About the Union

The International Union for Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS) is an international, nongovernmental, professional organization devoted to the promotion of activities in psychological science. Its members, drawn from national professional societies and national academies, work to represent the full breadth of psychology as a profession and as a science.  Members of IUPsyS are organizations that represent psychology in each country.  In addition to its National Members, IUPsyS has a number of international affiliate organization and liaison associations that have individual members. 

The IUPsyS identifies issues that affect the conduct of science across disciplinary boundaries, including restrictions on the free circulation of scientists and dissemination of research publications, the effects of electronic publishing on the costs and accessibility of research articles in developing countries, and the impact of security considerations on the free flow of scientific and technical information. 
 

About the USNC

The U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science (USNC/IUPsyS) represents the interests of the U.S. psychological science community in the International Union for Psychological Science (IUPsyS), a scientific union member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). 

Acting as a liaison between U.S. scientists and the international psychological community, the USNC/IUPsyS:

• Promotes the advancement of psychological science within the United States and throughout the world.
• Encourages participation of the U.S. scientific community in activities of the International Union for Psychological Science (IUPsyS), which serves to build global interaction among research.
• Fosters international partnerships, cooperative research, and education through the organization and sponsorship of scientific meetings.
• Advises the President of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on matters pertaining to U.S. participation in the IUPsyS and sends delegations to the General Assemblies of the IUPsyS.
   

Activities & Events

 Workshop and Survey:  International Collaborations in Psychology
Based on the outcomes of the 2006 workshop convened by the USNC/IUPsyS and informed by a survey of social scientists who have led cross-national projects, International Collaborations in Behavioral and Social Sciences addresses the multiple benefits of research extending across national boundaries and describes factors common among successful collaborations. Several dimensions of collaborative processes, such as research planning, methodological issues, organizational concerns, varied training approaches, and funding needs receive critical attention in the report.  View the Report in Brief (60KB PDF).   

Officially released at a January 2008 event at The National Academies, the report has been distributed to members of academia, government, and non-profit institutions and is available for purchase or free download from The National Academies Press (NAP).  View the full report or download it for free from NAP at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12053.

 ARTS Workshops
The Committee actively supports collaborations with Advanced Research Training Seminar (ARTS) workshops, which provide training opportunities for scholars from low-income countries and promote attendance at the international congresses of its sponsoring organizations.

“Large Scale International Data Sets Relevant for Research in Educational and Developmental Psychology,” an Advanced Research Training Seminar held in Berlin, Germany in July 2008, was co-sponsored by the USNC/IUPsyS, the American Psychological Association, and IUPsyS.  This workshop covered the use of social databases to answer specific questions and to extract data from existing databases for original research.  Read more about the Committee's support of ARTS on the Activities Page. 

 Student Awards
Encouraging and increasing the involvement of graduate students and early-career scientists is a high priority of the USNC/IUPsyS.  Through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the committee has been able to provide partial travel support for graduate students and young scientists to participate at IUPsyS Congresses.

Free Access to National Academies Reports for People in Less Affluent Countries
Access additional information, including a list of eligible countries.

Current Membership

RESOURCE LINKS

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Psychological Society (APS)
• Psychonomic Society
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
• The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Sponsor

The USNC/IUPsyS is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BCS-044318.

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