In July 2027 the IPPA World Congress goes to Istanbul, the first time it has been held outside North America and Australia. In this episode Matt sits down with the committee behindit to talk about what they are trying to change and why.
Ten thematic tracks instead of the usual research and practice streams. Fifty travel bursaries aimed at delegates from the global south and students anywhere. A deliberatedecision to stop inviting the same keynote speakers. And some uncomfortable questions about who the field has been listening to for the last twenty years.
What we cover
- Why the Congress dropped research and practice streamsfor ten thematic tracks, and how those tracks were chosen
- Why the research and practice divide is a fake one, andwhat it costs the field
- What it actually takes to make a global conferenceglobal, from visas and flight costs to fifty travel bursaries
- The delegate feedback that led the committee to stopinviting familiar keynote speakers
- New programming formats, including films, case studiesfrom outside psychology, and matching researchers with practitioners before they arrive
- Dr Maggie Zhao on harmony, and why non-Westernperspectives should shape the questions rather than supply extra populations to test theories on
- Dr Richard Appiah on rural Ghana, African proverbs, andwhat wellbeing science still gets wrong
- Assoc Prof Gökmen Arslan on Istanbul, the Turkishresearch community, and turning attendance into something that lasts
Chapters
13:13 Why Istanbul, and who theCongress has been missing
20:15 Bursaries, students, andthe end of the repeat keynote
32:18 New programming formatsand the research to practice gap
48:05 Dr Maggie Zhao on harmonyand the limits of Western theory
57:52 Dr Richard Appiah on whatwellbeing science gets wrong
1:17:35 Assoc Prof Gökmen Arslanon Istanbul and the Turkish community
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IPPA 2027 World Congress, Istanbul
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