Division 9: Economic Psychology

Welcome to Division 9!

Economic Psychology promotes and discusses research, as well as policy making, on the interface of psychology and economics including topics such as money management, spending, saving and credit use and debts as well as financial and psychological preparation for retirement, money and inflation, felt inflation and consumer spending, and contra-productivity such as tax non-compliance, shadow economy and fraud.

Division 9 Board Members

President: Erik Hoelzl

President-Elect: Edoardo Lozza

Past President: Tomasz Zaleskiewicz

Honorary Secretary: Agata Gasiorowska


Christine Roland-Lévy Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Applied Economic Psychology

The "Christine Roland-Lévy Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Applied Economic Psychology" aims to recognize and reward research excellence among early career scholars in the field of Applied Economic Psychology. It will be awarded to a recently completed dissertation (since 2021) with a respective topical focus, preferably including international and/or cross-national comparisons.

The award will be delivered in connection with the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) in Florence, Italy, July 21-25, 2026. The selected awardee is expected to attend this ICAP conference and to give an oral presentation on their dissertation.

Nomination Process

An Award Committee will evaluate the submitted applications. The awardee will be informed by Mid-December in order to plan their conference participation. 

All applicants are encouraged to consider joining  IAAP given the many benefits this confers. IAAP Benefits Overview.

To apply for this award, please fill in the application form and send it together with your PhD certificate and an English-language version of the abstract of your dissertation – all in pdf format - to hoelzl@wiso.uni-koeln.de by October 31, 2025.


Resources
September 2018 Newsletter
Published: 2018-09-27

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October 2017 Newsletter
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January 2017 Newsletter

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March 2016 Newsletter

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