Welcome to the
Australasian Congress on Personality and Individual Differences
ACPID is excited to announce that the 2026 conference will be held at the Union House, Adelaide University, from December 11-12.
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ACPID is the premier scientific society in Australasia for personality and individual differences research. Researchers with interests in traits, abilities, and other aspects of human variation will find a receptive multidisciplinary audience to engage with their work.
Our annual conference draws widely from all areas of psychology, including:
- Personality and individual differences (e.g., traits, abilities, personality dynamics)
- Affective science (e.g., emotion regulation, wellbeing, experience sampling)
- Organisational and applied psychology (e.g., performance, leadership, coaching)
- Clinical psychology and counselling
- Neurodiversity
- Methods and measurement (e.g., meta-science, reproducibility, psychometrics)
- Cognitive and biological approaches (e.g., personality neuroscience)
Past Keynotes and Invited Symposia at ACPID include:
- Prof Chris Sibley (University of Auckland)
- Prof Theresa Dicke (Australian Catholic University)
- Prof Brian Connelly (University of Toronto, Canada)
- Prof Amirali Minbashian (University of New South Wales, Aus)
- Prof Tamlin Conner (University of Otago, NZ)
- Prof Peggy Kern (University of Melbourne, Aus)
- Prof Colin MacLeod (University of Western Australia, Aus)
- Prof Brian Little (University of Pennsylvania, US)
- Prof Michal Kosinksi (University of Stanford, US)
More Information
Workshops & Events
Each year we offer a range of workshops and events catered to our student members, ECRs, and more established members.
ACPID Membership
Members have access to discounted conference attendance, networking, and educational events.
2026 Conference Info
As information about the 2026 Conference becomes available (including abstract submission, conference registration etc) it will be available through this link.
What people are saying
Dr Sarah A. Walker“I gave my first conference talk at ACPID in 2017 as an undergraduate student. It’s an incredibly supportive and student friendly organisation”
University of Durham, UK
