAIR is made up of scholars from many disciplines: Education, Anthropology, Management, Communication, Psychology, Sociologists, and Political Scientists as well as others. The Academy publishes the International Journal of Intercultural Relations,(founded in 1977) the leading journal in the field, convenes an international conference every two years (in odd numbered years), sponsors scholarly books and other activities. Membership is by application (click on the Membership tab above for more information about joining the Academy).

If the Academy interests you, take the time to explore our website and feel free to contact the Executive Director on the "Contact Us" page for any further information.

In the Recent Books window to the right, clicking on the image of a book will take you to the the page for the book at Amazon.com where you can not only order the book but also find additional information. To see the full list of books in Excel format, click here.

And, if this is your first time visiting our website, please leave a comment on the guestbook.

Many people, not necessarily members of the Academy, support its work in improving intercultural relations. One way is to contribute to the funds that honor distinguished work in the field. To donate to one of the funds, click here.

LINKS:

To see a list of intercultural conferences, click here

To see a list of intercultural organizations, click here

To see a list of intercultural businesses, click here