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.

Other Conferences with an Intercultural Focus

2013:

March 14-15, 2013. The 14th Annual IMI Conference on Intercultural Relations.
Washington, D.C., USA

Featured keynote speakers:
Dr. Janet Bennett, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Intercultural Communication Institute
Bryan A. Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
www.imi.american.edu/conference

May 23-26, 2013 – Washington, DC, USA - 25th APS Annual Convention
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention

The APS Convention is the premiere international meeting solely dedicated to psychological science, featuring special talks, symposia, and posters presenting the latest research across the entire field. The meeting is an excellent opportunity to meet distinguished scientists, learn about the latest research and methods, and network for tomorrow’s collaborations.

Call for Submissions Open Through 31 January 2013: APS's convenient online system includes opportunities to submit symposium and poster presentations.

Submit Now: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention/call-for-submissions

Featured Speakers: Ted Abel; Francisco Aboitiz; Deanna Barch; Pierre Barrouillet; Jennifer A. Bartz; John E. Bates; Roy F. Baumeister; Cedric Boeckx; Denny Borsboom; John T. Cacioppo; Valérie Camos; Tamlin S. Connor; Geoff Cumming; Marleen de Moor; Eric Eich; Richard Emsley; Michael Fanselow; Susan T. Fiske; Michael S. Gazzaniga; Morton Ann Gernsbacher; Fernand R. Gobet; Alicia A. Grandey; James J. Gross; Eddie Harmon-Jones; Ralph Hertwig; Larry V. Hedges; Leslie K. John; Wendy Johnson; Daniel Kahneman; Robert M. Kaplan; Shinobu Kitayama; Gary Lewis; Lynn Liben; Elizabeth F. Loftus; Sebastiaan Mathôt; Brian Nosek; Hal E. Pashler; Elizabeth A. Phelps; Tinca J.C. Polderman; Henry L. Roediger, III; Guillaume A. Rousselet; Rebecca Saxe; Uri Simonsohn; Barbara A. Spellman; Joseph E. Steinmetz; Richard M. Suzman; Yi-Yuan Tang; Sombat Tapanya; Jelte M. Wicherts

Latest Speaker List: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention/2013-convention-speakers

Registration Information: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/convention/registration.cfm

More APS Convention Information: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention

June 20-22, 2013. Regional conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Los Angeles, California.

Conference theme: "Culture in Psychology: Variation Within and Across National Borders.
Conference Website: http://www.iaccpla2013.org Submit to IACCP LA 2013

July 15 to 19th, 2013. The XXXIV Congress of the Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP).
Brasilia, Brazil.
www.sip2013.org

August 29-30- Intercultural vs. Multicultural Education: The End of Rivalries?, Helsinki

August 21-24. 10th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
http://aasp2013.psikologi.ugm.ac.id