After the first experience hosting The First International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology on April 24-27, 2009 nine years prior, and ten years after the establishment of the Center of Indigenous & Cultural Psychology (CICP), the world’s pioneer in the field of indigenous and cultural psychology, the Faculty of Psychology returned as the host of an international conference of indigenous and cultural psychology called The 10th International Conference of Indigenous & Cultural Psychology on July 4-6, 2019. The conference, known as ICICP, was themed “Mental Health, Social Harmony, and National Competitiveness” and invited speakers from various countries and specialties in the field of psychology. They were Prof. Subandi from Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Faculty of Psychology; Prof. Uichol Kim from Inha University, South Korea; Prof. Rosnah Ismail from Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences & UMS, Malaysia; Prof. Annamaria Di Fabio from the University of Florence, Italy; Prof. Donald H. Saklofske from the University of Western Ontario’s Department of Psychology, Canada; Prof. Saadi Lahlou from London School of Economics and Political Science, England; Dr. Satoko Kimpara from Palo Alto University, United States of America; Maxi Heitmayer, Ph.D from London School of Economics and Political Science; Prof. Akira Tsuda from Kurume University’s Department of Psychology, Japan; and Plinio Fabiani, Director of Versilia Hospita’s Internal Medicine Unit. read more

The 4.0 industrial revolution is the background that inspired CICP to hold this event. It can’t be denied that the 4.0 industrial revolution has started to change the fabric of people’s lives, and technological advancements are no exceptions. Big data is one of the tangible manifestations of technology. Big data is a new technology in the world of information technology that enables fast processing, storing, and analysis of large amounts of data. The opportunities opened by big data can be utilized to sustain the development of scientific knowledge in this era. read more

The routine agenda, Theory Building Training (TBT), was held some time ago on April 26-27, 2019 in Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Faculty of Psychology. After last year’s basic level TBT, this year’s grounded theory-themed TBT was for the intermediate level, thus the participants were recommended to have already acquired the basics of qualitative research methodology. The event, TBT Intermediate: Grounded Theory, brought in Dr. Bagus Riyono, M.A. for the first day of training and T. Novi Poespita Chandra, M.Si. for the second day of training. read more