People

Prof. dr. Denise de Ridder

Denise de Ridder

''Behaviour of groups and individuals plays a critical role in the many challenges inherent in societal transitions. However, we often tend to forget that simply reminding people to change their behaviour is not enough. Any call for changing behaviour should be accompanied with opportunities for true engagement.''

Contact Denise: D.T.D.deRidder@uu.nl

Prof. dr. Lars Tummers

"For many societal problems – including obesity, alcohol abuse, and financial problems – behavior change is necessary. We study how behavior change can not only be effective but also supported by citizens."

Contact Lars: l.g.tummers@uu.nl

Prof. dr. John de Wit

John de Wit

''Changes to people’s behaviour are critical to address the many challenges our world faces. But people are not isolated individuals; they are embedded in social relations and societal structures. The critical interplay between individual, social and structural factors takes center-stage in Behaviours and Institutions.''

Contact John: j.dewit@uu.nl

Prof. dr. Beate Volker

''Institutions regulate behaviour. But behaviour of people in the same institutional environment is not identical. How do institutional effects vary across individuals and groups? ''

Contact Beate: b.g.m.volker@uu.nl

Prof. dr. Niels Bosma

Niels Bosma

Niels Bosma is Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Utrecht University School of Economics. He is particularly interested in the entrepreneurial and innovative behaviour of individuals in regional and social contexts.

Contact Niels: n.s.bosma@uu.nl

Dr. Joel Anderson

"Institutions fundamentally shape how individuals and groups behave, both guiding our choices and enabling (or undermining) our agency. In addition, institutions only function through people's ability to engage competently and critically in their norm-governed practices. Understanding this dynamic relationship and technology's role in it is central to my work in empirically informed social philosophy."

Contact Joel: j.h.Anderson@uu.nl

Prof. dr. Paul Leseman

Contact Paul: P.P.M.Leseman@uu.nl

Prof. mr. dr. Rianka Rijnhout

"My drive is to improve claim settlement for both institutions that have a leading role in making compensation possible and victims in the Netherlands and abroad."

Contact Rianka: r.rijnhout@uu.nl

Dr. Robert Weijers

“Behavior is at the core of many challenges we face as a society. Why are then so many behavioral change interventions focused on the individual? How can we promote behavior collectively, by helping people making collective changes?”

Contact Robert: r.j.weijers@uu.nl

Dr. Erik-Jan van Dorp

"To understand how executive government works and how politicians and civil servants collaborate, we need to study both behaviour and institutions."

Contact Erik-Jan: g.h.vandorp@uu.nl

Mr. Stijn van Deursen

Stijn van Deursen

"My research focuses on the institutional positioning of courts between society, litigating parties and political state powers. More specifically, I try to unravel how courts and judicial decisions determine and shape behavior and societal developments, and how such effects of judicial decisions are in turn incorporated in judicial decision making."

Contact Stijn: s.vandeursen@uu.nl