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Message from the Division 52 President

The Society for Global Psychology, is the new label of Division 52 of the American Psychological Association (formerly International Psychology).  We aim to promote globally minded education, exchange, leadership, practice, research, study, service, and training activities that support conceptual depth, cultural responsivity, ecological validity, intellectual rigor, interdisciplinary collaboration, mutual understanding, personal and professional integrity, self-awareness, and kindness, compassion, and care for all.

We invite you to join us in our efforts to engage psychologists, not only from the United States, but from all parts of the world in advancing global inclusion and understanding in our profession.

This year promises many interesting activities of the division. We will continue to publish the quarterly newsletter with division news and also the journal International Perspectives in Psychology that is welcoming a new editor-in-chief, Brien Ashdown. In addition, the division is sponsoring a book series, Psychology in Action that has begun to solicit proposals.

Another initiative, led by Division 52 and funded by APA is a collaboration among seven different divisions of APA. We will design and deliver eight webinar-based conversation hours on the topic of Children and Adolescents of the Americas: Challenges, Strengths, Cultures, Interventions, and Policies. The project is based on recognizing that children and adolescents have cultural strengths that can be mustered to counter the difficult circumstances they encounter. Moreover, this geographical focus of the Americas is critical because Latin America and the Caribbean are severely under-represented in the psychological literature.

Our many committees are hard at work, sponsoring webinars, devising programs, and advocating. The committees include a special interest group on Human Rights, Peace, and Global wellbeing, a Committee on International Environmental Justice, the International Committee for Women, the Advocacy Committee, the Science Committee for International and Cross-cultural Research, and a working group to foster Global Dialogues. The Webinar and Social Media committees support and publicize their efforts.

Division 52 will also sponsor a vibrant program at the annual convention of APA, this year taking place in Washington DC. One highlight will be the Lynn Stuart Weiss lecture about working to achieve world peace – this year given by Fathali Moghaddam of Georgetown University.

Please join us for these activities and more. You do not have to be a member of APA to join the division. To join the Society for Global Psychology, click here.  If you would like to be more engaged in one of the Divison’s committees,  click here

Wherever you are in the world, I look forward to working with you to create a truly global psychology.

Judith L. Gibbons
2026 Division 52 Society for Global Psychology President