October 18, 2019 7:18 pm
Professor Allan B. I. BernardoEditor, AJSP and Chair of AASP’s Research and Publication Committee The middle of 2019 brought several good news about the growth of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology (AJSP).In June, the 2018 CiteScores (3-year impact factors) published by Elsevier and Scopus showed the CiteScore of AJSP rising to 1.30, which is... View Article
October 18, 2019 7:12 pm
The Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association (KSPPA) held its biannual conference on May 25th at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea.A symposium, titled “Trends and Challenges of Research on Personal and Social Identity” included three presentations that gave an overview of identity research and discussed empirical research evidence.Two invited presentations introduced recent findings from field... View Article
October 18, 2019 6:54 pm
The 2019 AASP Summer School was held in July 07-10, 2019, at Institute of Ethnology (IOE), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. In total there were 36 applicants from different Asian countries and others (including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Japan, China, Marcus, Australia and Taiwan) who were exposed to edge-cutting and insightful lessons from five excellent international... View Article
October 18, 2019 6:39 pm
AASP-IALSP Workshop on “Narratives of Identity: Bridging the Divides” The Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) and the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) have a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding to exchange symposia at one another’s conferences. Links between leading scholars in the two organizations have deepened to the extent where “Narratives... View Article
October 18, 2019 6:32 pm
Serving the Underserved in the Tropics: Making a Difference with Positive Psychology On 29 June 2016 the United Nations celebrated the first ever International Day of the Tropics. The Tropics covers only 40% of the world’s surface area and is home to 40% of the world’s population, and 55% of the world’s children under... View Article
October 18, 2019 6:18 pm
AASP SGM “Wisdom Psychology” The First Small-Scale Group International Meeting on Wisdom Psychology, of which the theme is Diversity in Wisdom: Insights from Psychology, was successfully held in international lecture hall, the first floor of Tin Ka Ping south building in old campus of Nanjing normal university on October 27-28, 2018. The conference was hosted... View Article
October 18, 2019 6:10 pm
Professor Sylvia Xiaohua ChenHong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong It is my great honor to serve the Asian Association of Social Psychology as President-Elect. As I undertake my first task, putting together this issue of the newsletter in collaboration with its editor and South Asia regional representative Roomana N. Siddiqui, I find myself in a... View Article
October 18, 2019 5:27 pm
Professor Li LiuBeijing Normal University, China Currently AASP has 1309 members from various countries with maximum members from China (525), followed by Japan (166), Philippines (148), Indonesia (77) and South Korea (43). In the past 12 months, three Small Group Meetings (SGM) were funded by AASP. Organizers of these SGMs are encouraged to edit a... View Article
October 18, 2019 4:57 pm
The 13th Conference of AASP was held at Academia Sinica, Taiwan (July 11-13, 2019) on the theme “Consolidating the future of Culture-Oriented Psychology: Progress and achievements”. It was a well attended conference with more than 600 delegates from across 20 countries in attendance. The conference was supported financially by the Academia Sinica and Taiwan Ministry... View Article
September 6, 2019 4:19 am
Professor Minoru KarasawaNagoya University, Japan Dear Members of AASP It is my great privilege to serve the Asian Association of Social Psychology as its 15th President. I am thankful for this opportunity to carry on the legacy that past presidents and executive officers have built and developed, and to further our mission in the years... View Article
