International Association of People-Environment Studies
The International Association of People-Environment Studies, has been promoting the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between planning and social scientists for 35 years – above all between spatial planning, architecture, psychology, and sociology. IAPS was officially founded in 1981, although its origins can be traced back to a series of successful conferences in several European countries from 1969 to 1979.
The objectives of IAPS are:
- To facilitate communication among those concerned with the relationships between people and their physical environment
- To stimulate research and innovation for improving human well-being and the physical environment
- To promote the integration of research, education, policy and practice
Membership
Benefits of membership include:- The right to vote and stand for membership of the Board
- Reduced fees for attending conferences and seminars
- Free copies of the IAPS newsletter. This contains research summaries, articles, reviews, letters, lists of references, and general news of the research field
- The right to be listed in and receive a copy of the Directory of IAPS members
- Reduced subscription rates for specified journals
List of conferences
| Place, Country | Year | Conference | Theme |
| Dalandhui, UK | 1969 | AP1 | Architectural Psychology |
| Kingston, UK | 1970 | AP2 | Architectural Psychology |
| Lund, Sweden | 1973 | AP3 | Architectural Psychology |
| Surrey, UK | 1973 | AP4 | Psychology and the Built Environment |
| Sheffield, UK | 1975 | AP5 | Architectural Psychology |
| Strasbourg, France | 1976 | AP6 | Space Appropriation |
| Louvain La Neuve, Belgium | 1979 | IAPC 7 | Conflicting Experiences of Space |
| Surrey, UK | 1979 | IAPC 7 | Conflict and Narcissism |
| Barcelona, Spain | 1982 | IAPS 7 | Home-Environment. Man-Environment: Qualitative Aspects |
| Berlin, Germany | 1984 | IAPS 8 | Perspectives on Environment and Action |
| Haifa, Israel | 1986 | IAPS 9 | Environments in Transition |
| Delft, Netherlands | 1988 | IAPS 10 | Looking Back to the Future |
| Ankara, Turkey | 1990 | IAPS 11 | Culture-Space-History |
| Halkidiki, Greece | 1992 | IAPS 12 | Socio-environmental Metamorphoses |
| Manchester, UK | 1994 | IAPS 13 | The Urban Experiences |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 1996 | IAPS 14 | Evolving Environmental Ideals – Ways of Life, Values, Design Practices |
| Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1998 | IAPS 15 | Shifting Balances – Changing Roles In Policy, Research and Design |
| Paris, France | 2000 | IAPS 16 | Metropolis: Cities, Social Life and Sustainable Development |
| A Coruña, Spain | 2002 | IAPS 17 | Culture, Quality of Life and Globalization – Problems and Challenges for the New Millennium |
| Vienna, Austria | 2004 | Evaluation in Progress – Strategies for Environmental Research and Implementation | |
| Alexandria, Egypt | 2006 | IAPS 19 | Environment, Health and Sustainable Development |
| Rome, Italy | 2008 | IAPS 20 | Urban diversities, Biosphere and Well-being |
| Leipzig, Germany | 2010 | Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of global Change on Human Habitats | |
| Glasgow, UK | 2012 | Human experience in the natural and built environment: implications for research, policy and practice | |
| Timișoara, Romania | 2014 | Transitions to sustainable societies: Designing research and policies for changing lifestyles and communities | |
| Lund, Sweden | 2016 | The human being at home, work and leisure. Sustainable use and development of indoor and outdoor spaces in late modern everyday life |
Post conference books
- Editors: Moser, G. / Pol, E. / Bernard, Y. / Bonnes, M. / Corraliza, J.A. / Giuliani, V.
- Editors: García Mira, R. / Sabucedo Cameselle, J.M. / Martínez, J.R.
- Editors: Martens, B. / Keul, A.G.
- Editors: Abdel-Hadi, A. / Tolba, M.K. / Soliman, S.
IAPS Digital Library