Written by: Lena rieder, PhD candidate, Utrecht University   On the 11th of March, the yearly Social Animal Event took place in Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht and it did not disappoint! Nine social psychologists from different Dutch Universities were sharing their ‘freshest insights’ with the public in an engaging and fun way. Amarins Jansma (Utrecht…

On Monday, March 16th, the annual KLI Introduction event welcomed new KLI PhD members in Utrecht. The day started with coffee and tea, a good chance to meet some familiar and unfamiliar faces before the programme began. The morning session opened with a brief introduction round, followed by presentations from Terence Dores Cruz (Research Committee…

This event will be in Dutch, therefore the information is in Dutch as well. KLI en ASPO organiseren weer de The Social Animal in Tivoli Vredenbrug op 11 maart 2026. Bij dit populair wetenschappelijke event vertellen 9 sociaal-psychologen over de nieuwste bevindingen uit hun onderzoek. De timing staat vast: ieder gebruiken ze 20 slides die…

The first KLI Many Labs Grant is for the project “Trust under inequality: A many-labs registered report” (project #2025.01) by Leon Hilbert (UvA), Dianna Amasino (TiU), Mirre Stallen (LEI), Laura Hoenig (VU Amsterdam), Angelo Romano (LEI), Leticia Micheli (LEI), Tycho van Tartwijk (LEI), Alan Sanfey (RU), Sarah Vahed (RU), Žiga Puklavec (UvA), Christoph Kogler (TiU), and…

Xueting Zhang (leiden university), Chenxiao Zhao (leiden university), and Hongyu Sun (VU Amsterdam) received the KLI Seedmoney Grant in 2023 (project #2023.05) for their project on “All self-transcendent but different? The distinctive role of awe in sacrificial moral dilemma”.   We received the grant for the project “All self-transcendent but different? The distinctive role of…

The Social Animal 2025 On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the annual event The Social Animal took place at Cloud Nine, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht. In Pecha Kucha style – 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide – nine social psychologists shared their latest insights with the audience. As in previous years, Sofie van den Enk hosted the evening,…

On March 7th, the annual KLI Introduction event was hosted in Utrecht, welcoming 13 new KLI PhD members. The day was kicked off with coffee and cake, followed by informative presentations from the KLI research and teaching committee. Committee representatives Iris van Sintemaartensdijk (Research Committee Member, University of Twente) and Gert-Jan Lelieveld (Teaching Director, Leiden…

On April 25-26, we enjoyed an inspiring spring KLI Conference in Woudschoten. The keynote speakers came from organizational, environmental, and social psychological contexts, revealing the latest insights on leadership experiences of people of color (by Prof. dr. Judi Mesman, Leiden University), on the public acceptability of sustainable transitions (by Prof. dr. Goda Perlaviciute, University of…

“I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling Gotta make you understand” Zo begint het befaamde nummer Never Gonna Give You Up van Rick. 12 Maart 2024 trad Rick Astley op in Tivoli. In een andere uitverkochte zaal van Tivoli vond The Social Animal plaats. 8 Sociaal psychologen bogen zich over die vragen van Rick….

Despite injustices being widespread throughout the world, many people continue to believe that the world is a just place and that justice is maintained in impossible and magical ways. In his PhD dissertation, which he defended on 24 March at Tilburg University, How Hwee Ong sought further understanding of how such magical beliefs affect judgment…