IPPA mission statement
To promote the science of positive psychology and its research-based applications
To facilitate collaboration among researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners of positive psychology around the world and across academic disciplines
To share the findings of positive psychology with the broadest possible audience.
Board of Directors
· Antonella Delle Fave, President University of Milan, Italy
· Ed Diener, Past President University of Illinois, USA · Carmelo Vázquez, Secretary Complutense University, Spain
· Dianne Vella Brodrick, Treasurer Monash University, Australia
· Ray Fowler, Senior Advisor University of Alabama, USA
· Martin Seligman, Senior Advisor University of Pennsylvania, USA
· James Pawelski, Executive Director University of Pennsylvania, USA
· Ilona Boniwell, WCPP 2011 Director University of East London, UK
· Tal Ben-Shahar Interdisciplinary Center Herzlyia, Israel
· Jade Bender, Student Representative University of Kansas, USA
· Kim Cameron University of Michigan, USA
· Alejandro Castro Solano University of Palermo, Argentina
· David Cooperrider Case Western Reserve University, USA
· Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Claremont Graduate University, USA
· Robert Emmons University of California – Davis, USA
· Michael Frese University of Giessen, Germany
· Anthony Grant University of Sydney, Australia
· Nick Haslam University of Melbourne, Australia
· John Helliwell University of British Columbia, Canada
· Felicia Huppert University of Cambridge, UK
· Ren Jun Zhejiang Normal University, China
· Rose-Inza Kim Korea Counseling Center, Korea
· Hans Henrik Knoop University of Aarhus, Denmark
· Michael Lamb University of Cambridge, UK
· Richard Layard London School of Economics, UK
· Shane Lopez Clifton Strengths Institute, USA
· Helena Marujo University of Lisbon, Portugal
· Mario Mikulincer Interdisciplinary Center Herzlyia, Israel
· Luís Miguel Neto University of Lisbon, Portugal
· Nansook Park University of Michigan, USA
· Christopher Peterson University of Michigan, USA
· Radhika Punshi Independent Scholar, United Arab Emirates
· Jack Rachman University of British Columbia, Canada
· Willibald Ruch University of Zurich, Switzerland
· Sombat Tapanya Chiang Mai University, Thailand
· Margarita Tarragona Iberoamericana University, Mexico
· George Vaillant Harvard University, USA
· Robert Vallerand University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
· Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
· Joar Vitterso University of Tromso, Norway
· Marié Wissing North West University, South Africa
· Philip Zimbardo Stanford University, USA
Members:
With around 3,000 members from over 70 countries, we have a wonderfully diverse association.
IPPA members can join in four different categories:
The Member category represents those practicing psychologists and most of the academic researchers in the field and this is almost half of our membership (45%).
Associates are the practitioners who are making a difference by putting positive psychology research into action and practice. This is 20% of our membership.
Students are the future of positive psychology and they comprise about 25% of membership.
We also have an Affiliate category for those simply interested in the field, currently 10% of membership.