Seventh Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP)

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
UMS campus is only 15 minutes drive from the heart of the city. It is a magnificent place with beautiful landscape and UMS will definitely play an important part in attracting scholars, students and visitors to be a part of the university.

For more information about UMS, please visit our website http://www.ums.edu.my

Language
The official language of the conference is English, no simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Visas
Please confirm whether you need one with your travel agent or Malaysian Embassy/Consulate.

Letter of Invitation
Participants who need an official invitation letter in order to attend the conference may write to the Conference Secretariat specifying the necessary details. This service is designed only to assist participants who need to obtain a visa or permission to attend the conference. It should not be considered an official invitation covering fees or other expenses.

Accomodation
A large number of variously priced hotel rooms have been provisionally reserved for conference participants. The lists are as below. Please contact directly to respective preferred hotel using online reservations or direct booking using hotel website (see below for contact details). It is advisable to book as early as possible to ensure reservation for the preferred hotel category.

For hotels which do not have on-line reservation, if need assistance please contact secretariat for reservations uppkspej@ums.edu.my

Awards

KS Yang Travel Award and Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Award are available. For more informations and how to apply for these 2 awards please see below:

KS Yang Travel Award

KS Yang Travel Award history

Professor Kuo-shu Yang is the founder of indigenous Chinese psychology. He has worked his entire career promoting the development of psychology indigenous to Asia, and set up this fund through generous contributions from individuals in Taiwan.
In recognition of the huge range of conditions facing social psychologists across different countries in Asia, Professor Yang established an endowment to enable young scholars in economically developing countries to attend the AASP conference.
Hence, the KS Yang Travel Award is administered by AASP to provide financial assistance for deserving young scholars from developing countries to attend the biannual conference.

KS Yang Travel Award Grant

AASP has designated the KS Yang travel award to provide financial assistance for deserving young scholars from developing countries to attend the AASP Conference.
In 2005, AASP provided ONE all expenses paid trip (travel, registration fees, and accommodation) to the most deserving applicant.
In addition, it may be possible that some lesser awards will be made.

How to apply for the KS Yang Travel Award

Applicants of less than 40 years of age from any developing nation are eligible.
In addition to the normal procedure of submitting an abstract for the conference, KS Yang award applicants should also supply

their Curriculum Vitae (CV) detailing their publications and teaching activities,
a full copy of the paper they intend to present, and
a letter of recommendation from a more senior colleague.

The length of this paper should be between 3,000-6,000 words.
Winning papers will be considered for publication in 'Contributions to Asian Social Psychology' (AASP's conference proceedings).
Deadline for submission for the Seventh Conference of the AASP is January 31, 2007. Applicants will be notified of the final decision by February 28, 2007.

Enquiries and/or applications should be submitted to the conference organizer:
Dr. Rosnah Ismail
Psychology and Social Health Research Unit
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
E-mail: isrosnah@ums.edu.my, rosumsis@hotmail.com

2005: AASP Wellington

2003: AASP Manila

Sovanny Chhim, Royal University of Phnom Penh
"Job Satisfaction and Empowerment in the Workplace among Cambodian Women."

2001: AASP Melbourne

Augustus Anonuevo, University of the Philippines at Los Banos
"(In)Tolerance and political leanings of members and non-members of charismatic groups and political organizations in Lagun"
Augusto Legaspi, University of the Philippines, Diliman,
"Attaining desired outcomes in Catholic parishes: The meanings of parish competence"

Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Award

Park Jung-heun fund was established to provide financial travel assistance for two young Asian psychologists to attend the Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP). This fund is established based on Mr. Park’s commitment to education. He devoted his life to provide the best possible education for his children and those living in the community. Although he only received elementary education, he felt that education provides best way to acquire knowledge, moral character, and to ensure a high quality of life. Although he was born in Pyongyang, his mother directed him and his brothers to flee to Daegu during the Korean War. Being their parents, without any money and knowing no one, he started out as a day laborer. He works hard and saved enough money to start a small farm, which he later managed to develop it into an orchard.

Mr. Park represents a typical Korean who values education and who is willing to devote his life and sacrifice for his children so that they could obtain the best possible education. He extended his benevolence to numerous financially destitute students by providing them scholarships to complete their education. He also participated in community development and supporting schools. Such individuals are collectively responsible for the high levels of academic achievement, economic development, and standard of living that Koreans now enjoy. He felt a responsibility to go beyond the borders and share his value for educations by support young scholars in Asia.

The first Park Jung-heun Young Scholar Award was presented to Sylvia Xiaohua Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Tasuku Igarashi, Nagoya University, Japan for excellence in research. The award was presented during the Sixth AASP Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, April 2-5, 2005.

Mr. Park decided to create another award to encourage young scholars from economically developing countries who may not have the necessary resources that students from economically developed countries possess. The new award in honor of his wife, Jung Tae-gon, will support two young scholars from economically developing countries, which excludes Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

Park Jung-heun Young Scholar Award will be given to two young scholars from Asia. Kim Tae-gon Young Scholar Award will be given to two young scholars from economically developing countries in Asia. Applicants can be graduate students or those who have completed their Ph.D. dissertation within last two years (i.e., on or after 2005) and should be below the age of 40.

Each recipient of the Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Award will receive a plaque, $500 to cover travel expenses to attend AASP conference, and the cost of registration fee. The awards will be given during the Seventh Biennial Conference of AASP, Koto Kinabalu, Malaysia, July 25-28, 2007.

Interested applicants need to submit 8-10-page summary of their dissertation or research paper in which they are the principal investigator and which they will present at the AASP conference. A selection committee comprising of AASP past-presidents will review the applications. Applicants should also submit their Curriculum Vitae, and a letter of recommendation. The winning papers will be considered for the publication in the Progress in Asian Social Psychology Series.
Deadline for submission is January 31, 2007. Applicants will be informed of the decision by February 28, 2007.
Enquiries and/or applications should be submitted electronically to Uichol Kim:
Uichol Kim, Ph.D.
IFP Distinguished Professor
College of Business Administration
Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong Nam-gu
Inchon, 402-751, Korea
Tel: 8232) 860-7815, 7816
FAX: 8232) 876-7815
E-mail: uicholk@yahoo.com; uicholk@chol.com

Social Program
A rich social program has been designed for the conference participants and accompanying persons such as welcome reception, opening and closing ceremony and city tour and Universiti Malaysia Sabah campus tour.

Tour
For touring places in Sabah please arrange and contact our local travel agents or for more information, please contact Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation (Sabah Tourism) www.sabahtourism.com or e-mail info@sabahtourism.com
Tel : 6088-212121
Fax : 6088-212075