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• Emotions in the courtroom: research into the impact of victim impact statements on judges News - 9 September 2024

  In court, victims of violent crime and sexual offences are permitted to comment on the defendant’s guilt and the sentence to be imposed. But legal experts believe this allows them to influence the judge. Lecturer Joyce Schot has received a Meijers PhD grant to investigate whether the right to speak…

• What should the university do? Questions and emotions at university conversation on Israel-Palestine News - 2 July 2025

  Should we cut our ties with Israel or maintain them? The event ‘A university conversation on Israel/Palestine’ on 1 July revealed the depth of feeling about the conflict, with students and staff grappling with academic values and moral dilemmas.

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  Peter Putman Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pputman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274818

• drives humans? How Mariska Kret manages to touch science with her emotion research News - 20 February 2024

  In zoos, at festivals and in a mobile lab at the market: everywhere, Mariska Kret tries to understand human and animal emotions with her distinctive behavioural research. Now she has received the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus of €1 million for her efforts.

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  Evin Aktar Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.aktar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275228

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  Myrthe Veenman Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.veenman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lukas Kunz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.kunz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Krause-Utz Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.d.krause@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276639

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  Gert-Jan Lelieveld Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lelieveldgj@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276615

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  Kia Radovanovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.radovanovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ruthie Pliskin Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.pliskin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276762

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  Eric van Dijk Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  dijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

• Beyond iced coffee and face masks: ‘True self-care is about emotional awareness and living according to your values’ News - 9 October 2025

  In hun klinische stage leren Psychologiestudenten mentale steun bieden aan anderen, maar hoe zorgen zij als toekomstige therapeut ook voor zichzelf? Met video’s, podcasts en een panel wil Kelly Ziemer haar studenten de nodige zelfzorg-skills bijbrengen.

• Mariska Kret receives Dr Hendrik Muller Prize 2025 News - 20 November 2025

  Professor of Cognitive Psychology Mariska Kret has been awarded the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for her pioneering research into emotions. Kret: ‘This prize offers a wonderful opportunity to give a boost to emotion research.’

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  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanijzen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lisanne van Houtum PhD candidate/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.a.e.m.van.houtum@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Guido Band Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  band@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273998

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  Chris Riddell Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.d.riddell@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michela Piccin NINO Visiting Research Fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.piccin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• When speech becomes emotional Event - 16 December 2025

  PhD defence

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  Carlijn Bergwerff Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.e.bergwerff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Manja Koenders Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.koenders@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277980

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  Linda de Voogd Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.d.de.voogd@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ronny Boogaart University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.u.boogaart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272120

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  Hilde van Meegdenburg Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.van.meegdenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275093

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  Marret Noordewier Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.k.noordewier@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278852

• Emotional Regimes in Israel/ Palestine Event - 8 April 2025

  Lecture

• Still unsure who to vote for? Here’s how to tell if your strategic vote is truly strategic News - 11 March 2026

  On 18 March the municipal elections will be held, and you can cast your vote strategically for what you consider important in your town. This raises at least three important questions: what is strategic voting, how do you know if you are a strategic voter yourself, and what do you need to do to use…

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  Vivian Kraaij Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273736

• Resonating emotions: An embodied perspective on alterations in facial emotion processing in autism and social anxiety Event - 17 January 2025

  PhD defence

• Chris Riddell is new Face of Science: 'Can't wait to share research' News - 9 March 2023

  Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body language. As a new Face of Science, he will take us along on his research journey for the coming year.

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  Seda Gürkan Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.gurkan@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8008206

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  José María Castro Ibarra PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.castro.ibarra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Eduard Fosch Villaronga Associate professor

  Faculty of Law

  e.fosch.villaronga@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2834

• Emotion Deception in Negotiations and Bargaining Event - 20 May 2025

  PhD defence

• Lotte van Dillen in Washington Post about distracted eating and gaining weight News - 16 January 2025

  Distracted eating is common and has adverse health consequences. Read more about the research of Leiden social psychologist Lotte van Dillen and some strategies to combat that behavior.

• Agents of Change? Event - 25 March 2026

  PhD defence

• Mariëlle Bruning: coronavirus measures and pressure on children’s rights News - 1 March 2021

  Children are suffering disproportionally from the coronavirus measures. They feel depressed more often compared to other age groups. But what about the legal perspective? Are children’s rights being violated?

• Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click News - 16 September 2022

  Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic click between people. They discovered that attraction between people can be predicted by synchrony in heart rate and skin conductance.

• Social Emotions and Social Functioning in Chinese Deaf and Hard-of- Hearing and Hearing Preschoolers Event - 14 February 2025

  PhD defence

• There Indeed a Decline of Ambiguity in Islamic Modernity? Deathbed Emotions as a Case Study Event - 4 December 2025

  Lecture | LUCIS What's New?!

• Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards News - 2 October 2025

  Feeling good doesn’t just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards play a key role in broadening attention, offering fresh insights into stress, cognition, and well-bein…

• Social Science Matters: scientist about voting behaviour News - 24 October 2023

  How do people vote? How rational are voting choices? How much do external factor weigh in? In this article social scientis provide some background.

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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.a.op.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274381

• High school students get a taste of psychology: 'Later I'll become a neuroscientist' News - 9 April 2024

  How does loneliness work? What sometimes makes friendships complicated for autistic people? And why can the school building be such an unpleasant place for some pupils? Pupils explored this during their pre-university classes. 'I now have a good idea of what studying psychology entails.'

• ‘Heart rate and skin conductance predict romantic attraction’ News - 2 November 2021

  Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some people and not with others. This is the result of research by psychologist Eliska Prochazkova from the Leiden Institute for Brain and Recognition, which…

• Emotions in the social world: Recognition, expression, and alignment across the lifespan Event - 16 September 2025

  PhD defence

• Unacceptable behaviour Student well-being

  Leiden University aims to create a safe environment where everyone feels comfortable and no one experiences unacceptable behaviour. Should students experience this nevertheless, there are various resources that you can refer them to.

• Graduate School

  Welcome to the Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities. On this website you'll find a wide range of information you might need as a PhD candidate. If you have any further questions, please contact the Graduate School Office.

• LINE Mini-symposium on Happiness & Enthusiasm Event - 10 February 2026

  Lecture