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Season’s Greetings, 2027 Conference, and new EC members

December 22, 2025 7:26 pm December 22, 2025 Dear AASP Newsletter subscribers, Season’s Greetings from the AASP! We are delighted to share an early glimpse of AASP 2027, our next Biennial Conference, to be held 6-8 August, 2027, at James Cook University’s Cairns Campus, Australia. Please click here (or the image below) to download the Seasons Greetings and first newsletter from the... View Article

Call for Submissions: Small Group Meeting & Two AJSP Special Issues

December 16, 2025 6:21 pm December 16, 2025 Dear AASP Newsletter subscribers,  We are pleased to send you two calls for applications:  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... View Article

AASP Newsletter November 2025

December 5, 2025 9:09 pm In the link below, please find the November 2025 AASP Newsletter, delightfully edited by regional representative Marc Chao. It includes an In Memoriam tribute to Prof. Li Liu, the President’s Message from Prof. Minoru Karasawa, reports and messages from the 2025 Conference and the 2023-25 executive committee members, and an invitation to attend the AASP 2027 conference... View Article

Passing of AASP President Professor Li Liu

November 1, 2025 5:44 pm It is with profound shock and sadness that we share the news that Professor Li Liu, President of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, passed away due to illness on October 29, 2025 at the age of 62. Professor Liu was born in November 1962 in Hailar, Inner Mongolia. He graduated from Beijing Normal University in... View Article

Multi-Journal Special Issue Project on Advancing the Interface between Research and Practice for Sustainable Development

April 26, 2025 11:30 am This multi-journal special issue project is one of the many legacies of our late colleague and friend, Professor James H. Liu. Deeply concerned about a world threatened by issues such as poverty, inequality, injustice, human rights violations, political instability, pandemics, water and food shortages, and climate change, James emphasized that academic silos are a luxury... View Article

Episode 17 of AJSP Podcast

November 15, 2024 11:09 pm Episode 17 of the AJSP Editors podcast is now live! In this episode, Dr. Angela Leung, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong discussed how we could better understand and promote global consciousness, a key concept that Dr. James Liu advocated as necessary for humanity’s future. This podcast nicely complements Dr. Liu’s last paper that will appear in... View Article

James Liu Memorial Award

September 12, 2024 10:08 pm The James Liu Memorial Award is endowed in memory of Professor James Liu. The Award is made possible through the generous funding of College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Australia, and School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand. Background The Small Group Meeting (SGM), titled “Social Psychology in Mental Health Studies: Showcase of Postgraduate... View Article