International Union of Psychological Science
| International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) |
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| purpose | international umbrella organization of national psychology associations, association for the promotion of scientific psychology |
| Chair: | Pam Maras |
| Executive Director: | Ann Watts (General Secretary) |
| Establishment date: | 17th July 1951 |
| Number of members: | 89 national organizations (2019), 24 affiliates (2019) |
| Seat : | Montreal , Canada |
| Website: | iupsys.net |
The International Union of Psychological Science ( IUPsyS ) is the international umbrella organization of national psychology associations, an association for the promotion of scientific psychology .
Organization and tasks
Members of the IUPsyS are 89 national psychology associations, for Germany the Federation of German Psychological Associations , for Switzerland the Swiss Society for Psychology and for Austria the Federation of Austrian Psychological Associations . Only one association is accepted per country. There are also 24 regional or national scientific organizations that are "Affiliate Members" (as partner organizations) in the IUPsyS.
Since 1952 it has been a member of the umbrella organization " International Council for Science (ICSU) ". She is also a member of the " International Social Science Council (ISSC) ".
According to Article 6 of the Statute, the objectives of the IUPsyS are:
- To improve and promote the development of the science of psychology and the profession of psychologist.
- Exchange of ideas and scientific information between psychologists from different countries.
- Organize the International Congresses of Psychology and other events on topics of general or special interest in psychology.
- to disseminate psychological knowledge through journalistic activity.
- promote the exchange of publications and other communications between different countries.
- Promote excellence in standards for the education, training, research and applications of psychology.
- Encourage the development of psychological scientists and national associations through capacity building measures.
- Promote international exchange, especially among students and young researchers.
- Cooperation with other international, regional and national organizations on issues of mutual interest.
The IUPsyS publishes a magazine, "The International Journal of Psychology" (IJP), which was founded in 1966. There is also an online portal "Psychology Resources around the World", where current information, overviews and links to psychologists around the world are given.
Executive Committee 2018 to 2020
- Pam Maras, President, Great Britain
- Saths Cooper, Past-President, South Africa
- Ann Watts, Secretary General, South Africa
- Chee Leong Goh, Treasurer, Malaysia
as board members ("officers"), as well as 10 other persons as members of the executive committee, furthermore the editors of the International Journal of Psychology and Psychology Resources auround the World . 9 people are lifelong honorary members of the Executive Committee.
history
The society emerged from the International Congresses for Psychology, which have taken place regularly since 1889. In the beginning there was a standing committee which coordinated the orientation and programming of the congresses. In 1905 the committee already had 16 member countries and 76 representatives. From 1932 (10th Congress) an executive committee with 7 members and a secretary was appointed as general representative. Its first secretary was the Swiss Édouard Claparède until his death in 1940, after which the American Herbert S. Langfeld took over.
1948 was on the XII. Congress in Edinburgh passed the resolution to found the society, 1951 for the XIII. Congress in Stockholm, the founding was completed - 11 national associations were founding members, another 9 were added in the course of the year. The name was International Union of Scientific Psychology until 1965.
President of the IUPsyS
The following people have presided over the Society since its inception:
- 1951–1954 Henri Piéron , (France)
- 1954–1957 Jean Piaget (Switzerland)
- 1957–1960 Albert Michotte (Belgium)
- 1960–1963 Otto Klineberg (USA)
- 1963–1966 J. Drever (Great Britain)
- 1966–1969 Paul Fraisse (France)
- 1969–1972 RW Russell (USA)
- 1972–1976 J. Nuttin (Belgium)
- 1976–1980 A. Summerfield (Great Britain)
- 1980–1984 Friedhart Klix (GDR)
- 1984–1988 WH Holtzman (USA)
- 1988–1992 MR Rosenzweig (USA)
- 1992–1996 Kurt Pawlik (Germany)
- 1996–2000 G. d'Ydewalle (Belgium)
- 2000–2004 M. Denis (France)
- 2004–2008 JB Overmier (USA)
- 2008–2012 Rainer K. Silbereisen (Germany)
- 2012–2018 S. Cooper (South Africa)
- 2018–2020 P. Maras (Great Britain)
International Psychology Congresses
The first congress was initiated by Julian Ochorowicz (Privatdozent as Lemberg), who called for it in 1881 in the journal published by Théodule A. Ribot .
Congresses before establishing an international company
- I. Paris 1889 ( Jean Martin Charcot , Théodule A. Ribot )
- II. London 1892 ( Henry Sidgwick )
- III. Munich 1896 ( Carl Stumpf )
- IV. Paris 1900 ( Théodule A. Ribot )
- V. Rome 1905 (Giuseppe Sergi, Honorary President Leonardo Bianchi )
- VI. Geneva 1909 ( Théodore Flournoy )
- VII. Oxford 1923 ( Charles S. Myers )
- VIII. Groningen 1926 (Gerardus Heymans)
- IX. New Haven 1929 ( James McKeen Cattell )
- X. Copenhagen 1932 ( Harald Höffding , Edgar Rubin )
- XI. Paris 1937 ( Henri Piéron , Honorary President: Pierre Janet )
- XII. Edinburgh 1948 (James Drever Sr.) Decision to found the international company
- XIII. Stockholm 1951 ( David Katz ) Statutes of the international society adopted
Congresses of the International Union of Scientific Psychology - from 1965 International Union of Psychological Science
- XIV. Montreal 1954 (Edward A. Bott, Edward C. Tolman )
- XV. Brussels 1957 (Albert Michotte)
- XVI. Bonn 1960 ( Wolfgang Metzger , Honorary President: Karl Bühler )
- XVII. Washington 1963 ( Otto Klineberg , Honorary President: Edwin G. Boring )
- XVIII. Moscow 1966 ( Alexej N. Leontjew )
- XIX. London 1969 (George C. Drew)
- XX. Tokyo 1972 (Moriji Sagara)
- XXI. Paris 1976 (Paul Fraisse)
- XXII. Leipzig 1980 ( Friedhart Klix )
- XXIII. Acapulco 1984 (Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero)
- XXIV. Sydney 1988 (Peter Sheehan)
- XXV. Brussels 1992 (Paul Bertelson and Géry d'Ydewalle)
- XXVI. Montreal 1996 (David Bélanger)
- XXVII. Stockholm 2000 (Lars-Göran Nilsson)
- XXVIII. Beijing 2004 (Quicheng Jing)
- XXIX. Berlin 2008 ( Peter A. Frensch )
- XXX. Cape Town 2012 (Saths Cooper)
- 31. Yokohama 2016 (Kazuo Shigemasu)
- 32nd Prague 2020 (Stanislav Štech)
- 33rd Rio de Janeiro 2024 (Jesus Landeira-Fernandez)
Other international organizations (psychology)
Web links
- Homepage of the IUPsyS
- Psychological resources on psychology and the conferences in the field of psychology
Individual evidence
- ↑ Governance on iupsys.net
- ^ List of members
- ↑ Directory of Affiliates
- ^ Homepage of the IJP
- ^ Psychology Resources around the World An up-to-date and authoritative source for Information, Overviews, and Links to Psychology around the world Homepage
- ^ Board of the IUPsyS
- ↑ Rosenzweig, MR, Holtzman, W., Sabourin, M., & Bélanger, D. (2000): History of the International Union of Psychological Science. Psychology Press.
- ↑ history on iupsys.net
- ↑ UPsyS Officers and EC 1951-Present on iupsys.net
- ^ Ochorowicz, Julian (1881): Pour un congrès international de psychologie. Revue Philosophique, 12, 1-17
- ↑ Schönpflug, W., Lüer, G (2011): Psychology in the GDR: Science between ideology and pragmatism.