People
Together with other national and international organizations of psychologists, the Association safeguards the professional interests and statute of the psychologist, always with the aim to be of service to the community.
BAPS seeks to unite all those interested in the development of psychological science and in its applications in Belgium. Its goals are to encourage the exchange of ideas, to coordinate research, to inform the community about developments in psychological science, and to offer its members opportunities for further specialized training.
The Association is governed by an executive committee. Its membership currently hovers around 200 members, most of whom hold academic positions in universities.
A detailed directory of BAPS members that includes a brief description of each member's research interests is available on the membership directory of the Federation. For information about how to become a member of BAPS, please check out the section "Becoming a Member".
Executive Committee
Executive Committee 2008-2011
- Marc Brysbaert (RHUL - UG), President
- Axel Cleeremans (ULB), Past President
- Emmanuelle Zech (UCL), Secretary, Webmaster
- Etienne Quertemont (ULg), Editor Psychologica Belgica
- Bert Reynvoet (KUL-campus Kortrijk), Treasurer
- Alain Van Hiel (UG), Best Thesis Award & Advisor
- Gina Rossi (VUB), Advisor
- Steve Majerus (ULg), Advisor
- Cécile Colin (ULB), Advisor
Past Presidents of the BPS-BAPS have been
1972-74 De Waele (VUB)
1975-77 De Coster (UG)
1978-79 Osterrieth (ULB)
1979-81 Jean Costermans (UCL)
1981-84 Janssen (KUL)
1984-87 Paul Bertelson (ULB)
1987-90 Leni Verhofstadt (UG)
1990-93 De Keyser (ULG)
1994-96 Gery d'Ydewalle (KUL)
1996-99 Bernard Rimé (UCL)
1999-2003 Frank Van Overwalle (VUB)
2003-2005 André Vandierendonck (UG)
2005-2008 Axel Cleeremans (ULB)
Membership benefits
Membership comes with a free subscription to Psychologica Belgica. Membership of BAPS also offers sizeable reductions for subscriptions to the journals of the American Psychological Association, to the Annual Review of Psychology, as well as to several popular Psychology magazines in Dutch and French. Members are also regularly informed about meetings, lectures, symposia, training cycles, and of course, they benefit from reduced participation fees to all these activities. For instance, this year the fee has been reduced to 30 EUR for members.
How to become a member [updated November 2006]
As of September 1st, 2002, the Belgian Federation of Psychologists is handling all administrative matters related to membership in the Belgian Association for Psychological Science. There are three types of membership in BAPS:
- Full members must have a diploma of licentiate or doctor in the Psychological Sciences (1) delivered by a belgian university or (2) delivered by a university from the European Union and recognized by the Belgian Commission of Psychologists.
- Affiliate members are people whose main occupation is within the field of psychology and who fulfill one of the following conditions: (1) they reside in Belgium but do not hold a licentiate or doctoral degree in the Psychological Sciences, as requested of full members, or (2) they reside permanently outside Belgium.
- Student members are necessarily enrolled in the last year of a Belgian university programme in the Psychological Sciences.
Affiliate Members and Student Members have the same rights as Full Members, except when voting for amendments to the articles of the Association and for electing members of the executive committee.
To become a member or to renew your membership, as well as determine your membership fee, please follow the steps explained in French or Dutch. For more information concerning payment of fees, please contact the Federation at bfp@skynet.be or by phone at +32 2 514 75 09 (from Tuesday through Friday between 10:00 and 12:00 am).