Awards for CeSCuP members Laurent Licata and Olivier Klein!

We are proud to announce that two of our Professors, Laurent Licata and Olivier Klein, have received awards for their work! Laurent Licata was awarded the EASP Award for Outstanding Service to the Field for leading the COST action network “Social psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union”. You can find more […]

Robin Wollast recipient of a BAEF scholarship

Robin Wollast, former PhD in our lab, has been awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) to pursue a Post-doctorate in the team of Prof. James Gross at Stanford University starting in the fall of 2020. Congrats, Robin!

Dr. Julia Eberlen

Congrats to Julia Eberlen for completing her PhD titled “Learning about Groups: The Self and Social Networks in the Emergence of Stereotypes” under the supervision of Profs. Olivier Klein and Matteo Gagliolo. The very successful defense was presented online given the (partial) lockdown.

Prix de la recherche à Patricia Mélotte

Patricia Mélotte, chercheuse au sein du CeSCuP, a obtenu le prix de la journée de la recherche de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles. Ce prix récompense un thèse de doctorat excellant dans une thématique pertinente par rapport aux compétences de la fédération. La thèse, sous la supervision de Laurent Licata, s’intitule: “Confrontation ou évitement: Étude des […]

New project: the Socio-Cognitive Impact of Literacy

The project “Socio-Cognitive Impact of Literacy” (SoCOIL), lead by Régine Kolinsky and Olivier Klein, kicked off with its first meeting earlier this month! Throughout this collaboration between the UNESCOG (CRCN) and the CeSCuP, three doctoral candidates and one post-doctoral researcher will work together to find out whether improving reading and writing skills will also help […]

New publication by members of our lab (spearheaded by Julia Eberlen). Where we show that making people aware that their responses will be made (anonymously) available has no bearing on their willingness to take part in a study. Informed consent about data sharing is no obstacle to participation. It’s open access and you can check […]

Maartje Mulders’ PhD defense

Time for Maartje Mulders to defend her PhD. in room R42.5.110 (Solbosch Campus, Room R42, 5th floor, 42 avenue F.D. Roosevelt) on Tuesday, Sep 10, at 4 PM. Title: To read or not to read : the influence of nutrition labels on the judgement and choice of food products », under the supervision of Olivier Klein (ULB) & Olivier Corneille […]

Philippe Bernard chercheur qualifié

Philippe Bernard, currently a “collaborateur scientifique” (scientific collaborator) on our center, has been appointed “Chercheur Qualifié” (research associate) by the FRS-FNRS, the main funding body in the french speaking part of Belgium. This is a tenured, and very competitive, position. This ensures that Philippe will continue to be part of our center and greatly contribute to the […]

Almudena Classen’s PhD defense

Almudena Claassen, will present and defend her PhD on June 20, 2019 at 10 h in room R42.4.110 (Solbosch campus, R42 building, avenue Roosevelt, 42, 1050 Brussels). The title of her PhD is “Relative socioeconomic status and decision-making: an application to eating behaviors” (Advisors: Olivier Klein, ULB & Olivier Corneille, UCLouvain) Open to all people interested Jury: Assaad Azzi […]

PhD position on social cognition and literacy

Applications are invited for a full-time doctoral research position at the Faculty of Psychology of Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. The position is covered by an Advanced Concerted Research Actions project (ACR) titled “The Socio-Cognitive Impact of Literacy”, coordinated by Régine Kolinsky (Research Unit in Cognitive Neurosciences, Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences, CRCN) and Olivier Klein (Center for Social and Cultural […]