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Strategic Partner

Alberto Zucconi

President, Person Centered Approach Institute (IACP); Chair, Board of Trustees, World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS); Secretary-General, World University Consortium

Focus areas
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Conflict prevention
  • Community health promotion

Background

President, Person Centered Approach Institute (IACP); Chair, Board of Trustees, World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS); Secretary-General, World University Consortium (WUC); Member, Board of Directors, Sustainability University (Santa Fe, NM, USA); External Scientific Advisor, WHO EURO Office for Investment in Health & Development; Advisory Board Member, Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Global Ethics; Co-Founder, World Sustainability Forum (WSF). Dr. Zucconi has over 40 years of leadership in humanistic psychology, conflict prevention, and community health. Co-founder of IACP with Carl Rogers in 1979, he has trained practitioners worldwide and advised governments, UN bodies, and universities on person-centered methods and sustainable development.

Core expertise

  • Person-centered and people-centered therapeutic models
  • Conflict prevention, group dynamics, and organizational consultation
  • Community health promotion and psychosocial policy development
  • Cross-cultural training, supervision, and capacity building

Academic experience

  • IACP:Founder & President (1979– )
  • Western Behavioral Science Institute (WBSI): Professor, Conflict Prevention & Group Dynamics (until 1994)
  • University of Siena:Senior Faculty, Clinical Psychology School
  • International University Centre (IUC): Director of Postgraduate Programs
  • The Humanistic Psychologist (APA Division 32): Consulting Editor
  • Da Persona a Persona and Persone (La Meridiana Editore): Editor-in-Chief and Series Editor

Honors and awards

  • Italian Association for Health Promotion: Founding Member & President
  • Italian Association of Humanistic Psychology: Founding Member & Past President
  • WHO Global Clinical Practice Network: Member
  • Shared Societies and Values Scientific Committee (Sarajevo): Member
  • Levant Culture & Civilization Institute Scientific Committee (Bucharest): Member
  • Eruditio and Cadmus (WAAS journals): Editorial Board Member

Publications and leadership

  • Publications:Author of numerous books and articles on humanistic psychology, psychotherapy, and health promotion
  • International events:Organized conferences and workshops disseminating person-centered methods
  • Project advisory:Advisor on multiple WHO and UNDP health-development initiatives