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Dr. Michèlle Bal

Assistant Professor 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Social Science
Interdisciplinary Social Science
Sjoerd Groenmangebouw
Padualaan 14
Kamer A2.15
3584 CH Utrecht

Dr. Michèlle Bal

Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary Social Science
+31 30 253 3056
m.bal@uu.nl
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Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Mudd, A. L., Bal, M., Verra, S. E., Poelman, M. P., & Kamphuis, C. B. M. (2024). Analysis of how a complex systems perspective is applied in studies on socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour—a call for reporting guidelines. Health Research Policy and Systems, 22(1), Article 160. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01248-x
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/248576057/s12961-024-01248-x.pdf
Mudd, A. L., Bal, M., van Lenthe, F. J., & Kamphuis, C. B. M. (2024). Understanding educational inequalities in sports participation through structurally based resources and individual agency: a sequential mediation analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23(1), Article 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02303-3
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/243694284/s12939-024-02303-3.pdf
Bal, M., Aradi, E., & Yerkes, M. A. (2024). ‘Keep Europe for the Europeans’. The Role of Threat Perceptions and Intergroup Contact for Explaining Attitudes towards Immigrants in Hungary. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 13(1), 89-107. https://doi.org/10.54667/ceemr.2024.08
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/234883768/Bal_et_al._2024.pdf
Zhu, J., Bal, M., Zhou, X., Stok, M., & de Wit, J. (2024). Sustaining Heteronormativity in Marriage: How Chinese Newspapers Frame Heterosexual Marriage Undertaken by Chinese Queer People. Journal of Homosexuality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2322623
Mudd, A. L., Bal, M., Verra, S. E., Poelman, M. P., de Wit, J., & Kamphuis, C. B. M. (2024). The current state of complex systems research on socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behavior: a systematic scoping review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01562-1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438685/s12966-024-01562-1.pdf?sequence=1
Filippi, S., Yerkes, M., Bal, M., Hummel, B., & de Wit, J. (2024). (Un)deserving of work-life balance? A cross country investigation of people’s attitudes towards work-life balance arrangements for parents and childfree employees. Community, Work and Family, 27(1), 116-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2022.2099247
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434016/Un_deserving_of_work-life_balance_A_cross_country_investigation_of_people_s_attitudes_towards_work-life_balance_arrangements_for_parents_and_childfr.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Hummel, B., Yerkes, M. A., & Bal, M. (2023). 'Unprecedented injustice': Digitalisation and the perceived accessibility of childcare benefits. Journal of Social Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000521
Bal, M., Stok, M., Bombaerts, G., Huijts, N., Schneider, P., Spahn, A., & Buskens, V. (2023). A fairway to fairness: Toward a richer conceptualization of fairness perceptions for just energy transitions. Energy Research and Social Science, 103, 1-10. Article 103213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103213
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434564/1-s2.0-S2214629623002736-main.pdf?sequence=1
de Graaf, J. A., Stok, F. M., de Wit, J. B. F., & Bal, M. (2023). The climate change skepticism questionnaire: Validation of a measure to assess doubts regarding climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 1-11. Article 102068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102068
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434563/1-s2.0-S0272494423001160-main.pdf?sequence=1
Mudd, A. L., Oude Groeniger, J., Bal, M., Verra, S. E., van Lenthe, F. J., & Kamphuis, C. B. M. (2023). Testing conditionality with Bourdieu's capital theory: How economic, social, and embodied cultural capital are associated with diet and physical activity in the Netherlands. SSM - Population Health, 22, 1-9. Article 101401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101401
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434562/1-s2.0-S2352827323000666-main.pdf?sequence=1
van Etten, S., Jansen, L., Bal, M., Dermody, B. J., Müller, E., de Wit, J., & Stok, M. (2023). The FLY-project: study protocol for mixed methods research to explore the complex social dynamics of sustainable food-related lifestyles in youth in practical education. BMC Nutrition, 9(1), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00757-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432256/s40795-023-00757-2.pdf?sequence=1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2023). Victim blaming. In A. J. V. Doorn, J. Brands, M. J. J. Kunst, E. R. Muller, A. Pemberton, & L. V. Reemst (Eds.), Slachtoffers: Onderzoek, beleid en praktijk (1 ed., pp. 689-704). Wolters Kluwer.

2022

Scholarly publications

Schippers, C. F., Grzybowski, M. J., Rubi, K., Bal, M. E., Kools, T. J., Duine, R. A., Zeitler, U., & Swagten, H. J. M. (2022). Disentangling electrical switching of antiferromagnetic NiO using high magnetic fields. Physical Review B, 106(17), Article 174434. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174434
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/248634786/PhysRevB.106.174434.pdf
Bal, M., & Stok, M. (2022). Leaving No One Behind: Climate Change as a Societal Challenge for Social Justice and Solidarity. In M. A. Yerkes, & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (1 ed., pp. 181-189). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_17
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436371/978-3-030-93795-9_17.pdf?sequence=1
Mudd, A., Verra, S., Bal, M., & Kamphuis, C. (2022). How to Study and Understand Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. In M. A. Yerkes, & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (1 ed., pp. 117-126). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_11
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436370/978-3-030-93795-9_11.pdf?sequence=1
Yerkes, M. A., & Bal, M. (2022). Understanding Solidarity and Social Justice: Barriers that Remain. In M. A. Yerkes, & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (1 ed., pp. 215-220). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_20
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436300/978-3-030-93795-9_20.pdf?sequence=1
Yerkes, M. A., & Bal, M. (2022). Why Solidarity and Social Justice Still Matter Today. In M. A. Yerkes, & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (1 ed., pp. 3-13). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_1
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/228248265/978-3-030-93795-9_1.pdf
Bal, M., Stok, M., Kamphuis, C., Bos, J., Hoogenboom, M., Wit, J. D., & Yerkes, M. A. (2022). The Covid-19 Pandemic and Societal Challenges to Solidarity and Social Justice: Consequences for Vulnerable Groups. In Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (pp. 201-212). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_19
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436298/978-3-030-54618-2_7.pdf?sequence=1
Zhu, J., Stok, M., Bal, M., & de Wit, J. (2022). Mapping the Antecedents, Conditions, and Consequences of Family Pressure that Drives Chinese Queer People into Heterosexual Marriage: A Systematic Review. Poster session presented at 48th annual meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Zhu, J., Stok, M., Bal, M., & de Wit, J. (2022). Mapping the Antecedents, Conditions, and Consequences of Family Pressure that Drives Chinese Queer People into Heterosexual Marriage: A Systematic Review.  LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 18(4), 339 - 368. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2022.2094521
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425719/Mapping_the_Antecedents_Conditions_and_Consequences_of_Family_Pressure_that_Drives_Chinese_Queer_People_into_Heterosexual_Marriage_A_Systematic_Review.pdf?sequence=1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2022). Social justice and the justification of social inequalities. In M. A. Yerkes, & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities (pp. 41-51). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_4
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431317/978-3-030-93795-9_4.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., Stok, F. M., Van Hemel, C., & De Wit, J. B. F. (2021). Including Social Housing Residents in the Energy Transition: A Mixed-Method Case Study on Residents' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Motivation Toward Sustainable Energy Use in a Zero-Energy Building Renovation in the Netherlands. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3, 1-9. Article 656781. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2021.656781
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415897/frsc_03_656781.pdf?sequence=1
Mudd, A. L., van Lenthe, F. J., Verra, S. E., Bal, M., & Kamphuis, C. B. M. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors: exploring mediation pathways through material conditions and time orientation. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 1-13. Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01522-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413663/2021_Article_.pdf?sequence=1
Stok, F. M., Bal, M., Yerkes, M. A., & de Wit, J. B. F. (2021). Social Inequality and Solidarity in Times of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 1-12. Article 6339. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126339
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413662/ijerph_18_06339.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Stok, M., Van den Bos, K., Tiemeijer, W., Bal, M., Uiters, E., Euser, S., van der Boom, W., Nielen, J. T. H., Spruijt, M. P. N., Kroese, F., Sanders, J., van Vliet, N., & De Bruin, M. (2021). Draagvlak en vertrouwen, Het belang van ervaren rechtvaardigheid. RIVM. https://www.rivm.nl/documenten/draagvlak-en-vertrouwen-belang-van-ervaren-rechtvaardigheid
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415477/Draagvlak_en_vertrouwen_het_belang_van_ervaren_rechtvaardigheid.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Van den Bos, K., Schiffelers, M. J. W. A., Bal, M., Grootelaar, H. A. M., Bertram, I., Jansma, A., & de Haas, S. (2020). Seksueel misbruik en aangiftebereidheid binnen de gemeenschap van Jehova’s getuigen. Boom Juridisch. https://boeken.rechtsgebieden.boomportaal.nl/publicaties/9789462907782
PREVENT study group, den Daas, C., Geerken, M. B. R., & de Wit, J. (2020). Reducing health disparities: key factors for successful implementation of social network testing with HIV self-tests among men who have sex with men with a non-western migration background in the Netherlands. Aids care, 32(1), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1653440
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407804/Reducing_health_disparities_key_factors_for_successful_implementation_of_social_network_testing_with_HIV_self_tests_among_men_who_have_sex_with_men.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2019). Worldview defense, prejudice, and derogating others. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.266
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414471/Bal_Van_den_Bos_2019_Oxford_Research_Encyclopedia_of_Psychology_worldview_defense_prejudice_and_derogating_others.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., de Wit, J., van den Bos, K., van der Lippe, T., Kamphuis, C., Poelman, M., & Smit, J. (2018). Understanding the social gradient in health and wellbeing: an interdisciplinary scoping study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25(Suppl 1), S216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-018-9740-1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407569/Abstract_2018.pdf?sequence=1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2018). Ontevredenheid onder burgers: Intuïtieve en weloverwogen onrechtvaardigheidsoordelen. In J. Zuure, & S. L. de Lange (Eds.), #WOEST: De kracht van verontwaardiging (pp. 39-54). Amsterdam university press/Raad voor het Openbaar Bestuur. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462989313
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414436/_Woest.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Koster, N., Bal, M., van der Leun, J., & Kunst, M. (2017). Het effect van de politierespons in een specifieke zaak op de bereidheid tot medewerking onder slachtoffers van criminaliteit. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, 59(1-2). https://doi.org/10.5553/TvC/0165182X2017059102006
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361022/politierespons.pdf?sequence=1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2017). Fairness. In V. Zeigler-Hill, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2096-1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2017). Effects of Lay Beliefs on the Justice Motive. In C. M. Zedelius, B. C. N. Müller, & J. W. Schooler (Eds.), The Science of Lay Theories: How Beliefs Shape Our Cognition, Behavior, and Health (pp. 157-177). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57306-9_7
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/356261/Lay.pdf?sequence=1
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2017). From system acceptance to embracing alternative systems and system rejection: Tipping points in processes of radicalization. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 3(3), 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000123
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407425/Bal_Van_den_Bos_2017_Translational_Issues_in_Psych_Science_from_system_acceptance_to_system_rejection_tipping_points_in_processes_of_radicalization.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2017). Over waargenomen onrechtvaardigheid en radicalisering. Justitiële Verkenningen, 3, 31-44.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/356234/waargenomen.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Van den Bos, K., & Bal, M. (2016). Social-cognitive and motivational processes underlying the justice motive. In C. Sabbagh, & M. Schmitt (Eds.), Handbook of social justice theory and research (pp. 181-198). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3216-0_10
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/343220/Motive.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Bal, M. (2015). Slachtoffers van onrecht: de psychologie van secundaire victimisatie (en positieve reacties voor slachtoffers). PROCES, (2), 140-150.
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2015). Putting the “I” and “Us” in Justice: Derogatory and Benevolent Reactions Toward Innocent Victims in Self-Focused and Other-Focused Individuals. Social Justice Research, 28(3), 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-015-0249-3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407395/Bal_Bos2015_Article_PuttingTheIAndUsInJusticeDerog.pdf?sequence=1

2014

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & van den Bos, K. (2014). Coping with an unjust world. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 1281-1287). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_4121
Van den Bos, K., & Bal, M. (2014). "Hij zal wel flink gedronken hebben": Waarom we slachtoffers soms negatief bejegenen (maar soms ook helpen). In-Mind Nederland, 3.

2013

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2013). Schuld geven transformeren in helpen van onschuldige slachtoffers. In M. Strick, M. Baas, L. Van Dillen, R. Dotsch, D. Lakens, & M. De Vries (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2013 (pp. 17-20). ASPO Pers.

2012

Scholarly publications

Stel, M., Van den Bos, K., & Bal, M. (2012). On mimicry and the psychology of the belief in a just world: Copying the behaviors of others reduces the blaming of innocent victims. Social Justice Research, 25, 14-24.
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2012). Blaming for a better future: Future orientation and associated intolerance of personal uncertainty lead to harsher reactions toward innocent victims. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 835-844.
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2012). Beschuldigen of helpen: Over het spontaan vermijden en gemotiveerd toenaderen van onschuldige slachtoffers. In M. Strick, M. Baas, L. Van Dillen, R. Dotsch, D. Lakens, & M. De Vries (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie (pp. 25-28). ASPO Pers.

Other output

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2012). Beschuldigen of helpen: Over het spontaan vermijden en gemotiveerd toenaderen van onschuldige slachtoffers [Blame or help: On the spontaneous avoidance and motivated approach of innocent victims]. Paper presented at Paper presented at the 2012 Conference of the Association of Dutch Social Psychologists. December 2012., Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2012). On spontaneous avoidance and motivated approach systems: Implications for reactions toward innocent victims. Paper presented at Chair at A process-oriented view on sense-making of victimization. Symposium conducted at the 14th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research. September 2012, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
Bal, M., & Van Prooijen, J. W. (2012). A process-oriented view on sense-making of victimization. Symposium held at the 14th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research, Rishon LeZion, Israel.

2011

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2011). Neem het zekere voor het onzekere: Hoe toekomstgerichtheid negatieve reacties richting onschuldige slachtoffers beïnvloedt. In Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2010 (pp. 21-30)

Other output

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2011). Future-orientation and associated personal uncertainty leads to harsher reactions toward innocent victims.. Poster session presented at Poster presented at the 2011 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Meeting., San Antonio, U.S.A..
Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2011). Een nieuw perspectief op de rechtvaardige wereld: Geen knoflook, maar een goed glas rode wijn.. 25-28. Paper presented at Paper presented at the 2011 Conference of the Association of Dutch Social Psychologists., Tilburg, The Netherlands.

2010

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2010). The role of perpetrator similarity in reactions toward innocent victims. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 957-969.

2009

Scholarly publications

Bal, M., & Van den Bos, K. (2009). Had je maar geen kort rokje moeten aantrekken: De invloed van dadergelijkenis op negatieve reacties richting onschuldige slachtoffer. In R. Custers, B. Beersma, H. van den Berg, F. Harinck, & M. van Zomeren (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2008 (pp. 37-46). ASPO Pers.
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