International Union of Psychological Science

The International Union of Psychological Science, abbreviated IUPsyS or the Union, is the global umbrella organization for psychology. The Unions president is Saths Cooper of South Africa, and the vice-president is Tor Levin Hofgaard of Norway both of which were elected in 2012.

Founded in 1950, IUPsyS represents around one million psychologists worldwide. It is composed of 82 National Members ^[1] (national psychology organizations or coalitions of national psychology organizations, one per country), and 17 affiliate or special liaison organizations. Together, these organizations represent the large majority of organized psychology today.

The overall mission ^[2] of IUPsyS as specified in its statutes ^[3] is the development, representation and advancement of psychology as a basic and applied science regionally, nationally, and internationally. This is accomplished through a variety of activities including quadrennial international congresses (the IUPsyS is the sponsor of the International Congress of Psychology), regional conferences, and workshops; publications; capacity building; development of standards; promulgation of policy; and information dissemination.

IUPsyS operates according to a strategic plan.^[4] IUPsyS is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU),^[5] the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and is accredited with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations (ECOSOC and DPI).

The International Journal of Psychology (IJP)^[6] is the official journal of the IUPsyS, published by Psychology Press. It provides articles and reviews in every domain of psychology and informs the international community about issues of common interest in its International Platform Section.

The IUPsyS website^[7] provides information about IUPsyS and its activities. IUPsyS hosts Psychology Resources Around the World,^[8] a web portal with information on the organizations and structure of psychology in 190 countries, and links to psychology information and resources around the world. Other publications include a news Bulletin, Newsletter, informational brochures, and books including a History of the Union, the International Handbook of Psychology, and an international compendium of Psychological Concepts.

The activities undertaken by the IUPsyS are generally organized through its three Standing Committees: Strategic Planning, Capacity Building, Publications and Communications, and their associated Work Groups.^[9]

The IUPsyS sponsors a variety of capacity building programs. These include: the biennial Advanced Research Training Seminar (ARTS) ^[10][11] program that provides training opportunities for scholars from low-income countries to learn about new and up-to-date methodologies and carried forward to their own research programs and to other psychologists in their home communities; capacity building workshops at Regional Conferences of Psychology,^[12] and topic-driven capacity building workshop series. In 2012 the IUPsyS is sponsoring a capacity building workshop on the Asian-Pacific region.^[13]

The IUPsyS also supports cooperation and exchange among members of the world community of psychologists through regular communication with its National Member organizations, in the biennial meetings of the Assembly of the Union, and through its web and print publications.

Conferences & Presidents ^[14]

Nr.	Year	Conference		Chaired	Term	President
32.	2020	Prague	Czech Republic		2020-2024
31.	2016	Yokohama	Japan	Kazuo Shigemasu [15]	2016-2020	Pam Maras	United Kingdom
30.	2012	Cape Town	South Africa	Saths Cooper	2012-2016	Saths Cooper	South Africa
29.	2008	Berlin	Germany	Peter A. Frensch	2008-2012	Rainer K. Silbereisen	Germany
28.	2004	Beijing	China	Quicheng Jing	2004-2008	Bruce J. Overmier	United States
27.	2000	Stockholm	Sweden	Lars-Göran Nilsson	2000-2004	Michel Denis	France
26.	1996	Montréal	Canada	David Bélanger	1996-2000	Géry d'Ydewalle	Belgium
25.	1992	Brussels	Belgium	Paul Bert Elson & Géry d'Ydewalle	1992-1996	Kurt Pawlik	Germany
24.	1988	Sydney	Australia	Peter Sheehan	1988-1992	Mark R. Rosenzweig	United States
23.	1984	Acapulco	Mexico	Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero	1984-1988	Wayne H. Hotlzman	United States
22.	1980	Leipzig	East Germany	Friedhart Klix	1980-1984	Friedhart Klix	East Germany
21.	1976	Paris	France	Paul Fraisse	1976-1980	A. Summerfield	United Kingdom
20.	1972	Tokyo	Japan	Moriji Sagara	1972-1976	J. Nuttin	Belgium
19.	1969	London	United Kingdom	George C. Drew	1969-1972	R. W. Russell	United States
18.	1966	Moscow	Russia	Alexei N. Leontiev	1966-1969	P. Fraisse	France
17.	1963	Washington, D.C.	United States	Otto Klineberg	1963-1966	James Drever	United Kingdom
16.	1960	Bonn	West Germany	Wolfgang Metzger	1960-1963	O. Klineberg	United States
15.	1957	Brussels	Belgium	Albert Michotte	1957-1960	Albert Michotte	Belgium
14.	1954	Montréal	Canada	Edward A. Bott & Edward C. Tolman	1954-1957	J. Piaget	Switzerland
Conferences before naming IUPsyS:
13.	1951	Stockholm	Sweden	David Katz Statutes of the International Society	1951-1954	Henri Piéron	France
12.	1948	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	James Drever Sr., decision to establish the International Society
11.	1937	Paris	France	Henri Pieron
10.	1932	Copenhagen	Denmark	Harald Höffding & Edgar Rubin
9.	1929	New Haven	United States	James McKeen Cattell
8.	1926	Groningen	Netherlands	Gerardus Heymans
7.	1923	Oxford	United Kingdom	Charles S. Myers
6.	1909	Geneva	Switzerland	Théodore Flournoy
5.	1905	Rome	Italy	Giuseppe Sergi
4.	1900	Paris	France	Théodule A. Ribot
3.	1896	Munich	Germany	Carl Stumpf
2.	1892	London	United Kingdom	Henry Sidgwick
1.	1889	Paris	France	Jean M. Charcot & Théodule A. Ribot

Further reading

• Mark R. Rosenzweig et al., History of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), Psychology Press Ltd (2000), ISBN 0-203-98779-9

References

External links

• Official website