The EFPA Awarding Committee selected the recipient of the Robert Roe Memorial Award for 2025: Polli Hagenaars from the Centre for Counselling and Cross-Cultural Communication (NL)

The Awarding Committee noted Polli Hagenaars’s exceptional contribution in positioning psychology as a leading voice for human rights and embedding these principles within the field. Through impactful research, advocacy, and leadership, she has united scholars and students across Europe, advanced public policy, and powerfully demonstrated psychology’s relevance to society.

The Robert Roe Memorial Award is awarded during the European Congress of Psychology by the President of EFPA.

More information on the Robert Roe Memorial Award can be found here.