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Year-end Message from IUPsyS President Professor Pam Maras

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YEAR-END MESSAGE FROM IUPSYS PRESIDENT
PROFESSOR PAM MARAS
Most activities have been in virtual fora; however, we have kept inline with our strategic objectives. In this short message I outline somehighlights, you can read more about IUPsyS work on our website.

It was with sadness that in 2020 we noted the deaths of colleagues,including Professor Albert Bandura. Professor Bandura was the recipientof the 2012 IUPsyS Lifetime Career Award. The Award Jury noted that,‘Bandura’s scientific contributions are among the very most important

Pam Maras

This is my final end of year message as President. It was an honour tobe elected President-Elect in 2016 and to take on the role of President in2018. Two years of my Presidency have been served under various forms of‘lockdown’. When I recorded last year’s message, I noted that I could not havein all of psychology and have been applied in fields such as education,promotion of social skills, business, health promotion, and sports. Albert
Bandura is the fourth most cited psychologist in all of psychology (withFreud, Skinner, and Piaget)’.

imagined the global public health emergency that affected the entire globe;
one year on, COVID-19 continues to affect lives world-wide.

Despite 2021 being an ‘unusual’ year, IUPsyS has continued to deliver ourambitious 2020-2024 Strategic Plan, which has five complementary StrategicGoals which provide a cohesive blueprint that will allow IUPsyS to build on
previous accomplishments.
1. Grow IUPsyS’ global footprint and impact as a broker / 		convener of psychological science
2. Engagement with National Members
3. Increase regional activity and engagement
4. Improve the global visibility and profile of IUPsyS
5. Develop IUPsyS’ operational capacity and financial 		underpinnings

Albert Bandura

As IUPsyS’ flagship journal, the International Journal of Psychology(IJP) is the only truly multidisciplinary and international psychology
journal, and it publishes strong psychological science from around theworld. See, for example, our recently published special issue - the firstof two - on Psychological Research on COVID-19, in addition to many

A dynamic Action Plan underpins each of these five areas that will grow andother topics from psychological aspects of migration to psychopathology,

strengthen IUPsyS and realise its mission to serve humanity and science.

social media, and other diverse topics.

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Under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief, Abigail Gewirtz, IJP has gone

IUPsyS involvement in the UN is being re-visioned within the context

from strength to strength. IJPs 2-year impact factor is 2.0, up from 1.255

of the Strategic Plan, in particular how the Union can impact Agenda

in 2019 and is ranked 79 out of 140 (Psychology Multidisciplinary: ISI

2030 for Sustainable Development and beyond.

Journal Citation Reports ©). In support of early career psychologists, theeditorial team of IJP contributed to a webinar titled ‘Get Publishing – AnIUPsyS Webinar for New Authors’.

IUPsyS has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Consultative Status
with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI). The

As psychology’s global voice, IUPsyS is represented on, and works inUnion is also a member of The Conference of Non-Governmental

collaboration with, many international bodies including: The International

Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations

Science Council (ISC), the United Nations (UN) and the World Health(CoNGO) and the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN).

Organization (WHO). For example, Past-President Saths Cooper servedon the Governing Board of the ISC Council from July 2018 until theIUPsyS has strong and active links with WHO which have continued, led

2021 ISC General Assembly. Professor Cooper was also Deputy Chairby Secretary General Ann Watts. For example, the first comprehensiveof the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in Science during thisresource dealing with WHO’s ICD-11 classification of mental andperiod. ISC has hosted numerous initiatives and high-level webinars

behavioural disorders based on a psychological approach to diagnosis,

related to the COVID-19 pandemic and IUPsyS worked collaboratively

will be published January 26, 2022, in in partnership with the Americanwith ISC to jointly host a webinar, ‘The two psychologies of thePsychological Association (APA). IUPsyS will be running a webinar

pandemic: From ‘fragile rationality’ to ‘collective resilience’ on 20

on this publication in 2022. IUPsyS is also actively involved in WHO

April 2021.

Rehabilitation Competency Framework Working Group and have

For the last three years I have been pleased to represent IUPsyS
on ISC’s Committee on Data (CODATA) which promotes global

provided expert opinion on the structure, language, and content of theFramework.

collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas

In addition to these existing activities, I have been pleased to representof research. I am also the IUPsyS Ambassador to CODATA’ s Digital

IUPsyS on the Standing Committee of Gender Equality in Science

Representation of Units of Measure (DRUM) and a member of the(SCGES). SCGES is independent of the International ScienceCommittee on FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management

Council but arose from The Gender Gap in Science Project of theand stewardship initiatives.

International Social Science Council (now part of the International

Earlier this year IUPsyS was a main respondent in an ICP response to
UNESCO recommendations on Open Science. IUPsyS’ contribution
included highlighting a need for Equity of contribution and access to
outputs generated by higher income countries and consideration ofFunding implications for ability of scientists in low and middle income
countries to contribute.

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Science Council, (ISC), inaugurated in 2018. Following this project,international unions decided to act together to promote gender equality
in science, by supporting women and girls’ equal access to scienceeducation and fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females inscience careers - watch out for an IUPsyS webinar for SCGES in thecoming year.

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Support for our National Members has continued, we now have aThe 33rd International Congress of Psychology (ICP2024) will take place

network of over two million psychologists globally. Since my first electionin Prague in 2024, so look out for information about this in the next few

to the IUPsyS Executive Committee in 2008, I have been privileged to bemonths. The 34th International Congress of Psychology (ICP2028) will

involved in IUPsyS capacity building activities including with colleagues

take place in Melbourne, Australia in 2028.

and leadership in regions to develop regional bodies including in theCaribbean, Africa and the Asia Pacific. The focus of IUPsyS capacity
building in regions has meant that we have been able to support themaximum number of national organisations in regions. This strategy isembedded in our strategic plan, and in July 2021, the IUPsyS Assemblyagreed to change the status of our regional affiliates, to become
Regional Members. Our current Regional Members, and the dates theyIn addition to IUPsyS prestigious awards which were presented atICP2020+, the IUPsyS Executive Committee decided to bestow aquadrennial Recognition Award on a ‘National Member organisation as
deemed appropriate’ to the Federation of Venezuelan Psychologists/Federación de Psicólogos de Venezuela for their forbearance in the faceof significant adversity

were formed are European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations

IUPsyS will hold its next Assembly in 2022 during which elections for(EFPA, 1981), ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies

Secretary-General and three Executive Committee Members, will take(ARUPS, 2006), Caribbean Alliance of Psychology Associations

place during the (the Congress of our Regional member EFPA) in(CANPA, 2013), Pan-African Psychology Union (PAPU, 2014), ArabLjubljana Slovenia July 2022.

Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS, 2015), Asia-Pacific Psychology
Alliance (APPA, 2017) and the Union of Central American Colleges &Associations of Psychology (UCCAP, 2021).

My appreciation is extended to outgoing EC members including Goh
Chee Leong, the first Treasurer from the Asia Pacific region and Saths
Cooper, Past President. Saths was the first President from majority

In light of the pandemic and the need to protect the health and welfare

world and global South. He has made an exceptional contribution toof attendees and citizens, our flagship 32nd International Congress ofglobal psychology and the Union for over 20 years. His tireless efforts,

Psychology was rescheduled to 18-23 July 2021, renamed ICP2020+commitment, encyclopaedic knowledge of world affairs and acumen has

and took place virtually. The Czech-Moravian Psychological Society

significantly affected the growth of the Union to include regions fromand the ICP2020+ team worked tirelessly to deliver a Congress of thethe majority world. He will be missed from the Executive Committee –highest scientific quality and addressed important issues for society.

however we will most certainly continue to call on him for support andThe philosophy of openness underlying the Congress was reflected inadvice.

the Congress theme, “Open minds, societies and world”. The change informat did not affect the quality and vibrancy of the ICP2020+ scientificprogramme - 3,500 participants from 107 countries participated; anexciting feature of the Congress was over 130 Keynote Addresses
and 19 State of the Art Lectures. I was pleased to convene an IUPsyS
Presidents Symposium on ‘The Global Implications of Open Science’sponsored by Wiley publishers at the ICP2020+, a recording of which will
shortly be available on our website.

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Saths Cooper

Goh Chee Leong4

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I would like to extend a welcome to the new Executive Committee

I recorded my message last year, in the week that the first vaccination

including Amanda Clinton who was elected the first female IUPsyS

against COVID-19 was administered. The development of COVID-19

Treasurer and Germán Gutiérrez who was elected President-Electvaccines in such a short time, was extraordinary and a testament to theat our last Assembly. Germán has an outstanding scientific record

power of collaboration in science for public good. The collaborative effortand a strong commitment to support the development of psychologythat resulted in the development of vaccines in 2020 provided a tool tointernationally – I am sure he will be an excellent President and I look

reduce serious health effects of the virus. However, low and middle-forward to working with him and colleagues on the Executive Committee

income countries, already affected by severe disparities in resources andwhen my term of President ends in July 2022.

access to health, have been the least likely to benefit from the scientificbreakthrough of the vaccine. As noted, on by the World Health Association,“Developing a vaccine against COVID-19 is the most pressing challengeof our time - and nobody wins the race until everyone wins”. Psychology
models of cooperation need to take account of geo-political context
challenges, mainly euromerican findings even those tested on ‘real life’situations. This global public health emergency highlighted the need forcooperation and collaboration that supersedes national boundaries andGermán Gutiérrez

Amanda Clinton

disciplinary interests. IUPsyS has no national boundaries and has always
and remains committed to collaboration, the effectiveness of which is

Without the support of the Executive Committee and the National

supported by a wealth of psychological empirical evidence. Psychology

Members and Affiliates, it would not be possible to achieve so much. Myis, and should be, at the forefront of human endeavour. We must work

personal thanks must go to them. In particular to the Secretary-General,collaboratively for public good, exploring the science, application, andAnn D. Watts and the Administrative Coordinator, Karl Swain, and otherimpact of psychology in our fast-changing world, opening ourselves tocolleagues in the secretariat led by Ann D. Watts.

fresh challenges and opportunities so that our discipline can continue toserve humanity.

It has been an honour to serve the Union as President. On behalf ofthe Executive Committee, I wish you and your families, friends andcolleagues a happy, healthy, peaceful and better 2022 in which we haveopportunities to meet in person.

*Professor Maras’ 2021 year-end video message may be accessed here.
Ann D. Watts

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