KU Leuven - Center for Social and Cultural Psychology

09/02/2022

We have a star in our midst! The Association for Psychological Science has awarded its '𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿' designation to our very own Prof. dr. Jozefien De Leersnyder!

The designation is awarded to the field’s newest researchers. It recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.

Congratulations on this well-deserved award! 👏

10/12/2021

Work with us on an exciting new project!

The project:
REsilience and SOlidarity in intercultural encounters between displaced migrants and host society members: An ego-centered NETwork approach

The project has three new job openings for two-year post-doc researchers under a multilateral funding scheme at ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), University of Lausanne (Switzerland), and KU Leuven (Belgium).

More info:

Three job vacancies for a two-year post-doc researcher under a multilateral funding scheme at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) REsilience and SOlidarity in intercultural encounters between displaced migrants a...

10/12/2021

When is our society inclusive? And how would you know you belong?

Dr. Loes Meeussen introduces you to the science behind these fascinating questions in an accessible and inspiring way. Her talk on is part of a series on for Universiteit van Vlaanderen.

Curious for more? Check our website: https://ppw.kuleuven.be/cscp/people/00057731

09/12/2021

Another fresh addition to the doctoral team:

Congratulations to Aster Van Rossum for receiving the prestigious FWO Fundamental Research Fellowship and joining us as a Ph.D. candidate!

See more: https://www.fwo.be/nl/

09/12/2021

Holidays are approaching and we're slowly getting in the Christmas mood. These days we'd like to take the opportunity to share some highlights from the past year with you.

We'd like to start off by welcoming some of our most recent additions to the CSCP team.

Welcome, Nathalie Ribbers, Ashay Deshpande and Rüya Su Şencan!

Are you interested to learn more about what we do at CSCP? Please check out: https://ppw.kuleuven.be/cscp

11/05/2021

Dringend postdoc/PhD student gezocht om sociale psychologievak te geven aan KULAK.

Contact opnemen met [E-mailadres verborgen] of [E-mailadres verborgen].

05/07/2017

Interview with Michael Boiger on moods and emotions and how they differ across cultures. (English translation on top of the article)

Seit Wochen fragen wir, wie es unseren Lesern geht. Der Psychologe Michael Boiger erklärt, was von dem Experiment zu halten ist und welche Erkenntnis in den Daten steckt.

05/07/2017

Blog on recently published research paper on identity conflict among women in the police force by Jenny Veldman, Loes Meeussen, Colette van Laar, and Karen Phalet.

Being part of a minority social group in a male-dominated workplace can make women feel undervalued, and reduce work performance and well-being.

05/07/2017

Michael Boiger, Alexander Kirchner, Yukiko Uchida, Michaela Riediger & Batja Mesquita won the 2nd prize for their poster ‘Emotion dynamics in context: Coregulating emotions in Japan and Western Europe’ at the ‘International Systemic Research Conference’.

The International Systemic Research Conference 2017 at the Heidelberg University is directed by Prof. Jochen Schweitzer and Prof. Matthias Ochs. National and international partners in the field of systemic research and practice support the conference and contribute their ideas.

05/07/2017

Laura Celeste wins the 2016 best early stage career researcher award

The British Journal of Social Psychology awarded this prize for the article Celeste, L., Meeussen, L., & Verschueren, K., & Phalet, K. (2016). Minority acculturation and peer rejection: Costs of acculturation misfit with peer-group norms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55, 544–563 doi: 10.1111/bjso.12147

How do minority adolescents’ personal acculturation preferences and peer norms of acculturation affect their social inclusion in school? Turkish and Moroccan minority adolescents (N = 681) reported their...