European Assocation of Personality Psychology, President's Report
Jérôme Rossier
University of Lausanne
2017 was a year without conference for our association. The Executive Committee took the opportunity to work on the future development of our association. We are also planning our next European Conference on Personality in collaboration with ECP19's organizing committee, led by Prof. Zvjezdan Penezik. This congress will take place in Zadar, Croatia, a historic city on the Adriatic Sea from July 17 to 21, 2018. The following keynote speakers have already confirmed their participation: Denis Bratko, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Jennifer Tackett, Northwestern University, USA; Cornelia Wrzus, Johannes Gutenberg?University Mainz, Germany; Angelique Cramer, Tilburg University, Netherlands; Wendy Johnson, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Michal Kosinski, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA; Randy Larsen, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. This congress promises to be very simulating, with many invited symposiums on important current topics of our field (personality and health, personality and psychopathology, personality and cognitive sciences, the biological basis of personality, personality and social psychology, personality and work and organizational psychology, individual differences in learning and motivation, and many others). We are also pleased to host a symposium sponsored by the Association for Research in Personality (ARP). To stimulate collaboration with other associations closely related to our field, we also invited the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) and the European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA) to sponsor symposia. We hope that this congress will provide an opportunity for researchers from Europe and other countries to exchange and develop exciting new projects.
For more information about the congress please check the following website: http://ecp19.unizd.hr
The executive committee has initiated efforts to promote new collaborations between the various associations in our field. In Europe, the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) provides overall coordination. In a globalized world, it also seems important to reflect on coordination and cooperation in our field at a more global level. For this reason, we have established connections with associations in our field outside Europe. For example, Dr. Manfred Schmitt is responsible for the link with ARP. We hope that working together will strengthen our field and help us to make a more significant contribution to our world.
EAPP believes that research is an inherently collaborative process, in which scholars should meet each other to learn new methodologies and exchange their findings. We thus aim to support the organization of different type of gatherings, such as expert meetings or summer schools. EAPP is soliciting proposals for expert workshops and summer schools in the upcoming years. Proposals can be submitted at any time, and all will be reviewed at meetings of the Executive Commission in the spring and fall of each year. Please send proposals to the EAPP secretary ( secretary@eapp.org).
The EAPP is also seeking proposals for venues for the 21st European Conference on Personality to be held in 2022. Each past ECP has attracted around 500 participants. The EAPP Executive Committee will provide active support in organizing the conference, with three EC meetings at the conference site prior to the conference. Proposals for venues for ECP21 should include a description of the hosting city and conference site, highlighting attractive features for EAPP members and specifying the capacity and technical equipment of the venue to host such an event, estimates regarding hotel capacity, and information regarding accessibility by air, train, etc. Please send proposals to the EAPP secretary ( secretary@eapp.org).
On behalf of the EAPP, I wish you all an excellent academic year 2017-2018 and hope to see many of you next summer in Zadar.
Prof. Jérôme Rossier, EAPP President