December 16, 2025

Dear AASP Newsletter subscribers, 

We are pleased to send you two calls for applications: 

  1. Call for Applications: AASP-supported Small Group Meeting (Bali, July 2026)
  2. Call for Papers: Two special issues of AJSP call for papers
  1. Call for applications: Small Group Meeting (Bali, July 2026)

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite applications for the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) Small Group Meeting, Culturally Grounded Psychological Approaches to Pressing Community Challenges in Asia-Pacific, to be held 8–10 July 2026 in Bali, Indonesia.

This three-day meeting will bring together scholars whose work engages Indigenous, community-based, and culturally grounded approaches to psychology. We will examine how locally rooted knowledge systems can inform responses to pressing challenges in the Asia–Pacific region, including climate change resilience, community wellbeing, and social cohesion.

The program includes plenary talks, participant presentations, hands-on workshops (e.g., academic writing, community co-design), and structured opportunities for collaboration across countries and career stages. Early-career researchers and postgraduate students are especially encouraged to apply.

Meeting homepage:https://aaspsgm2026.uns.ac.id/
Application link:https://bit.ly/AASPApplication
Download the flyer here

Organisers:
Moh. Abdul Hakim, Ayu Okvitawanli, & Fadjri Kirana Anggarani (Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Takeshi Hamamura & Elizabeth Newnham (Curtin University)

  1. Call for papers: Two AJSP Special Issues

The Asian Journal of Social Psychology publishes high-impact original research in all areas of personality and social psychology from Asia and the rest of the world. As recently announced on the website, two special issues are currently calling for papers:

Call for papers: Special Issue on Decolonizing Social Psychological Theories in Asia: Reclaiming Culture, Context, and Collective Meaning
While social psychology has made profound contributions to understanding human behavior and social interaction, much of its conceptual and methodological foundation remains rooted in Euro-American assumptions about the self, agency, and social relations. As Asia undergoes unprecedented social, cultural, and technological transformations, there is a pressing need to interrogate how these imported theories translate—or fail to translate—within Asian contexts.
This special issue seeks to advance decolonial agenda for social psychology by repositioning Asia not merely as a site of data collection, but as a source of theoretical innovation and epistemic leadership. It calls for new frameworks, methods, and interpretations that reflect Asia’s diverse sociocultural systems, moral traditions, and relational worldviews. See here for more details. Full manuscripts due March 31, 2026.

Call for papers: Special Issue on Social Psychology of Artificial Intelligence in Memory of Professor Li Liu
It is with a profound sense of loss and deep respect that the Asian Journal of Social Psychology (AJSP) will publish a special issue dedicated to the memory of Professor Li Liu, a visionary scholar and a pioneering force in the social psychology of artificial intelligence. This special issue seeks to honour his enduring legacy by fostering the very scholarship he championed and pushing the boundaries of the field to which he so profoundly contributed. The guest editors (Mengchen Dong, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Jim Everett, University of Kent; Jianning Dang, Beijing Normal University) welcome new research on the social psychology of artificial intelligence for a special issue to be published in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology. You can read the full call for papers here. Abstracts due February 28, 2026.

Best wishes, 

Emma E. Buchtel
Secretary General
Asian Association of Social Psychology