Co-Sponsors
SCRA
About SCRA
The SCRA Mission: The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) is an international organization devoted to advancing theory, research, and social action. Its members are committed to promoting health and empowerment and to preventing problems in communities, groups, and individuals. Four broad principles guide SCRA:
- Community research and action requires explicit attention to and respect for diversity among peoples and settings;
- Human competencies and problems are best understood by viewing people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts;
- Community research and action is an active collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and community members that uses multiple methodologies;
- Change strategies are needed at multiple levels in order to foster settings that promote competence and well-being.
SCRA serves many different disciplines that focus on community research and action. Our members have found that, regardless of the professional work they do, the knowledge and professional relationships they gain in SCRA are invaluable and invigorating. Membership provides new ideas and strategies for research and action that benefit people and improve institutions and communities.
SCRA Goals:
- To promote the use of social and behavioral science to enhance the well-being of people and their communities and to prevent harmful outcomes;
- To promote theory development and research that increase our understanding of human behavior in context;
- To encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills in community research and action among those in academic and applied settings.
- To engage in action, research, and practice committed to liberating oppressed peoples and respecting all cultures;
To promote the development of careers in community research and action in both academic and applied settings.
For More information about the SCRA, go to http://www.scra27.org/
About IACCP
Who, Where
The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was founded in 1972 and has a membership of over 800 persons in more than 65 countries. The aims of the Association are to facilitate communication among persons interested in a diverse range of issues involving the intersection of culture and psychology. IACCP is affiliated with the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS).
Conferences
IACCP holds international Congresses every two years and regional conferences in most years.
Publications
We are associated with several publications, including the bimonthly Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, the quarterly magazine/ newsletter Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin, and conference proceedings. Membership fees are based on annual gross income.
Awards
The IACCP sponsors the Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award, given for outstanding dissertations in any area of culture and psychology.
The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was established on March 1, 1972 and held its inaugural meeting in Hong Kong in August, 1972. Its purpose was then, and remains, to further the study of the role of cultural factors in shaping human behavior. The Association now has a worldwide membership drawn from many diverse cultural backgrounds. Through meetings, conferences, publications and interpersonal exchanges, it provides a vehicle for communication and cooperation among its members and a means of drawing the attention of other psychologists and scientists in related disciplines to the dynamic interactions between culture and behavior. IACCP is committed to the pursuit of excellence in scholarship and research, to the application of knowledge in the amelioration of social problems, and to the maintenance of high standards of ethical behavior among its members. These aims and ideals were embodied in the original Constitution of the Association and are preserved in the present revision. During the last two decades the field of cross-cultural psychology has expanded and the number of countries in which cross-cultural studies are being carried out has greatly increased. The present revision is in response to these developments, making more precise, and more explicit, the procedures by which the aims and ideals of the Association can be achieved.