Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award

Ursula Gielen (1916-1997, Germany) was vitally interested in the well-being of indigenous, persecuted, and poor people around the world, with a special emphasis on women and children. Her legacy and commitment to international concerns and human welfare continues through her children: Ute Seibold, a former foreign language secretary in Switzerland; Uwe Gielen, an international psychologist in the United States; Odina Diephaus, a former interpreter with the European Parliament in Belgium and France; and Anka Gielen, a counseling psychologist in Germany.

Examples include psychological interventions at the micro- and macro-levels, multinational organizations, questions of mental health, pedagogy, peace and war, gender roles, contributions of indigenous psychologies to global psychology, textbooks that integrate theory, research and practice from around the globe, edited volumes integrating contributions from scholars around the world, and overviews of international and global psychology. 

Winners will be presented with a certificate, and invited to give an address at the APA convention. They will receive one full payment of the convention fee and a stipend of $500 to help fund their attendance at the convention.

In judging the contribution of each book, the following set of guidelines will be used:

1. How creative and novel are the ideas expressed in the book? 

2. How large and significant a contribution does the book make to psychology as a global discipline and profession? 

3. Are the book’s contents international or global in nature? 

4. Is the book scientifically rigorous and logically sound? Are its theoretical bases well supported and translatable into sound and ethical practice? 

5. What is the literary quality of the work? Is it interestingly and well written? Is the audience for whom it is written explicitly stated and does it reach that audience? 

6. Does the book maintain a clear focus on psychology as a science and practice?

Nominations may include authored or edited volumes in any language. All submissions must be accompanied by a two-page letter in English making a case for the book’s potential contribution to global psychology. Copyright must be in the current year. Nominations may not include fiction or biographies.

All nominations, accompanied by the two-page letter, must be sent to:

Laura Egan, PhD
Chair, Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award
Psychology Department
St. Francis College
180 Remsen St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201 

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2018

The Cultural Nature of Attachment: Contextualizing Relationships and Development. Editors: Heidi Keller (University of Osnabrück, Germany) and Kim A. Bard (University of Portsmouth, UK).

2017

The ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment. Editors: Frederick T. L. Leong (Michigan State University, USA), Dave Bartram (CEB Talent Measurement Lab, USA), Fanny M. Cheung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China), Kurt F. Geisinger (University of Nebraska, USA), and Dragos Iliescu (University of Bucharest, Romania).

2016

Organizations and Management in Cross-Cultural Context. Authors: Zeynep Aycan (Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey), Rabindra N. Kanungo (McGill University, Montreal, Canada), and Manuel Medonça, McGill University, Montreal, Canada).

2015

The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity. Editors: Verónica Benet-Martínez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) and Ying-Yi Hong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).

2014

Fathers in Cultural Context. Editors: David W. Shwalb (Southern Utah University, USA), Barbara J. Shwalb (Southern Utah University, USA) and Michael E. Lamb (University of Cambridge, UK).

2013

Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism. Author: Ervin Staub (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA).

2012

Silencing the Self Across Cultures: Depression and Gender in the Social World. Editors: Dana C. Jack (Western Washington University, USA), and Alisha Ali (New York University, USA).

2011

International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide. Editors: Lawrence H. Gerstein (Ball State University, USA), P. Paul Heppner (University of Missouri, USA), Stefanía Ægisdóttir (Ball State University, USA), Seung-Ming Alvin Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), and Kathryn L. Norsworthy (Rollins College, USA).

Honorable Mention (the "Silver" Award)
Chris E. Stout, The New Humanitarians: Inspiration, Innovations, and Blueprints for Visionaries (3 vols.) An important and significant scientific contribution to psychology as a global discipline that focuses on 41 international organizations advancing social welfare and social justice.

2009

Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies. Editors: Jagdeep S. Chhokar (Indian Institute of Management, India), Felix C. Brodbeck (Aston University, U.K.), and Robert J. House (University of Pennsylvania, USA).

2008

Families Across Cultures: A 30-Nation Psychological Study. Editors: James Georgas (University of Athens, Greece), John W. Berry (Queen’s University, Canada), Fons J.R. van de Vijver (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, The Netherlands), Çiğdem Kağitçibaşi (Koc University, Turkey), and Ype H. Poortinga (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, The Netherlands).