Lab members

Coordinators

  • dr. ir. Ruud Custers

    Associate Professor
  • I am an associate professor, working on goal-directed behaviour, habits, and the role of consciousness. I am involved in various projects exploring these issues in relation to AI and fear-learning. I am co-directing the GoalLab with Baptist Liefooghe
  • dr. Baptist Liefooghe

    Associate Professor
  • I am an associate professor with a special interest in social and cognitive aspects of Human-AI interactions. I am co-directing the GoalLab with Ruud Custers

Members

  • I am a professor in Psychology, interested in human habits, goals, and autonomy. I am involved in several projects studying basic and applied questions, such as intentionality, Human-AI interactions and health
  • Matija Culjak

    PhD Candidate
  • I am a PhD candidate and investigate the cognitive and behavioural factors that influence reading in a digital age as part of the LeesEvolutie (https://leesevolutie.nl/) consortium
  • dr. ir. Ruud Custers

    Associate Professor
  • I am an associate professor, working on goal-directed behaviour, habits, and the role of consciousness. I am involved in various projects exploring these issues in relation to AI and fear-learning. I am co-directing the GoalLab with Baptist Liefooghe
  • dr. Tom Damen

    Assistant Professor
  • Assistant professor in psychology, exploring leadership, decision-making, and human-AI interaction. Passionate about bridging research and practice to foster insight, integrity, and impact
  • dr. Catharine Evers

    Associate Professor
  • I’m an associate professor in social and health psychology. My research focuses on how emotions influence behaviour, self-regulation, and long-term goals, with applications in behaviour change
  • I am a lecturer in (social) psychology, interested in how we humans establish and maintain social connections, and more specifically in the role of synchrony therein
  • dr. Chris Harris

    Assistant Professor
  • I am an assistant professor and interested in decision-making and especially decisions by experience. My research focusses on why false beliefs (e.g., stereotypes) can be so persistent
  • dr. Hyunji Kim

    Assistant Professor
  • I am an Assistant Professor at SHOP with research interests in decision-making, self-representation, and social comparison. My current work focuses on the social-cognitive structure of the decision-making self and promoting healthier social media use to mitigate comparison effects
  • dr. Baptist Liefooghe

    Associate Professor
  • I am an associate professor with a special interest in social and cognitive aspects of Human-AI interactions. I am co-directing the GoalLab with Ruud Custers
  • dr. Hans Marien

    Assistant Professor
  • I am an assistant professor in psychology, focusing on social cognition and human-AI interaction. In the Goallab, I work on projects about literacy, autonomy, and inclusive AI in healthcare
  • Timea Nagy

    PhD Candidate
  • I am a PhD Candidate, interested studying the psychological aspects of human-AI interactions. I am currently researching intentionality perceptions in AI agents
  • Livia Reguș MSc

    PhD Candidate
  • I am a PhD candidate in the Goallab at the Psychology Department. Being interested in the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in goal pursuit and its impact on human psychology, I investigate this topic through behavioural and psychophysiological studies
  • I am a visiting assistant professor from the Computer Science department. I am interested in using machine learning techniques for researching human text understanding, speech classification, and physiological responses
  • I am a Psychology professor studying how social contexts shape sensory integration. I collaborate with industry on using cross-sensory congruency to enhance wellbeing
  • dr. Tim van Timmeren

    Assistant Professor
  • I am an assistant professor interested in human habits and (behavioural) addictions. I am involved in several projects studying basic and applied questions, such as smartphone use
  • Emily Vanlooy

    PhD Candidate
  • I am a PhD candidate in psychology, primarily interested in learning and decision-making. My PhD project focuses on motivated sampling and the persistence of irrational fears
  • Y. (Roxy) Zhang

    PhD Candidate
  • I am a PhD candidate in Psychology. My doctoral research explores how trust is formed and dynamically adjusted through repeated interactions with AI systems, particularly in response to feedback
  • Rozemarijn Ekkel

  • I am a research master student and currently I am working together with Monique Smeets on my thesis project. My thesis research is about the influence of visual and olfactory stimuli on emotion and wellbeing.
  • Yutian Ma

  • I am a Research Master’s student working with Hyunji Kim. My research focuses on how exposure to success-related images on social media amplifies the emotional costs of upward social comparison.
  • Alina Wirth

  • I am a research master's student in Social and Health Psychology. I am working together with Catherine Evers to examine how the timing of cognitive reappraisal influences its effectiveness in reducing negative emotions and its associated cognitive demands for my master's thesis.