Conference

ARPH Conference 2027

March 11-12, 2027 – CORPUS in Leiden

Dear colleagues
 
We are excited to invite you to the 16h annual ARPH Conference, taking place on March 11-12, 2027, at CORPUS in Leiden, the City of Keys. The conference will be hosted by Leiden University. 
 
This year’s theme is Health Psychology for a Healthy Society. Building a healthy society requires us to connect scientific knowledge with the expertise, experiences, and needs of communities and organizations in society. During the conference, we will explore how health psychology can contribute to addressing complex health challenges by bringing together different perspectives. In this way, health psychology is a science about society, for society, and with society.
 
Join us for two days of inspiring insights, fresh perspectives, and new connections as we explore the latest research in psychology and health, perhaps unlocking a few new ideas along the way.
 
We look forward to your contributions and can’t wait to see you in Leiden!
 
Organizing Committee ARPH 2027
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Foto credit: CORPUS in Leiden

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 Egmond aan Zee (2026), 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 all ARPH board members.

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.