About DGPs

In addition to the Executive Board and the General Assembly, the administrative bodies of the DGPs are the Court of Honour as a disciplinary body and the committees or commissions. The Executive Board can set up committees to deal with specific scientific and organisational issues. The Executive Board decides on the task, composition and convening of committees. The General Assembly can also request the appointment of a committee for a specific task by a majority of the voting members present.

DGPs-Commissions

An overview of the commissions (in German) can be found here.

The Federation of German Psychological Societies serves as the international representative of the DGPs and the BDP. The presidency alternates on a two-year cycle, with the DGPs holding the presidency in odd-numbered years.

The Federation of German Psychological Societies is a member of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA), and the International Test Commission (ITC).

The Federation also oversees various expert committees in psychology. An overview of these expert committees (in German) can be found here.

The 17 divisions were set up by the DGPs to promote subdisciplines of psychology. Below you will find a list of all divisions which are linked to the respective subsites where you can find a short discription of each discipline and recent announcements. Each division has a speaker group and its own website. In addition, all divisions have appointed experts from their ranks who can provide information on specific topics.

List of DGPs divisions:

• General Psychology
• Work, Business and Organizational Psychology
• Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology
• Differential, Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics
• Developmental Psychology
• History of Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Engineering Psychology
• Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Media Psychology
• Research Methods and Evaluation
• Educational Psychology
• Legal and Forensic Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Sports Psychology
• Environmental Psychology
• Traffic Psychology

Division membership: Division membership can be indicated directly in the registration form when applying for DGPs membership. If you are already a DGPs member and would like to apply for additional division membership, simply send an e-mail to Ms. Hannemann (geschaeftsstelle@--no-spam--dgps.de).

The German Psychological Society represents psychologists working in research and teaching. Its more than 5,800 members represent from all subdisciplines of psychology.

As a member of the DGPs

• you receive the Psychologische Rundschau, the official organ of the DGPs, four times a year
• you receive discounts and reductions on registration fees for congresses, conferences and workshops
• you can use the online job market PsychJob free of charge to post (and receive) job offers
• you receive special conditions for access to trade journals and databases
• On request: you will be included in our expert database

If you would like to find out more about the benefits of membership of the DGPs, please click here.

Do you want to become member of the DGPs?

A person may be admitted to the DGPs as a full member, an associate member or a student member if he or she is proposed for admission by at least two ordinary members as guarantors and provides evidence of academic qualifications in the field of psychology or related subjects. The admission of a ordinary member, associate member, student member, institutional member or sponsoring member is completed when the Executive Board has unanimously approved a proposal for admission.

Ordinary member: In order to become a full member, academic qualifications are deemed to be proven if a doctoral degree from a university or other higher education institution has been obtained and if at least one other academic publication exists in addition to the dissertation. Please state the title of your dissertation. In addition to the dissertation, which can be an individual thesis or a publication-based dissertation, at least one further academic publication must be proven. This should be at least one contribution that has appeared in the form of an article in a recognized journal, in a monograph or in a scientific anthology and is demonstrably at least “in print” (please indicate the page numbers in each case). Publications that are directly related to a dissertation are not included. As a rule, this refers to publications that represent precisely the studies (or: analyses of large data sets; simulations; overviews; theoretical discussions) that were part of the dissertation.

Associate member: Anyone who does not or does not yet meet the requirements for a scientific qualification can become an associate member if the scientific qualification is a Diplom, Master of Science or equivalent degree in psychology or - e.g. in the case of a related subject to psychology - a comparable university degree. Associate members must be involved in postgraduate doctoral programs, research projects, research-relevant practice, application of psychological research results or interdisciplinary contributions to psychological research. Applicants without a diploma or M. Sc. in psychology should enclose a transcript of records from their degree program as well as a certificate of an equivalency examination, proof of at least two years of participation in a scientific project in psychology or proof of participation in a scientific publication in the field of psychology.

Student member: Students in Master of Science degree programs in psychology or equivalent degree programs can become student members. Applicants without a degree in psychology should enclose a transcript of records from their degree program.

General information: Please download the guarantor PDF form below, have the guarantors fill it out and upload it again as a PDF along with their application. You cannot complete the application without two guarantor forms! If you have any questions about the application, please contact geschaeftsstelle@--no-spam--dgps.de.

Guarantee form (german)

Guaranteeform.pdf

Membership fees

Membership application forms

• Application form for ordinary membership
• Application form for associate membership
• Application form for student membership