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Ageing in Place – Papers submitted to the 2019 IAPS Symposium
The two Special editions on Ageing of the academic journal PIXO is now available online! Both editions include the best papers submitted to the 2019 IAPS Symposium in Brazil. Just click on the cover below to access. The papers were published in the language they were...
Photo Book Call: Insights on Ageing
The Behavioral Studies Laboratory of the Federal University of Pelotas in partnership with the CAPES PRINT UFPEL Project Center for Studies on Healthy Cities, Ageing and Citizenship, in Brazil, is organizing a photo book with the theme: Insights on Ageing. Everyone is...
EDRA52 – Detroit is going virtual!
Submissions deadline: November 2, 2020. Next May 2021, EDRA52 DETROIT will focus on how research, design, and relationships between people and environments contribute to the creation of justice. Current social, health, environmental, and justice challenges call 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.