Join us in Tokyo & Online for ACP2025!
March 24-29, 2025 | Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, and Online
The Asian Conference on Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (ACP) celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2025. It has proven to be a great opportunity for engaging in interdisciplinary dialogue, speaking to scholars, and learning from other experts from around the world and from a variety of academic disciplines. The interdisciplinary and international focus of the conference draws world-class speakers and keeps people coming back year after year.
Established scholars have commented that the format of the conference allows them to share insights with younger researchers, and to learn from the next generation. Many of the works presented at ACP have been on the cutting edge, demonstrating presenters’ deep mastery of complex topics and proposing important new ideas. ACP2025 will undoubtedly continue this tradition of being a great place to learn and to network. It gives attendees the chance to build an interdisciplinary and global perspective on the study of psychology and behavioral sciences.
For this year’s conference, the Programmme Committee has opted to leave the theme more open than in past years. There will be a number of streams and special sessions within the fields of psychology and behavioral sciences, but presenters will not be limited by any one, specific theme. It is hoped that this open format will encourage a broad range of submissions on a variety of related topics and encourage discussions across disciplines. ACP2025 will be held concurrently with The 11th Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology (AGen2025). Registration for either conference allows access to both.
Held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, this international conference encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue. This event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders.
In conjunction with our Global Partners, we look forward to extending you a warm welcome in 2025.
- Location & Venue: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, and Online
- Dates: Monday, March 24, 2025 to Saturday, March 29, 2025
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: September 19, 2024*
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: December 13, 2024
- Registration Deadline for Presenters: January 24, 2025
*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
Speakers
Programme
Conference Committees
Global Programme Committee
Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR and Osaka University, Japan, & University College London, United Kingdom
Professor Jun Arima, President, IAFOR & University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor Anne Boddington, Executive Vice-President and Provost, IAFOR & Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, United States
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging
Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan
Professor Baden Offord, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia & Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University College of Law, United States
Professor William Baber, Kyoto University, Japan
Members of the IAFOR Board of Directors and The Academic Governing Board are standing members of the Global Programme Committee.
Conference Programme Committee
Professor Mimi Bong, Korea University, South Korea
Professor George D. Chryssides, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr Joseph Haldane, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
Professor Roberto Ravera, ASL1 of Imperia, University of Turin & University of Genoa, Italy
Professor Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University College of Law, United States
Dr Roswiyani Roswiyani, Tarumanagara University, Indonesia
Professor Monty P. Satiadarma, Tarumanagara University, Indonesia
Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan
Dr Brian Victoria, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, United Kingdom
Conference Review Committee
To be Announced
IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by the Conference Programme Committee under the guidance of the International Academic Board (IAB). Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.
If you would like to apply to serve on the ACP2025 Review Committee, please visit our application page.
IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) – “Innovation and Value Initiative”
The IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) is housed within Osaka University’s School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), and in June 2018 the IRC began an ambitious new “Innovation and Value Initiative”. Officially launched at the United Nations in a special UN-IAFOR Collaborative Session, the initiative seeks to bring together the best in interdisciplinary research around the concept of value, on how value can be recognised, and measured, and how this can help us address issues and solve problems, from the local to the global.