The awards ceremony took place on April the 27th in Seattle (USA). One day later, on the 28th, at the same congress, José María Peiró presented his lecture ‘Teaching and Learning in Work and Organisational Psychology: Achievements, challenges and opportunities’ in which he explained his contributions to teaching. Peiró, who has supervised more than 60 doctoral theses throughout his career, receives this award for his outstanding teaching work in tutoring and training future psychologists of Work and Organisations. In addition, his role as a populariser is recognised by his numerous publications aimed at increasing the understanding of psychology worldwide. The SIOP has also valued his work as the driving force behind the European Master’s Degree in Research in Work and Organisational Psychology and the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree in Work, Organisational and Personnel Psychology. His work as president of the European Association for Work and Organisational Psychology and International Association for Applied Psychology, where he developed the connection between SIOP, EAWOP and IAAP that became the Alliance for Organisational Psychology, has also been esteemed.

José María Peiró is Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the Universitat de València, researcher at the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), founding director of the University Research Institute (IDOCAL), among other titles he holds.