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EXTENDED DEALINE – 2021 IAPS International Symposium 29th April 2021
The 2021 IAPS International Symposium on “SUSTAINABILITY IN THE POST-COVID ERA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION” informs that the deadline for papers and posters has been enlarged: 29th April 2021. The Symposium...
Paper: Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Sustainable Development Goals
We are pleased to send you Prof. Roderick Lawrence article on implementing SDGs and hope it is relevant for your ongoing work. It was only posted on-line Open Access this week. Please distribute to anyone interested in implementing sustainable development. The exact...
8TH MARCH: International Women’s Day
8TH MARCH: International Women's Day is a commemorative date that was made official by the United Nations in the 1970s. This date symbolizes the historic struggle of women to have their conditions equated to that of men. Initially, this date referred to the demand for...
What is IAPS?
Formed officially 35 years ago, but with intellectual roots dating back to the ‘60s in the architectural psychology movement, IAPS is a multidisciplinary and active association gathering researchers and practitioners from around the world, with a shared interest in people’s interaction with their environment. Psychology, sociology, geography, design, planning are only a few of the disciplines represented and for these and their representatives, IAPS serves both as a platform for disciplinary discussion, and as a platform for collaboration.
The digital library
A good starting point to get an idea of what we do though, is the IAPS Digital Library, which collects all the abstracts submitted at all IAPS Congresses and is free to browse. An invaluable resource!
The Networks
The Networks are interest and research groups formed by IAPS members. They carry out debates, discussion groups, publications, often posses their own website and organise symposia and conferences.
IAPS 2017
The IAPS 2017 SYMPOSIUM is hosted by the Institute of Human Settlements Studies (IHSS) at Ardhi University (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). The theme is Knowledge for climate-proof urban development in rapidly changing environments.
There are several reasons why it is a good idea to join IAPS and become one of its numerous members.
IAPS is a lively international association of scholars and practitioners from the disciplines which share a fundamental interest in environment and behaviour studies. These include environmental psychology, architecture, geography, urban design, sociology, interior design, landscape, anthropology, planning and environmental management. The association fosters interdisciplinary study of the transactions and interactions between people and their socio-physical surroundings – including both built and natural environments.