The EASP was founded with clear goals in mind: To bring Europeans social psychologists together, advance the quality of research and research training with due respect for diversity in theoretical approaches and methodology, and put European social psychology on the map of the international scene of social psychology. Fifty years have passed since …
Editors note: In 2020 the Awards have been renamed to put the emphasis on the person of the recipient, rather than on the founding fathers of social psychology. It has been a tradition of EASP to honor members who made an outstanding contribution to the discipline of social psychology or the Association. On the occasion of our General Meetings …
The original Articles described one of the ways in which the objectives of the Association could be reached as: “the interchange of information relating to this subject between the members and other associations throughout the world towards an international achievement of these objects and purposes.” A look at the present formal links and joint …
From the beginning, the Association’s founders considered it important that communication among the members and between the Executive Committee and the members would not only take place via conferences, exchange visits and specialized seminars, but also through a regularly appearing ‘letter’, sent to all members. To achieve this goal the …
The founders of the Association felt that the organization of ‘exchange visits’ was one of the ways to contribute towards setting up joint research projects and towards creating networks of social psychologists across Europe. Members were stimulated to submit proposals for such exchange visits that would be (partly) funded by the Association. What …