| Name of Organization |
Description |
Membership Information |
American Psychological Association
[List of Divisions] |
Has more than 140,000 members and 50 divisions with a wide variety of specialties. The next APA Convention will be held in Seattle, Washington, on August 8-10 of 2024. |
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| American Psychological Association of Graduate Students |
Has membership of more than 40,000 graduate and undergraduate students in psychology. Offers activities at the annual APA Convention. |
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| Asian Association of Social Psychology |
Has roughly 400 members and publishes the Asian Journal of Social Psychology.
The next AASP Biennial Conference will be held in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, on July 10-12 of 2025. |
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| Association for Psychological Science |
Has over 35,000 members and is the largest general psychology organization focusing mainly on research. The next Global Psychological Science Summit will be held in October of 2024, and the next APS Convention will be held in Washington, DC, on May 22-25 of 2025. |
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| Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus |
A national student network with more than 4,000 members and 50 chapters (also offers a student Mentorship Program). |
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| Association for Research in Personality |
Has over 400 members. The next biennial ARP Conference will be held in Evanston, Illinois, in 2025. |
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| Association of Black Psychologists |
Has more than 1,400 members and is devoted to advancing the profession of Black Psychology, promoting social change, and assisting Black communities and other ethnic groups. |
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| British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section |
An educational and professional organization founded in 1953. The last BPS Social Psychology Annual Conference was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on September 2-4 of 2024. |
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| Canadian Psychological Association Social and Personality Section |
Has roughly 85 social and personality psychologists and maintains an electronic discussion list that members can join. |
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| European Association of Social Psychology |
Has more than 1,000 members and convenes a General Meeting every three years. The next General Meeting will be held in mid-2026. |
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| Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
A coalition dedicated to science advocacy, education, and communication. Members include the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. |
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| Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy |
Division 49 of the American Psychological Association. Has roughly 1,000 members and is open to both APA and non-APA members. |
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| International Association of Applied Psychology |
Has more than 2,000 members in more than 90 countries. The next International Congress of Applied Psychology will be held in Florence, Italy, on July 20-26 of 2026. |
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| International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology |
Has more than 800 members in 65 countries. The next International Congress of IACCP will be held in Bali, Indonesia, on August 5-9 of 2024. |
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| International Association for Relationship Research |
Has more than 600 members from around the world. The next mini-conference will be held in London, England, from July 31 through August 3 of 2025, and the next biennial International Conference on Relationship Research will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 30 through August 3 of 2026. |
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| International Council of Psychologists |
Dedicated to promoting world peace, human rights, and collaboration among mental health professionals and social scientists. The next ICP Conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 20 of 2024. |
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| International Psychology |
Division 52 of the American Psychological Association. Has over 1,000 members from around the world, including APA and non-APA members, and publishes the journal International Perspectives in Psychology. |
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| International Social Cognition Network |
Promotes social cognition research through its journal, Social Cognition, and by hosting preconferences at the meetings of SPSP, SESP, and EASP. |
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| International Society for Research on Aggression |
An interdisciplinary organization with roughly 250 members from over two dozen countries. The 25th World Meeting will be held in Munich, Germany, from July 29 to August 2 of 2024. |
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| International Society for Self and Identity |
Has more than 600 members from five continents. ISSI hosts preconferences on Self and Identity at the annual meetings of SPSP and EASP. |
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| International Society of Political Psychology |
An interdisciplinary organization with more than 1,000 members worldwide. The last Annual Meeting of ISPP was held in Santiago, Chile, on July 4-6 of 2024. |
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| Psi Chi |
An international honor society in psychology with over 1,000 chapters. Psi Chi offers a variety of awards and grants for students, faculty members, and local chapters. |
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| Society for Community Research and Action |
An an international organization devoted to advancing theory, research, and social action. The last SCRA Biennial Conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia, in June of 2023. |
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| Society for General Psychology |
Founded in 1945 as the first division of the American Psychological Association. Promotes unity and coherence across psychology subdisciplines and publishes Review of General Psychology. |
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| Society for Judgment and Decision Making |
An interdisciplinary organization focusing on many different aspects of judgment and decision making. The next annual SJDM Meeting will be held in New York City, New York, on November 22-25 of 2024. |
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| Society for Personality and Social Psychology |
Has more than 7,500 members and publishes PSPB and PSPR. The next annual SPSP Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, on February 20-22 of 2025. |
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| Society for Social Neuroscience |
Has over 1,300 members from more than 40 countries on 6 continents. The last annual S4SN Meeting was held in Tsukuba, Japan, on March 25-28 of 2024. |
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| Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues |
Has over 1,000 members. Publishes a peer-reviewed official quarterly journal, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and an online blog-style newsletter. |
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| Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues |
Has over 2,500 members and focuses on topics of societal concern. The next SPSSI Summer Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, on June 26-29 of 2025. |
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| Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality |
A multidisciplinary professional society with more than 1,000 members. The next SSSS Annual Meeting will be held in San Diego, California, on November 13-17 of 2024. |
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| Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence |
Dedicated to the development and application of psychological knowledge in the pursuit of peace. Publishes Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology. |
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| Society for the Teaching of Psychology |
Has more than 2,000 members and publishes Teaching of Psychology. The next STP Annual Conference on Teaching will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 10-12 of 2024. |
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| Society of Australasian Social Psychologists |
Network of social psychologists in Australia and New Zealand. The next annual SASP Conference will take place in Canberra, Australia, on November 24-27 of 2024. |
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| Society of Experimental Social Psychology |
Has more than 900 members. The next SESP Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico from on October 24-26 of 2024. |
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