2022 honours and awards

IAIR Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Colleen Ward, the CACR founding director, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) and delivered the award speech at the 2022 IAIR conference in Rapperswil, Switzerland.

“The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to the Academy Fellow who has, in the judgment of the Academy Board, contributed significantly and enduring to the scientific and theoretical foundations of intercultural research throughout his/her career. The award is made at the biennial conferences of the Academy.” Only 11 scholars, including Harry C. Triandis and John Berry, previously received this award since the year 2004.

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“Colleen Ward is one of the most influential inter-cultural psychologists today with a career that spans nearly 40 years. Colleen is internationally acknowledged as a leading authority on acculturation, immigration, and intercultural relations. Dr. Ward has served as President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, the Asian Association of Social Psychology, and the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology. Beyond her professional and academic achievements, there are two characteristics that set Dr. Ward apart from her scholarly peers: (1) her engagement in translational science to systematically apply her research findings to pressing social issues and (2) her networking across academic, government and voluntary organizations to achieve positive psychological and social outcomes.”, said the IAIR.

Video recording for the Lifetime Achievement Award speech

Video recording for the Lifetime Achievement Award speech

GV Goddard Early Career Research Award

Dr Ágnes Szabó, CACR Fellow, received the 2022 GV Goddard Early Career Research Award – Achievement and Excellence in Applied Psychology by the New Zealand Psychological Society. The award recognizes early career achievement and excellence in research and scholarship in applied psychology.

“Dr Szabo has made an outstanding start to her career in the area of health and wellbeing in ageing communities in Aotearoa. She developed novel ways of integrating disparate research areas, undertook advanced methodological work and shared her findings with the broader community.  She demonstrated leadership within her research team in Aotearoa and overseas.”, said the New Zealand Psychological Society.

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