Arts Sponsors and Donors

The following organizations and institutions are gratefully acknowledged for their generous financial contributions that have made ARTS seminars possible in the years 2000-2008.  Without their assistance the excellent programs for ARTS would not have been possible.

Sponsoring Organizations:

  • International Union of Psychological Science
  • International Association of Applied Psychology
  • International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Contributing Organizations:

  • American Psychological Association
  • American Psychological Foundation
  • British Psychological Society
  • Canadian Psychological Association
  • Chinese Psychological Society
  • French Psychological Society
  • German Psychological Society
  • Japanese Psychological Association
  • Netherlands Institute of Psychologists (NIP)
  • Norwegian Psychological Association
  • The Royal Society (UK)
  • Singapore Psychological Society
  • Swedish Psychological Association
  • US National Academy of Science (USNC)
  • International Test Commission (ITC)
  • UNESCO (ISSC)
  • ICSU (IBRO)

Contributing Institutions:

  • University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA),Germany
  • University of Osnabrueck, Germany
  • University of Athens, Greece
  • National Autonomous University, Mexico
  • Tilburg University, Netherlands
  • National University, Singapore
  • University of Oxford, UK
  • University of London, UK
  • Educational Testing Service, USA (via ITC)
  • College Boards, USA (Via ITC)
  • Kent State University, USA
  • San Francisco State University, USA
  • University of Melbourne (2010)

Individual Contributors:

A special thanks is extended to the individuals who volunteered their time and expertise at substantial personal cost to make the ARTS seminars possible.

Seminar Conveners:

  • Jo-Ann Amadeo, The Close-Up Foundation, USA (2008)
  • Peter Bentler, University of California, Los Angeles (2008)
  • Barbara Byrne, University of Ottawa, Canada (2000, 2010)
  • Rolando Diaz-Loving, National Autonomous University, Mexico (2006)
  • Babette Fahlbruch, Germany (2002)
  • Mats Fredrikson, University of Uppsala, Sweden (2000)
  • James Georgas, University of Athens, Greece (2002)
  • Ronald Hambleton, University of Massachusetts, USA (2000, 2010)
  • Janet Harkness, Centre for Survey Research and Methodology, Germany (2004)
  • Stevan Hobfoll, Kent State University, Ohio and Summa Health System (2006)
  • Kenneth Hugdahl, University of Bergen, Norway (2000)
  • Carolin Demuth, University of Osnabrueck, Germany (2010)
  • Shihui Han, Peking University, Beijing, China (2010)
  • Dragus Illescu, University SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania (2010)
  • Heidi Keller, University of Osnabrueck, Germany (2000)
  • Stan Laes (University of Leiden, Netherlands (2004)
  • Rainer Lehmann, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (2008)
  • Walter Lonner, Western Washington State University, USA (2000)
  • Yina Ma, Peking University, Beijing, China (2010)
  • David Matsumoto (2002)
  • Peter Mohler, Centre for Survey Research and Methodology, Germany (2004)
  • Thomas Oakland, University of Florida, USA (2000, 2010)
  • Karl Magnus Petersson, Karolinska Hospital, Sweden (2000)
  • Jarl Risberg, Lund University, Sweden (2000)
  • Barry Ruback, Pennsylvania State University, USA (2004)
  • Norbert Tanzer, University of Graz, Austria (2000)
  • Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA (2008)
  • Fons van de Vijver, Tilburg University, Netherlands; North-West University, South Africa (2000, 2006)
  • Thomas S. Weisner, UCLA, USA (2008)
  • Bernard Wilpert, Free University, Berlin, Germany (2002)