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Fons van de Vijver

October 4, 1952 - June 1, 2019

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Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Fons) van de Vijver was a Dutch psychologist and Professor of Cross-cultural Psychology at Tilburg University (NL), North-West University (SA), University of Queensland (AU), and National Research University, Higher School of Economics (RU). He was known for his work on cross-cultural research and on methods of comparisons, resulting in over 400 publications. He has been supervising 40 PhD students and 5 post-docs, and had numerous editorial roles, among them the editorship of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Fons has been vice-dean for research and vice-dean for education at the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University and vice-director of Babylon, the interdisciplinary research center for studies of multicultural societies at Tilburg University. He has been President of Division 2 (Assessment and Evaluation) of the International Association of Applied Psychology, President of the European Association of Psychological Assessment, and President of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. He is the 2013 recipient of the International Award of the American Psychological Association for his contributions to international cooperation and to the advancement of knowledge of psychology. He is also the 2014 recipient of the IAAP Fellows Award of the International Association of Applied Psychology for his contributions to applied psychology.

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2019-06-05 09:06:44 wrote:

On behalf of IEA, I would like to extend my deepest condolences on Fons’ sudden and tragic passing. Fons was a giant in his field and he will be greatly missed by all of his colleagues. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Fons on many occasions. He was a great friend to IEA and a valued collaborator and mentor for our international research network. In recent years, Fons presented a stimulating keynote address at the IEA International Research Conference held in Prague in 2017 which received excellent feedback and sparked lively discussion during the conference. Fons also contributed to the IEA Technical Advisory Group and increased our understanding of response styles and cultural differences. Less than three months ago, we had a great exchange about self-reporting scales. I will sincerely miss his advice. I was looking forward to seeing Fons again at this month’s IRC meeting in Copenhagen and his absence will be sorely felt by all of the IEA community. My heartfelt sympathies to Fons’ family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.

2019-06-05 09:06:44 wrote: On behalf of IEA, I would like to extend my deepest condolences on Fons’ sudden and tragic passing. Fons was a giant in his field and he will be greatly missed by all of his colleagues. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Fons on many occasions. He was a great friend to IEA and a valued collaborator and mentor for our international research network. In recent years, Fons presented a stimulating keynote address at the IEA International Research Conference held in Prague in 2017 which received excellent feedback and sparked lively discussion during the conference. Fons also contributed to the IEA Technical Advisory Group and increased our understanding of response styles and cultural differences. Less than three months ago, we had a great exchange about self-reporting scales. I will sincerely miss his advice. I was looking forward to seeing Fons again at this month’s IRC meeting in Copenhagen and his absence will be sorely felt by all of the IEA community. My heartfelt sympathies to Fons’ family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.

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