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Catherine E. Hamilton-Giachritsis

Catherine Hamilton‐Giachritsis (Forensic and Clinical Psychologist) is a Reader in Applied Forensic Psychology at the University of Bath. Catherine has worked in the field of child maltreatment for over 20 years. In the last decade, her work has focused on online child sexual exploitation and abuse, from both victim and offender perspectives.

Andrew Moynihan

Andrew Moynihan, PhD, is a lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests are how people engage in unhealthy or interpersonal behaviours as means to escape from threats to meaning in life (e.g., boredom, disbelief in free will) and the variables that promote or hinder these tendencies. He is also interested in identity-related research.

Aline Lima-Nunes

Aline Lima-Nunes holds a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the Federal University of Paraíba – Brazil. Her main interests are justice perceptions, intergroup conflicts, prejudice and discriminatory behavior.

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Markus Denzler

Markus Denzler received his Ph. D. at International University Bremen. His research focuses on the study of the psychological processes underlying a variety of phenomena. Ranging from basic topics such as antecedents and consequences of (unconscious) goal fulfilment, to more applied ones like aggression (in particular cathartic effects), social exclusion, creativity, and the effects of alcohol on judgements. He currently works at Chemnitz University of Technology.

Nina Zammit

Nina Zammit studied Sport and Performance (B.Sc.) and Psychology in Sport and Exercise (M.Sc.) at the German Sport University Cologne. She is currently following her doctorate studies in the Institute of Psychology, Department of Health and Social Psychology at the German University Cologne. Her topic focusses on implementing mindfulness practices in schools. 

Martijn van Zomeren

Martijn van Zomeren is an assistant professor at the Department of Social Psychology of the VU University, Amsterdam. He likes but is ambivalent about theories on embodiment. He is less ambivalent about his theoretical and empirical interest in intra- and inter-group processes, and in particular the (group-based) emotions involved in these processes. He is not at all ambivalent about how the social identity approach complements individualism.

Liesemarie Albers

Liesemarie Albers completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Groningen and her Master’s degree in Health and Social Psychology at Maastricht University. After her studies, she worked as a researcher at the department of Health Psychology at FernUniversität in Hagen. Her research interests are sleep as a health behavior and self-regulation of sleep. She is doing her PhD on the topic of bedtime procrastination.

Hannah Nohlen

Hannah Nohlen received her Master’s degree in Behavioural Science from Radboud University Nijmegen. Since the beginning of 2010 she is a PhD student at the Social Psychology Department at the University of Amsterdam, where she works together with Frenk van Harreveld, Mark Rotteveel, and Joop van der Pligt. Her PhD project focuses on ambivalent decision-making and choice conflicts. E-mail: h.nohlen@in-mind.org

Elmar Souvignier

Elmar Souvignier studied psychology in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has been head of the unit for assessment and intervention in education at the University of Münster since 2007. His main research activities focus on assessment and fostering reading, and on supporting teachers to effectively teach reading.