Dr. Alma Jeftić is a social psychologist whose work focuses on war trauma, wellbeing, peacebuilding, and collective memory. She is currently a Scientific Collaborator at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva and a Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute of International Christian University in Tokyo.

 

Alma is a long-standing member of APA Division 48 (Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence), where she has served in multiple leadership roles and contributes to peace psychology initiatives internationally.

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She is the 2025 recipient of the SPSP International Bridge-Building Award, recognizing her global contributions to collaborative and inclusive psychological science. Alma is also the co-founder of ABRIR, an initiative dedicated to expanding representation and capacity building for Majority-World scholars in big-team and open science projects.

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In her homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alma served as President of the Sarajevo Subsidiary of the Association of Psychologists of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, supporting professional development, standards of practice, and community engagement. She was also a member of the SIPS IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Committee, contributing to equity-driven reform in scientific practice.

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Alma is the author of Social Aspects of Memory (Routledge), and her work spans experimental, longitudinal, and intervention-based research in post-conflict societies.