Union News

• 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded to Neuroscientist and two Psychologists

  Publish Date: 6 Oct, 2014

  Saths Cooper, President of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), paid tribute to neuroscientist John O'Keefe and psychologists May‐Britt and Edvard I Moser for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering an inner GPS in the brain. O'Keefe's pioneering work in 1971 was...Read More

• Workshop on Psychological Intervention after Disasters (PIAD) in the Asia-Pacific Region Mianyang, Sichuan, China, December 8-11, 2014

  Publish Date: 20 Sep, 2014

  Deadline Extended to 20 October 2014 The overall aim is to use existing IUPsyS experience and its access to international scientific and applied expertise on resilience in the face of stressful and traumatic events to help researchers, educators and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region to increase their understanding of...Read More

• APA-IUPsyS Global Mental Health Fellowship

  Publish Date: 30 Aug, 2014

  Psychologists with research experience and leadership in areas related to the WHO Mental Health Action Plan are invited to consider a 1-year Fellowship working in Geneva, Switzerland at WHO headquarters in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. The final approval of funding for the program will be confirmed in...Read More

• New editor for the International Journal of Psychology

  Publish Date: 5 Feb, 2014

  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen as editor for the International Journal of Psychology (IJP). The IJP is the official journal of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) in consortium with more than 80 organisations of psychology around the globe. Together,...Read More

• Year End Message from President Saths Cooper

  Publish Date: 30 Dec, 2013

  Saths Cooper highlights the IUPsyS activities and impacts during 2013 in his year end messageRead More

• International Social Science Council

  Publish Date: 17 Oct, 2013

  IUPsyS was represented at the 29th International Social Science Council (ISSC) General Assembly that ended in Montreal, Canada on 12 October 2013 by President Saths Cooper, Secretary-General Ann Watts, and Treasurer Michel Sabourin. Left to Right - Michel Sabourin (Treasurer), Heide Hackman (Executive Director), Saths...Read More

• IUPsyS in Stockholm Sweden

  Publish Date: 2 Aug, 2013

  INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (IUPsyS)  MONTHLY BULLETIN (vol 5 no 8: August 2013) The IUPsyS Monthly Bulletin is for IUPsyS National Members, Affiliates, and related organizations, and their members. It provides brief updates on the work of the Union and related regional and international matters. This...Read More

• Congratulations to Dr Saths Cooper

  Publish Date: 26 Jun, 2013

  Congratulations to Dr Sathasivan (Saths) Cooper who was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Society at our 2013 Annual General Meeting, held in London this month.  Dr Cooper is a clinical psychologist with an impressive record of dissemination and public and policy engagement including over 150 peer reviewed papers,...Read More

• Publication of report of WHO IUPsyS survey

  Publish Date: 12 Jun, 2013

  Psychologists' perspectives on the diagnostic classification of mental disorders: Results from the WHO-IUPsyS Global Survey in International Journal of Psychology. Read MoreRead More

• Unions Executive Committee Annual Meeting

  Publish Date: 6 Jun, 2013

  The annual meeting of the Union’s Executive Committee took place in Yokohama, Japan, 25-28 May, generously hosted by the Organizing Committee for the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2016 and the Japanese Psychological Association. The Committee visited the venue for ICP2016, the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center,...Read More