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Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology Scientific Meeting (SEAIP-2022)

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History of SEAIP

                  Indigenous Psychology (IP) examines the impact of culture and other social processes on people’s intra-psychic processes, cognition and behaviour, beyond the boundaries of Western psychology. Southeast Asian psychology has long been under-represented in mainstream psychology, leaving indigenous ways of knowing disregarded.                         SEAIP hopes to bring together scholars from all over the globe to empower local psychologists in SEA regions to conduct indigenous and culturally-relevant research, that could widen the conceptual space in global psychological research. We also aim to include under-represented psychologists from less-developed countries in SEA regions, to amplify their voices and concerns for an equitable global psychology.  

                Thus, the first SEAIP meeting was launched virtually in 2021 by Monash University Malaysia’s Culture and Health Lab through a sponsorship by AASP (The Asian Association of Social Psychology). The two-day event featured two keynote speakers and 7 plenary speakers from prominent IP backgrounds. The event attracted around 100 abstract submissions from 16 countries, with 16 abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference. Awards totaling up to USD $600 were given to the top 3 outstanding full papers submitted for the Early Career Researchers Awards, while two seed grants worth over USD $2000 were awarded to two out of the four research clusters formed at the conference. 

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Long TERM GOALS

  1. Empowerment of “indigenous psychology” young scholars in SEA

  2. Addressing the culturally relevant issues in SEA through IP research methodology 

  3. Uncovering the indigenous knowledge espoused by the indigenous populations and minorities in SEA 

  4. Building research hub for collaborative and multidisciplinary IP research in SEA

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer, a James McGill Professor and the Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University, will elucidate the tenets of culturally responsive research for indigenous mental health. 

  2. Two symposium panels, that were awarded a grant from the first SEAIP meeting in 2021, will present their cross-cultural research conducted in Southeast Asia. 

  3. Three cluster topics will be featured to facilitate networking among scholars and the development of different areas of indigenous psychology in Southeast Asia.

  4. Opportunities to be invited to the conference hosted by the Asian Association of Social Psychology in Hong Kong next year for research dissemination and networking.

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Organizing Committee

Monash Malaysia Culture and Health Lab

Chair: Dr. Rachel Sing Kiat TING
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Co-Chair: Dr. Elizabeth JONES
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                      Secretariat                     

  • Durrah Sharifah AHMAD AZLAN

      Technical & Design Team     

  • Ameera Shahira AMRAN

  • Darlene KOH Mei-Yi

  • Jonathan Z. ONG

  • Mirasstity Akacia PUTRI

             Registration Team             

  • CHOO Jia Yee

  • May Kyi ZAY HTA

Scientific Committee

Dr. Ryan CHUA Yumin

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Dr. Elizabeth JONES

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Dr. Boon-Ooi LEE

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Dr. Andrian LIEM

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Dr. Rachel Sing Kiat TING
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