Arthur Aron
Arthur Aron
Arthur Aron received his doctoral degree in social psychology from the University of Toronto, conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Paris and University of British Columbia, followed by several university teaching and research positions. Since 1994 he has been on the psychology faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His research centers on the self-expansion model of motivation cognition in personal relationships, including the neural underpinnings and real-world applications of the model.
Ruud den Hartigh
Ruud den Hartigh
Prof. Dr. Ruud den Hartigh is a Professor of Talent Development, with a special focus on the sport and performance context, at the Department of Psychology, University of Groningen. His researchers focuses on procedures to improve the identification and development of talented athletes. In addition, he studies athletes’ psychological resilience: How do they “bounce back” from stressful events, and how can this process be improved? He therefore closely collaborates with professional sports clubs and associations in different team and individual sports, where talent identification, -development, and resilience are key.
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Jan-Willem van Prooijen received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 2002 from Leiden University. In his dissertation, he focused on procedural justice and group dynamics. He is currently employed as an assistant professor at VU University, Amsterdam. Mail: JW.van.Prooijen@psy.vu.nl
Pascal Vrtička
Pascal Vrtička
Dr Pascal Vrtička is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex in Colchester, United Kingdom. Previously, he studied biochemistry and neurobiology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and completed a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He then held several research positions at Stanford University (Palo Alto, USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig, Germany). His research focuses on the neurobiological basis of social interaction using various neuroimaging methods—primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for single individuals and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning for interacting pairs (adult and parent-child dyads). In doing so, he is particularly interested in interindividual differences in relationship quality from an attachment theory perspective. Website: pvrticka.com; X: @PVrticka; Bluesky: @pvrticka.bsky.social
Bastiaan Rutjens
Bastiaan Rutjens
Bastiaan Rutjens received his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2012. After working as a postdoctoral fellow at UBC (Vancouver) for one year, he returned to the Social Psychology department in Amsterdam in the spring of 2013.
Maike Ramrath
Maike Ramrath
Maike Ramrath is part of In-Mind magazine's Social Media Team. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Cognitive and Media Science from the University of Duisburg-Essen and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Wuppertal. Her research interests include human-technology-interaction and organizational psychology, with her doctoral research primarily focusing on critical system information in high-risk-work-environments. Additionally, she is an active member of the User Research working group of the German UPA. ramrath[at]uni-wuppertal.de
Cathleen Clerkin
Cathleen Clerkin
Cathleen Clerkin is a research faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cathleen is an interdisiplinary psychologist whose work draws upon organizational psychology, social and personality psychology, political science, and social cognitive neuroscience. Her recent research has examined the integration of multiple social identities, the link between identity management and creativity, innovation in the workplace, women in STEM, and penalties faced by women and minority leaders. Cathleen earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Masters and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Tanja Oschatz
Tanja Oschatz
Tanja Oschatz studied psychology in Hamburg and Osnabrück and has been pursuing her PhD in social psychology and sexual science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 2022. Her research focuses on women’s sexuality and gender differences in sexual pleasure.
Chien-Han Kao
Chien-Han Kao
Chien-Han Kao obtained her Master’s degree in Social and Personality Psychology from National Taiwan University. Her primary research interests in graduate school focused on interpersonal motivation and emotional regulation. Chien-Han is currently working as a market researcher in Taiwan, conducting studies related to customer and employee satisfaction.
Stefano Ciaffoni
Stefano Ciaffoni
Stefano (He/Him) earned his PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Bologna in 2024. His academic journey has taken him across several international universities, including the University of Groningen, where he completed a Master’s degree in Applied Social Psychology, as well as research traineeships at the University of Queensland, the University of Granada, and Leiden University. He is interested in how people from disadvantaged groups respond to and push back against a deeply unequal world, with a particular focus on sexual minorities, women, and people in consensual non-monogamous relationships. You can find hit at: https://x.com/StefanoCiaffoni