EFPA launches Digitalisation Priorities at European Congress of Psychology 2025

July 2025, Paphos Cyprus—At the European Congress of Psychology the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations AISBL (EFPA) has announced 6 priority areas for navigating digitalisation in society.

The increasing use of technology both offers benefits and poses challenges, and is a topic where European psychology can provide relevant input on the human and societal impacts that arise from our interaction with it.

EFPA is committed to advocating for people centred digital development, in accordance with our Purpose which is to: develop psychology, contribute to society, and serve psychologists. This includes both responding to calls for comment, and proactive policy and advocacy work to ensure that European psychology contributes psychological expertise to the development and deployment of technology.

The need for psychology to help inform policy, research and practice, in topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), immersive technology (i.e. virtual reality, mixed reality, the metaverse) and communications and social media technologies has become increasingly urgent due to the pace of change and reach of technology into many aspects of peoples’ lives.

Through a comprehensive review process, EFPA has identified six priorities as principles to underpin societal engagement with advancing technology: (1) Co-Production of Regulation;  (2) People-Centred Development; (3) Transparent & Controllable; (4) Digital Literacy & Accessibility; (5) Navigable Digital Determinants; (6) Enhance, Not Replace.

These priorities will serve as a foundation for active policy advocacy work in this area over the coming mandate. Further information, including explanations of each of these priorities, is available here: