Through a direct collaboration with the UNESCO Chair towards a culture of economic peace, ISMA France promotes sound knowledge in the transformation of the economic model toward a more peaceable version of economics. The main research themes are inner peace, inter-relational peace and economic peace. The prevention and reduction of human stress is actively promoted through those three research axes.

ISMA Brazil aims to be a focus for the qualification and updating of Brazilian professionals, promoting training and retraining through courses and conferences, scientific research and underlining the importance of diagnosis, preventive measures and proper treatment.

Currently, we are getting ISMA Austria connected with the University, to reinvigorate the Austrian branch of ISMA. The goal is to bring a master study to life - an online study for the University of Salutology, one version in German and another one that will connect with our international branches and bring diversity into the field. This is a work in progress and we are looking forward to bringing it to fruition.

ISMA is currently expanding in the Pacific and Oceania region. A new branch now exists in Australia and a national executive is being formed. We welcome expressions of interest from individuals who would like to help create new branches in Japan and New Zealand. Individuals from other countries in the Oceania region are invited to contact Veronica Connaughton to discuss the formation of branches in their local area.

Stephen is Professor of Practice at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has represented ISMA at national and international conferences since joining in 1987. He is an award-winning chartered psychologist, chartered scientist and chartered biologist. Stephen is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, and Honorary Fellow of both ISMA and the Institute for Health Promotion and Education. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management and the Centre for Coaching, London. Stephen has written and edited 60 books and published over 325 articles and book chapters on topics including stress management, resilience and wellbeing. Stephen is also an Honorary Fellow and former President of ISMA ^UK.

Rendel combined teaching and research at the Free University in Amsterdam and Utrecht University with practice as a psychotherapist and as a coach. His main topics are leadership, mental health and organisational functioning. The subjects of his PhD study, stress and performance in managers and entrepreneurs, are still at the forefront of his thinking. At present, as a member of the research committee of the Dutch branch of EMCC, his main focus is on evidence-based practice in coaching. He has developed a workshop on recovery for ISMA Netherlands. He combines his interest in modern art with his profession of writing and lecturing in his work on the development of Vincent van Gogh, in relation to coaching and the mentoring he received from his more experienced fellow artists.

Ingrid is a certified expert in psychotherapy and writes on biofeedback and prevention of burnout. She has MA degrees in international business and educational sciences and a PhD in psychotherapy science. Her current research involves meaning-oriented business, occupational psychotherapy and counselling. She heads the Department of PsychoSalutology, University of Salutology, Germany, with the main focus on stress management, resilience, and psychotherapy.

Carole is Chair of the International Stress Management Association^UK, Chair of ISMA International, and founder of International Stress Awareness Week. She is a well-respected authority on building resilience and communication skills, a BBC guest broadcaster and author of Show Stress Who’s Boss! and Tolley’s Managing Stress in the Workplace. Carole is an international motivational speaker, regularly called upon by the press and media for comment.

Dr Kumar Reddy is CEO of Stress Management Lab Pvt. Ltd. He pioneered organisational stress audits, stress coaching, stress counselling and stress management policies in the workplace in India. Dr Udaya chairs annual international conferences on stress management.