APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD Centennial Issue Celebrating 100 Years of IAAP January 2020 IAAP Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 1 ISSN: 2639-6521 APAW: Centennial Issue | January 2020 Table of Contents Editorial .................................................................................................................................................3 The First Hundred Years of IAAP Towards the Future ...........................................................9 More on 2020 Elections ...................................................................................................................13 Promoting IAAP Change and Development ............................................................................15 Membership in the International Association of Applied Psychology ............................19 International Congress of Applied Psychology .......................................................................22 Evolution of the IAAP Divisions ....................................................................................................23 The International Association of Applied Psychology at the United Nations ...............31 Psychology Day at the United Nations .......................................................................................49 The Role of Ethics in Addressing Current and Emerging Global Challenges ...............57 Future Challenges for Applied Psychology ..............................................................................66 Centennial Anniversary Flyer .........................................................................................................69 Centennial Congress of Applied Psychology Brochure ........................................................70 APAW Mission Statement ...............................................................................................................72 IAAP Board of Directors ...................................................................................................................73 Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 2, Issue 1 Editorial Pr. Dr. Christine Roland-Lévy, IAAP President (2018-2022) IAAP Wishes You a Wonderful Centennial Year! This first issue of Volume 2 of Applied Psychology IAAP could help to build a better future for all Around the World is our Centennial issue. It focus- thanks to the relevant use of applied psycholog- es on IAAP’s role and achievements during the first ical science. hundred years and its influence and projects for the The second product prepared for our Centennial coming hundred years… For this Centennial Anni- Anniversary is a Booklet with some of the key versary, we have prepared a series of products and events of IAAP as well as some of the Challeng- many events throughout the world, during the year! es Applied Psychology will be facing in the fu- ture. In this Booklet, one will find pictures of our The first production is a Book entitled Inter- Presidents, a timeline of our first hundred hears, national Association of Applied Psychology: A some key achievements and of course some of Centennial History 1920-2020 (published by Wi- our projects for the future we want! ley, 2020). This book has three co-editors: Helio We also have a special pin with our Centennial Carpintero, Rubben Ardila and Ana M. Jaco-Vile- logo; a Centennial leaflet that can be found lat- la, all three members of Division 18, our division er in this issue; along with some goodies (Note- dealing with the History of Applied Psychology. book, pens, etc.). In your name, I thank them very much for pro- viding this book which offers a fascinating sto- We have a series of special events during the ry about many pieces of the history of Applied Centennial Year, with various events in different Psychology during the first hundred years of the parts of the world, including in connection to the International Association of Applied Psychology, United Nations, in New-York, Geneva and Vienna IAAP, celebrating its Centennial Anniversary in where we have active teams working with the 2020. Important information is provided to help UN. IAAP will also celebrate throughout the year us understand how applied psychology emerged at various occasions with a special focus during as a discipline of its own. An exciting overview of the International Congress of Psychology in the congresses of Applied Psychology over time Prague (ICP), where we will have our first part of shows how moving around the globe significant- our Board of Directors (BoD) and what we hope ly contributes to the evolution of the discipline, will be a wonderful invited centennial reception. as well as to the development of Psychology as a The year will be concluded by our Centennial science and as a practice. Various chapters pres- Congress of Applied Psychology, CCAP, scheduled ent the key role of IAAP in terms of the teaching for December 13-17, 2020 in Cancun, Mexico. of psychology; the leading position IAAP took in The second part of our BoD, with our elections, the development of the Universal Declaration will take place during the CCAP. This congress is of Ethical Principles for Psychologists and the In- closing the first hundred years in a part of the ternational Declaration of Core Competencies in world where we have not been yet, even though Professional Psychology; and its very stimulating we have members from many of the countries in actions at the United Nations, as an NGO, contrib- Latin America... The CCAP will also open towards uting towards reaching the SDGs. An interesting the future… Make sure you attend this CCAP chapter presents how the 18 thematic Divisions which will be a wonderful way of celebrating! of IAAP emerged throughout time. This book is Abstract submissions and registration are now going from the past to the future showing how open: https://www.ccapcancun2020.com. Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 2, Issue 1 3 Editorial cont. As previously mentioned, we believe that the UN IAAP in 2020 International Psychology Day needed to become Today, IAAP is the oldest and largest international World Psychology Week to be celebrated each association of psychology, based on individual mem- year in our institutions, all over the world! This year, bership from about one hundred different countries World Psychology Week is to take place from April from all over the world. Its mission is succinctly stat- 20th to April 25th, 2020. Quite a few national Asso- ed in Article 1 of its Constitution: […] “to promote the ciations from many parts of the world have already science and practice of applied psychology and to fa- committed. Make sure YOU are a part of it! cilitate interaction and communication among applied As it is the first time it happens, the date of this years’ psychologists around the world.” World Psychology Week will be somewhat flexible as it has been announced quite late… IAAP’s Organization and Finances In a paper presented by IAAP Treasurer, Lourdes Mun- For our Centennial Anniversary, during the whole duate, one can find an interesting analysis of how to new year, we will organize as many celebration promote IAAP change and development, in relation events, including, as mentioned, during the ICP in to the role of finance transparency and reputation in Prague next July and also next December in Cancun IAAP effectiveness. Mexico. Other events will take place. For example, in Paris on April 24th and April 25th, we will celebrate Members in IAAP the World Psychology Week as well as IAAP’s Cen- tennial, along with the centennial of the first Insti- As our Secretary–General, Christina Sue-Chan, pres- tute of Psychology in France, jointly with the annual ents in a paper in this issue, IAAP members initially congress of the French Psychology Society (SFP), came from Europe. Following a period of steady with the French National Committee of Scientific growth in Europe, the IAAP began its expansion into Psychology, under the auspices of the Academy of North America. This growth has continued to other Moral and Political Sciences. More to come on this regions of the world as IAAP has followed the legiti- event and the many others to happen during our mization path of psychology in those regions. Centennial Anniversary. IAAP Divisions In this Centennial issue, following a brief historical The International Association of Applied Psychology Introduction many papers are presenting various is organized around 18 divisions focusing on specific aspects of our first hundred years and showing how social concerns. These divisions are examples of the they can influence our future. various field within which one can apply psycholo- gy and provide responses, help, and prevention for many persons and groups within society today: (1) Work and Organizational Psychology, (2) Psycho- logical Assessment and Evaluation, (3) Psychology and Societal Development, (4) Environmental Psy- chology, (5) Educational, Instructional and School Psychology, (6) Clinical and Community Psychology, (7) Applied Gerontology, (8) Health Psychology, (9) Economic Psychology, (10) Psychology and Law, (11) Political Psychology, (12) Sport Psychology, and (13) Traffic and Transportation Psychology, without for- getting Counseling Psychology (Division 16). Head Committee of IAAP at the 11th International Congress (Paris, 1953) Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 2, Issue 1 4 Editorial cont. The Divisions were introduced under the presidency in incorporating ethical considerations in addressing of Claude Lévy-Leboyer. The Divisions are numbered