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José María Peiró, doctor 'honoris causa' for the University of Almeria and the University of Florence

  • January 7th, 2025
José María Peiró

On June 7th, Teacher José María Peiró was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Almería.

On November 5th, he received the “Laurea Magistrale Honoris Causa” from the University of Florence, recently approved by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research.

Teacher Peiró is Teacher Emeritus of the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Valencia, Teacher of Social Psychology and was the first director, after its creation, of the Institute for Research in Human Resources Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working Life of the University of Valencia (IDOCAL) of the University of Valencia. During his long career he has been President of the EAWOP (European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1995-97) and of the IAAP (International Association of Applied Psychology, 2011-2014), Director of the Department of Social Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Valencia. He is a full member of the Academy of Psychology of Spain. This investiture as an honorary doctor is added to other previous investitures since he was named an honorary doctor by the Methodist University of Sao Paulo in 2010, the Miguel Hernández University of Elx in 2017, the University of Maastricht in 2020 and the University of Coimbra in 2023. In addition, he has received national and international recognitions such as the Aristotle Prize of the European Federation of Psychological Associations (Milan, 2015), the Distinguished Teaching Award of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2022), the Machiko Fokuhara Award Excellence in International Research and Service of the International Council of Psychology (2013), the EAWOP Life Time Achievement Award (2013), the IAPP Certificate of Honor (2018), the "José Luis Pinillos" Award for Psychologist of the Year of the Psicofundación (2016) and the Research Award of the Economic Council of Psychology (2018). and Social of Spain (2017). He is an Honorary Fellowship of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the USA (2009) and of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (2001).

The event can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3eVziik0ik&ab_channel=UNIFI-Convegni

Congratulations!

 

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