Fons van de Vijver

Fons van de Vijver was a Dutch psychologist and professor of cross-cultural psychology who held positions at Tilburg University, North-West University in South Africa, the University of Queensland in Australia and the Higher School of Economics in Russia. He specialized in cross-cultural research methodology, publishing extensively on survey methods, test translation and data-analysis approaches for comparing psychological findings across cultures, and he received the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology in 2013.