A complete listing of the current ISPP leadership
Below are the Editors of ISPP Publications, Staff, Officers, and the at-large Members of the Governing Council. Please feel free to contact the Executive Director or any relevant Officer about any questions you may have about ISPP or about political psychology in general. For journalists and researchers, to obtain listings of experts in political psychology by subject areas, click here.
Interested in serving on ISPP’s Governing Council? The Governing Council is responsible for the decisions that guide the direction of ISPP. Nominations for the Governing Council are sought each year by the Nominating Committee and are announced on the website and in the newsletter. Self-nominations are welcome.
ISPP Central Office
Executive Director
Michael Breslin
USA
Executive Administrator
Breanne Clark
USA
Vice-Presidents
VP – Initiatives
Martijn von Zomeren
University of Groningen
Netherlands
Executive Committee
Councilor
Paul Nesbitt-Larking
Huron University College
Canada
Executive Committee
Early Career Committee Chair
Kostas Papaioannou
University of Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
Executive Committee
Governing Council
Starting a third year in 2025
Starting a second year in 2025
Starting a first year in 2025
Maria Chayinska
University of Messina
Spain
Barbara Lasticova
Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia
Rosa Rodriguez-Bailon
University of Granada
Spain
Felipe Vilanova
Pontifical Catholic University Brazil
Christopher Weber
University of Arizona
USA
Editors of Political Psychology – Submit
Editors of Advances in Political Psychology
View a list of all ISPP officers past and present HERE.
The bio statements for the 2026 election candidates can be viewed HERE. ISPP members, please review in preparation for the opening of the 2026 election process.
