Professor of Psychology | UvA | Research Director Psychology Department | Researching uncertainty, attitudes & behavior in relation to sustainability and health

Joined August 2009
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🧠 Doubt isn’t weakness. It’s a democratic strength. My essay for @Salon: 🔗 salon.com/2025/07/13/in-defe… Thoughts welcome, esp. from @EzraKlein @Samfr @reneediresta @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK #Democracy #Uncertainty #Humility

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“Het ‘zelfregie’-bod van de universiteiten is gebaseerd op politieke druk, niet op visie.” Over hoe groepsdenken, verkeerde beeldvorming en waargenomen risico’s hebben geleid tot de opoffering van Engelstalige psychologie in de Randstad. #Internationalisering #UNL #Psychologie
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Achter de vernederlandsing van de psychologie ligt een misverstand ten grondslag over wat psychologie is en wat het belang van het vakgebied is voor de problemen waar we in de moderne samenleving voor staan: scienceguide.nl/2025/04/laat…

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27 Sep 2023
At the University of Amsterdam we have a vacancy for a Postdoc (4 years) on a NWO funded project on Attitudes and Behavioural Change Towards Sustainable Health Care. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Pos… Closing date is October 22nd.

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27 Sep 2023
At the University of Amsterdam we have a vacancy for a PhD student (4 years) on a NWO funded project on Attitudes and Behavioural Change Towards Sustainable Health Care. PhD student: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD… The closing date for this vacancies is October 22nd.

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Who is skeptical of scientific innovation?👩‍🔬 We ran 2 studies to examine a wide range of potential worldview predictors of skepticism across 3 domains. doi.org/10.1177/107554702311… Published OA in Science Communication, w/ @AvStekelenburg, @goafm & Bastiaan Rutjens (@PsySciLab)
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Very happy to share that this work has now been accepted for publication at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 🥳 Link to the accepted version: psyarxiv.com/avtgu Many thanks to great co-authors @njzarzeczna, @goafm, Jon McPhetres & Bastiaan Rutjens (@PsySciLab)!

🚨New preprint from @PsySciLab! 🚨 "Psychological distance to science as a predictor of science skepticism across domains" With @NataliaZarzeczna, Jon McPhetres, Frenk van Harreveld (@goafm) & Bastiaan Rutjens psyarxiv.com/avtgu A short 🧵 (1/6)
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1 Jul 2022
Van harte gefeliciteerd Vanessa van Ast voor je toegekende VIDI voor het onderzoeksproject 'Het veranderen van gedachten door het hervormen van herinneringen'; uva.nl/content/nieuws/nieuws…
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🚨New preprint from @PsySciLab! 🚨 "Psychological distance to science as a predictor of science skepticism across domains" With @NataliaZarzeczna, Jon McPhetres, Frenk van Harreveld (@goafm) & Bastiaan Rutjens psyarxiv.com/avtgu A short 🧵 (1/6)

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11. Her thesis was supervised by Prof. M. Prins, Prof. F. van Harreveld @goafm and Dr. U. Davidovich @udidavidovich
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De goede werking van het vaccin lijkt wel een staatsgeheim volkskrant.nl/ts-b0dd5df2 via @volkskrant

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Gedragswetenschapper Frenk van Harreveld @goafm zoekt parallellen tussen het werk van #JeanPaulSartre en de moderne psychologische inzichten in #zingeving. Maandag 25 oktober / 17.00-18.30 / @SPUI25 (ook te volgen via livestream) #sartre go.uva.nl/3FNRFbG

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