Conference

ARPH Conference 2026

March 19-20, 2026 – Egmond aan Zee

Dear colleagues

 

We are happy to invite you to the 15th ARPH Conference, taking place on March 19–20, 2026. The conference will be hosted by the ARPH board in Egmond aan Zee. As always, our program will feature inspiring keynote lectures, symposia, workshops, oral presentations, and poster sessions, along with social and networking events. The conference dinner and party are included in the registration fee.

 

This year’s theme is Health Psychology Research and Societal Transitions. During the conference, we want to explore how individuals and communities adapt to changing social, technological, and healthcare environments, and how this influences people’s health behaviors, mental health, management of health problems, and access and acceptance of treatment. 

 

Kind regards,

ARPH Conference 2026 Committee

ARPH Board

 

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Previous Conferences

The Association of Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH) organizes an annual conference. Each year, the conference is hosted by a different research group that is represented in the ARPH.

The conference program includes keynote lectures from leading national and international researchers in the area of health psychology, oral and poster presentation sessions, e-health demonstrations, a PhD activity, and a roundtable discussion.

Past conferences were held in Heerlen (2025), Maastricht (2024), Twente (2023), Egmond aan Zee (2022), online (2021), Egmond aan Zee (2020, 2019), Tilburg (2018), Leiden (2017), Maastricht (2016), Gent (2015), Groningen (2014) and Enschede (2013).

Past Conferences

Click on the links below to read more about the past ARPH Conferences

This edition was organised by the Open University.

This edition was organised by Maastricht University. The full program of the 13th ARPH conference in Maastricht can be accessed here.

This edition was organised by the University of Twente. 

Unfortunately, there is no link to the program of this year. 

This edition was organised by Groningen University.

This edition was organised by Utrecht University.

This edition was organised by Amsterdam UMC. The ARPH Best PhD Thesis Award was granted to:

  • Yvette Meuleman (Leiden University Medical Center) for her thesis entitled: Disease progression & quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease.

For the first time, an award for talented early-career researchers was granted during this conference: The Young Career Award. This award went to:

  • Kaya Peerdeman (Leiden University).

This year, two Best Oral Presentation Awards were granted to:

  • Valérie Broers (Université de Catholique de Louvain) for the presentation entitled: Default-name and tasting nudge increase unfamiliar, specific vegetable choice without increasing general vegetable choice.
  • Houkje Adema (Wageningen University) for the presentation entitled: Self-reported overeating of healthy and unhealthy foods: attributions for food intake.

The two Best Poster Presentation Awards were granted to:

  • Monique Alblas (University of Amsterdam) for the presentation entitled: Watching a TV show with food cues and subsequent unhealthy food intake: an eye-tracking study.
  • Elke Mathijssen (Sint Maartenskliniek) for the presentation entitled: What treatment outcomes matter to patients with early rheumatoid arthritis?

Unfortunately, there is no link to the program of this year. 

Unfortunately, there is no link to the program of this year. 

A full overview of the conference program can be found here.

A full overview of the conference program can be found here.

A full overview of the conference program can be found here.