Center for Social and Cultural Psychology , ULB - Belgium

01/04/2026

CeSCuP associated to a Nature paper! 👏 Congrats, Youri Mora and Jasper Van Assche, for taking part in this important publication highlighting the diverse approaches data analysts take to the same dataset and how it affects their conclusions.

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24/03/2026

[CeSCuP Seminar]

Next Tuesday, March 31, from 12:45 pm to 2 pm, Prof Hilary Bergsieker (University of Waterloo, Canada) will give a talk titled “Improving Mediation Analysis in Psychology: Addressing Illusory Indirect Effects Driven by Causal Heterogeneity".

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Improving Mediation Analysis in Psychology: Addressing Illusory Indirect Effects Driven by Causal Heterogeneity Prof Hilary Bergsieker (University of Waterloo, Canada) Statistical mediation analysis is both contested and widely used in psychology for testing theories about causal processes. First, I...

17/03/2026

Le CeSCuP bien présent à la Journée des Doctorants de la ULB - Faculté de Psychologie, des Sciences de l’Éducation et de Logopédie.

05/03/2026

New publication involving (current and former) members of our center: Robin Wollast, Philippe Bernard & Olivier Klein. Fully open access.

Wollast, R., Coertjens, L., Bernard, P., Talmon, A., Gross, J. J., & Klein, O. (2026). Self-objectification, body surveillance, and body shame across countries: a comparison between US, UK, Belgian, Israeli, and Thai Women. Psychologica Belgica, 66(1), 32–46.

Self-Objectification, Body Surveillance, and Body Shame Across Countries: A Comparison Between US, UK, Belgian, Israeli, and Thai WomenResearch ArticleAuthorsRobin WollastLiesje CoertjensPhilippe BernardAnat TalmonJames J. GrossOlivier KleinAbstractCross-national research on self-objectification rem...

04/03/2026

New publication involving members of our center: Soledad Detheux & Laurent Licata.

Detheux, S., & Licata, L. (2026). Maltraitance pour maltraitance en médecine? Exploration du lien entre la maltraitance des (futur· es) médecins durant leur formation et la maltraitance des patient· es durant leurs soins médicaux, au regard des normes non-officielles de la culture professionnelle médicale. Partie 1: test d’un modèle théorique. R***e Médicale de Bruxelles, 47(1), 2‑13.

Cette recherche, née du double constat de maltraitance dans le milieu médical, celle des médecins durant leur formation et celle des patient·es durant leurs soins, investigue les processus psychosociaux qui pourraient relier ces deux formes de maltraitance. La r***e de la littérature portant su...

03/03/2026

New publication involving members of our center: Kenzo Nera & Olivier Klein.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09567976261417245

Tagand, M., Muller, D., Nurra, C., Klein, O., Aubert-Teillaud, B., & Nera, K. (2026). To believe or not to believe in conspiracy claims? That is a question for signal detection theory. Psychological Science. Advance online publication.

https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976261417245

26/02/2026

📢 Calling all researchers! 🌍

We invite you to submit your papers to this special issue in Behavioral Sciences! Let's explore together! 📝✨

🔗https://brnw.ch/21x02TD

12/02/2026

Congratulations, Dr. Thierry Bornand, who defended his doctoral dissertation titled «The Impact of Subjective Inequality on Political Trust: Exploring the Social Psychological Processes» brilliantly. His work was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Olivier Klein. The (superb) jury included Profs. Assaad Azzi, Pierre Baudewyns, Caroline Close & Christian Staerklé (the latter two were online for the public defense).

03/02/2026

Reviewing recent studies, Jasper Van Assche’s editorial shows how COVID-19 reshaped mental health and social cohesion, highlighting resilience, prosocial behavior and social determinants to guide policy:

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed profound social–psychological vulnerabilities and strengths across societies worldwide. Beyond its immediate health implications, the pandemic has triggered a wave of mental health issues, disrupted social cohesion, and challenged community resilience. This paper...

03/02/2026

C’est avec plaisir que nous vous annonçons la tenue de l’épreuve publique de M. Thierry BORNAND, le mardi 10 février 2026 à 16h00.

Thierry BORNAND présentera et défendra, en vue de l’obtention du grade académique de Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques, une dissertation originale intitulée «The Impact of Subjective Inequality on Political Trust: Exploring the Social Psychological Processes», réalisée sous la direction de Prof. Olivier Klein.

Cette soutenance se tiendra publiquement en présentiel, dans l'auditoire R42.2.103 et en ligne : https://tinyurl.com/bea9r999.

20/01/2026

[CeSCuP Seminar]
Next Tuesday, January 27, from 12:45 pm to 2 pm, Dr. Sarah Leveaux (ULB, Brussels) will give a talk titled “We are not rational beings: how we perceive our environment as a social group is influenced by emotions, and vice versa. Studying the link between emotions and social representations".
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We are not rational beings: how we perceive our environment as a social group is influenced by emotions, and vice versa. Studying the link between emotions and social representations Dr. Sarah Leveaux (ULB, Brussels) The classical model of the rational human being is no longer adequate to explain co...