Join the global psychology community at the 32nd International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), taking place July 8-12, 2030 in Zurich, Switzerland. Connect with colleagues from around the world, share knowledge, and help shape the future of applied psychology. Additional details, including... Continue Reading
🌎 Now Available: The Latest Issue of Applied Psychology Around the World 📖 Why do people sometimes choose not to know? The newest issue of Applied Psychology Around the World explores the fascinating concept of deliberate ignorance: the decision to avoid information because it may be... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, For years, I thought I understood what Milt meant. Milt Hakel has been a friend and mentor for a long time. We've shared many conversations about psychology, leadership, our profession, and life more generally. Every so often, I'll remember... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, Nearly three decades ago, my doctoral advisor, Mike Coovert, gave me four words of advice that I've never forgotten: Search for disconfirmatory information. At the time, I thought he was talking about doing good research. Over the years, I've... Continue Reading
The call for abstracts for the 2027 Early Career Marathon is now open! Click here for more information. Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, Think back to May of 2023. May 30th, to be exact. Where were you? What were you doing? Depending on what you were working on at the time, that date may stand out clearly in memory. Or it may have felt like a completely ordinary day. If you... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, There is a brief period each year when scheduling international meetings becomes more complicated than usual. It has to do with daylight saving time. Clocks change in some places but not others, and not on the same schedule. For a few weeks,... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, I was just on a 12-hour road trip with my two favorite octogenarians. As we made our way down the road, Doris Day blaring through the speakers, the landscape kept changing. Snow and ice along mountain edges gave way to early signs of spring.... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members, I am writing this from an airport. Airports are remarkable places. Within a few meters, you can hear multiple languages. Screens track departures to cities across continents. Thousands of people move past one another every hour, each headed... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Maybe you’ve had this experience. An international conference approaches, travel plans begin to take shape, and suddenly you find yourself checking something you haven’t thought about in a while: your passport. I had that moment recently, and it got... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Dear IAAP Members,If you have ever been on a long trip, you know the moment. You’re in motion. The snacks are half gone. The destination is not exactly far, but it’s not close either. Then a familiar question arrives, maybe from the back seat, maybe from... Continue Reading
MESSAGE FROM PROF. LORI FOSTER Understanding What We Cannot See Dear IAAP Members, The other day, my three-year-old picked up a stick and declared it a magic wand, capable of making the invisible visible. It made me smile, and it made me think. “Psychologists have that kind of power... Continue Reading
