International Association of Applied Psychology
The International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) was created in 1919 by Édouard Claparède under the name of International Association of Psychotechnics, that is Association Internationale de Psychotechnique and the secretary general was Jean-Maurice Lahy. The present name was adopted in 1955.[1]
Members are individuals with an adequate expertise in applied psychology and it means at least a university degree in Psychology and leadership in the national association of psychology. International Congresses of Applied Psychology (ICAP) are organized every four years; the last one was held in Melbourne, July 11–16, 2010 and the next one in Paris, July 8–13, 2014. Two journals are sponsored, Applied Psychology: An International Review and Health and Well-being, both under Wiley Publishing.
This is a NGO under United Nations umbrella and an Associate Member of the International Social Science Council under UNESCO. The president is elected every four years and cannot be from the same continent of the previous one. The number of members is above 2,500 and they are scholars or researchers in 60 to 90 countries (variations are linked to the region where the congress take place). Elections occur online. It is organized around 18 divisions and each division president has an online section and the division is linked often to an specialized journal. The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology was published in 2011 by Wiley and Blackwell and it includes 33 chapters produced by authors from different cultural, linguistic and theoretical backgrounds.