By Henry Oladele<\/p>\n
The Lagos State University (LASU) is hosting the 2026 edition of International Conference of Community Psychology (ICCP), aimed at promoting well-being and positive change at community and societal levels.<\/p>\n
The Vice-Chancellor, LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, made this known to journalists on Monday at a news conference at LASU.<\/p>\n
She said that the engagement formed part of the university\u2019s strategic efforts to sensitise the public, stimulate participation and mobilise partnerships and sponsorships at national, regional and global levels.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that LASU will host the conference in partnership with the Nigerian Psychological Association and the Pan-African Psychology Union.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the structure of the conference and timeline, the ICCP 2026 will be held in three distinct phases.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pre-conference activities will be on Aug. 28-30. The main conference is on Sept. 1-4, and the post-conference activities, Sept. 8-7.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach phase has been carefully designed to maximise academic engagement, community interaction, professional networking and cultural exchange,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She noted that community psychology was a branch of psychology that focused on the relationship between individuals and their social, cultural, economic and physical environments.<\/p>\n
\u201cIts primary goal is to promote well-being and positive change at community and societal levels, not merely at the individual level.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an action-orientated discipline that applies research to address social injustice, mental health challenges and systemic inequalities by working collaboratively with communities as partners to develop sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgainst this background, the theme of ICCP 2026 is \u2018Gathering in the Motherland: Celebrating Waves of the Waters, and Reconnecting to the Source\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis theme reflects Africa as the cradle of humanity and knowledge, and underscores the need to reconnect global psychological practices to indigenous wisdom, collective resilience and community-centred solutions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
According to the vice-chancellor, Lagos and, indeed, LASU were chosen because Lagos is Nigeria\u2019s most popular state, safest commercial hub, and a destination of choice for tourism, trade missions, and innovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndividuals, visitors, tourists, and foreign partners arrive daily in Lagos for diverse purposes and live fulfilled.<\/p>\n
\u201cLagos proudly stands as a centre of excellence and a megacity renowned for its intellectual leadership, cultural vibrancy, economic vitality, and innovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHosting ICCP 2026 at LASU, a living public tertiary institution with a strong tradition of scholarship and community engagement, further affirms LASU\u2019s role as a hub for international academic exchange,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said that the conference participants would not only engage in high-level scholarly discourse, but also experience the rich cultural, social and creative offerings of Lagos State.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe assure our global audience, including multidisciplinary practitioners and eminent scholars, of adequate safety, security, transportation, entertainment and accommodation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are all provided to international standards to ensure a safe, comfortable and rewarding stay in Nigeria,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She added that ICCP 2026 would introduce a broader-than-shoot in psychology approach to addressing Africa\u2019s systemic human development challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cHosting this conference in Nigeria provides Africa with the unique opportunity to contribute meaningfully to global research and innovation in community psychology.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe discipline offers tools to address structural poverty, political instability, nepotism and economic self-sabotage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe therefore call on governments at all levels, multinational companies, philanthropists and public and private organisations to partner with and support Lagos State and LASU in hosting this global event.<\/p>\n
\u201cICCP 2026 offers significant opportunities for branding, advertising, networking and commercial engagements, innovation and community impact,\u201d she said. (NAN)<\/p>\n
Edited by Ijeoma Popoola <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Henry Oladele The Lagos State University (LASU) is hosting the 2026 edition of International Conference of Community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[106],"class_list":{"0":"post-20568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}