Concluding Thoughts

TOPIC: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: on Going Global: How Psychologists Should Meet a World of Need

Assigned Reading/s: CHAPTER 10, pp. 207 - 227 [Shealy, Bullock, & Kapadia (Eds.) (2023)]

Supplementary Materials:

ARTICLE: A Global Perspective
https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2006/01/perspective
Experts and students offer tips on adding an international focus to your psychology work.

VIDEO: Global Psychology Coming Together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlxbJDlxV10
APA is committed to working with our global partners to promote the use of psychological science to improve lives worldwide.

WEBPAGE: Society for Global Psychology (APA Division 52_
https://div52.net/
Division 52: The Society for Global Psychology seeks to develop a psychological science and practice that is contextually informed, culturally inclusive, serves the public interest and promotes global perspectives within and outside of APA. The Division of International Psychology represents the interest of all psychologists who foster international connections among psychologists, engage in multicultural research or practice, apply psychological principles to the development of public policy or are otherwise concerned with individual and group consequences of global events.

EPILOGUE: A Final Note about "International Psychology" - WHAT's NEXT?...
"The answers and other developments in theory, research, intervention, and pedagogy, will certainly advance the field of global psychology greatly over the next few years. While it is an exciting period for psychologists and psychology students who are interested in global psychology, it is also a challenging one. There are myriad forces and events that could influence the direction of the specialty, some of which can be dimly envisaged (e.g., the expected course of globalization) and others which cannot be anticipated. The future course of global psychology also rests on the awareness and commitment of psychologists to communicate and collaborate in a horizontal and multidisciplinary fashion on various levels in an effort to understand and address the shared concerns and issues that face humankind. Perhaps, the most telling question that remains to be answered concerns the foundation and identity of the discipline of psychology as we know it. As the process of globalizing psychology ensues, how will its science and practice be transformed from the form in which it is currently constituted? Psychology will continue to evolve as it has in the past. Although this inevitable evolution can be forecast with limited accuracy, it would seem that the beliefs and customs of other cultures will be incorporated more extensively into the fabric of scientific and professional psychology in the future. Conversely, as psychology becomes more globally integrated, the history of psychology will be reconceptualized as transnational and multilingual, rather than as Western and English-dominated. New books that deconstruct the history of psychology (e.g., Brock, in press) will play a significant role in how psychologists and psychology students construe the discipline of psychology and their own identity within it." (Stevens & Gielen, 2007, pp. 397-399)

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Annual Psychology Day at the United Nations

Psychology Day at the United Nations is a celebration of psychology in the context of the UN. It provides an opportunity for psychology to share with U.N. Permanent Missions, U.N. Agencies, NGOs and the private sector the activities of psychologists at the U.N. and the role of psychology in addressing concerns of global importance.

18th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 24, 2025)
Theme: From Crisis to Growth: Psychological Contributions to Building Global Resilience
Webcast Link: To be posted.

17th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 25, 2024)
Theme: Reducing Global Inequalities Through Education: Psychological Contributions
Website Link: https://psychologycoalitionun.org/psychology-day-un/

16th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 27, 2023)
Theme: Psychological Contributions to Global Peace, Conflict Resolution and Equity
Webcast Link: https://youtu.be/A4mA9nYNa5U

15th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 21, 2022)
Theme: Building Hope: Contributions to a Roadmap for Climate Change
Webcast Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwXPQ8mz4U

14th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 15, 2021)
Theme: Psychological Contributions to Building Back Better In A Post-Pandemic World
Webcast Link: https://youtu.be/z9xR-99IvEs

13th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (May 27, 2020)
Theme: UN75: The Multilateralism We Want: Psychological Contributions to Building Bridges Among and Within Nations
Webcast Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/viewRecording/6161065434192697099/5678870212515006466/[email protected]?registrantKey=3357184339558304524&type=ATTENDEEEMAILRECORDINGLINK

12th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 25, 2019)
Theme: The Time is Now: Psychological Contributions to Global Gender Equality
Webcast Link: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1mc9dj0a6

11th Annual Psychology Day at the U.N. (April 12, 2018)
Theme: Climate Change: Psychological Interventions, Promoting Mitigation and Adaptation
Webcast Link: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1q67mfo3p