Naomi Ellemers

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Naomi Ellemers
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BornJanuary 31, 1963 (1963-01-31) (age 61)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
AwardsSpinoza Prize (2010)
Academic work
DisciplineDiversity in organizations, Ethnical climate, Work motivation, Power and status, Social psychology, Organizational psychology
Institutions Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (PhD),
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit Utrecht
Notable worksInternational Handbook of the Psychology of Morality | The Moral Organization | De voorbeeldige organisatie | World of Difference | Morality and the Regulation of Social Behavior | Je werkt anders dan je denkt | Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
Website www.naomi-ellemers.nl

Naomi Ellemers (born 31 January 1963 in Amsterdam) is a distinguished professor of social psychology at Utrecht University since September 2015. [1]

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In 2023, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. [2]

Career

Ellemers studied social psychology at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen from 1981 to1987 and graduated in 1991 in Groningen with her thesis Identity management strategies, followed by a position as assistant professor and later as associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Between 1999 and 2015 she was a professor at Universiteit Leiden with the assignment sociale psychologie van de organisatie (Social psychology of the organization). Since September 2015 she is distinguished professor at Universiteit Utrecht. In 2019 she became honorary professor at School of Psychology University of Queensland in Australia.

From 2015 to 2023 Ellemers was member supervisory board PricewaterhouseCoopers Nederland (expert for culture and behaviour)

From 2020 - 2022 she was chair of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) advisory committee Breeding ground prevention of undesirable behaviour in academia.

Work

Naomi Ellemers researches the way people live and work together in groups. She especially focusses on how people's behaviour is influenced by others around them - whether they are present or not. She does experiments on brain activity and physical stress, but also looks into how people behave at work.

Specialization: diversity & inclusion and integrity & ethical behaviour

In 2009, Ellemers received the KNAW Merianprijs (Academy Merian Prize). A year later she received the prestigious Spinoza Prize for her work regarding her specialization. In 2018 she received the senior Career Contribution Award of Society for Personality and Social Psychology. In 2019 she received the Aristoteles Prize from the European Federation of Psychology Associates (EFPA), as well as an honorary doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain.

In 2010, Ellemers was appointed member of Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and as of 2011 she is member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014 she was appointed corresponding fellow of the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in 2020 she was appointed member of Academia Europaea. In 2022 she had the honor of being nominated For the SPSP Heritage Wall of Fame and was she elected for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

In 2005 she together with three other prominent female professors, Ineke Sluiter, Judi Mesman en Eveline Crone, established Athena's Angels, an organization which defend the interests of women academics

Ellemers is one of the lead applicants and chair of the board of the NWO Gravity Program Sustainable Cooperation (SCOOP). She is one of the initiators of The Netherlands Inclusiveness Monitor (NIM) which investigates the measures and actions organizations take to become more inclusive. It connects these findings to the experiences of employees and provides organizations with advice on which steps to take to become truly inclusive.

She cooperates with various compliance officers, among others Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) in order to give advice on and to reinforce behaviour and culture in organizations.

In 2019 the Dutch feminist monthly magazine Opzij elected her for the Opzij top 100 of most powerful women of the Netherlands in the category education and science.

Awards

Honorary Fellowships in recognition of distinguished contribution to science:

Publication awards:

National awards:

International awards:

Publications (selection)

Based on her academic acknowledgement, Ellemers writes popularizing texts about current issues. For the Dutch Financial Newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), she writes a monthly expert column, and she writes a blog about 'social climates' for Psychology Today.

Her scientific work consist of more than 200 magazine articles, among others in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, Academy of Management Review, Psychological Review, Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

A few distinctive publications are:

2023International Handbook of the Psychology of MoralityEllemers, N., Pagliaro, S., & Van Nunspeet, F.Routledge
2023The importance of morality for collective self-esteem and motivation to engage in socially responsible behavior at work among professionals in the finance industryChopova, T., Ellemers, N.Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility
2022The moral organization: Key issues, analyses and solutions.Ellemers, N., & De Gilder, D.Cham: Springer publishers
2021The social responsibility of organizations: Perceptions of organizational morality as a key mechanism explaining the relation between CSR activities and stakeholder supportEllemers, N., Chopova, T.Research in Organizational Behavior doi:10.1016/j.riob.2022.100156
2021Don't tell me about my moral failures but motivate me to improve: Increasing effectiveness of outgroup criticism by criticizing one's competenceRösler, I., Van Nunspeet, F., & Ellemers, N.European Journal of Social Psychology doi:10.1002/ejsp.2764
2020Categorization and identity as motivational principles in intergroup relationsEllemers, N., & De Gilder, D.Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principlespp 452–472
2020Navigating the social world: Toward an integrated framework for evaluating self individuals and groupsAbele, A. E., Ellemers, N.,  Fiske, S. T., Koch, A., Yzerbyt, V.Psychological Review
2020Adversarial alignment enables competing models to engage in cooperative theory-building, toward cumulative scienceEllemers, N., Fiske, S., Abele, A.E., Koch, A., & Yzerbyt, V.Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences117, 7561-7567
2020Social evaluation: Comparing models across interpersonal, intragroup, intergroup, several-group, and many-group contexts Academic PressKoch, A., Yzerbyt, V., Abele, A., Ellemers, N., Fiske, S.Advances in Experimental Social Psychologyp. 68
2020Neuroscience and the social origins of (im)moral behavior: How neural underpinnings of social categorization and conformity affect every day (im)moral behaviorEllemers, N., & Van Nunspeet, F.Current Directions in Psychological Science29, 513-520
2020Science as collaborative knowledge generationEllemers, N.British Journal of Social Psychology doi:10.1111/bjso.12430 Landmark article, nr. 60, p. 1-28
2020Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic responseVan Bavel, J. J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N. Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E. J., Fowler, J. H., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L. E., Packer, D. J., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R. E., Rand, D. G., Reicher, S. D., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L. J., Smith, S. S., Sunstein, C. R., Tabri, N., Tucker, J. A., van der Linden, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., Weeden, K. A., Wohl, M. J. A., Zaki, J., Zion, S. & Willer, R.Nature Human Behavior doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z nr. 4, p. 460-471
2019The psychology of morality: A review and analysis of empirical studies published from 1940 through 2017Ellemers, N., Van der Toorn, J., Paunov, Y., & Van Leeuwen, TPersonality and Social Psychology Review23, 332-366
2018Morality and social identityEllemers, N.The Oxford Handbook of the Human Essencepp. 147–158
2018Gender stereotypesEllemers, N.Annual Review of Psychologynr. 69, p. 275-298. [3]
2017Morality and the regulation of social behavior: Groups as moral anchors.Ellemers, N.Milton Park, UK: Routledge / Taylor & Francis ISBN   978-1138958166
2017Ethisch klimaat op het werk: Op zoek naar het nieuwe normaalEllemers, N. Universiteit Utrecht Inaugural lecture [4]
2013Neuroscience of prejudice and intergroup relationsEllemers, N.Psychology Press, New York ISBN   978-1-84872-641-3 Edited by Belle Derks, Daan Scheepers, and Naomi Ellemers
2012Je werkt anders dan je denktEllemers, N., & De Gilder, D.Business Contact ISBN   978-9047004516
2000Betrokkenheid bij het werk. Een kwestie van verstand of gevoel?Ellemers, N. Universiteit Leiden Inaugural lecture
1999Social identity. Context, commitment, contentBlackwell, Oxford ISBN   0-631-20691-4 Edited by Naomi Ellemers, Russell Spears and Bertjan Doosje
1991Identity management strategies. The influence of socio-structural variables on strategies of individual mobility and social changeEllemers, N. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Thesis

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Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

  1. ↑ Leidse hoogleraren - Ellemers, Naomi. Universiteit Leiden. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  2. ↑ Sociaal psycholoog Naomi Ellemers benoemd tot universiteitshoogleraar in Utrecht. Universiteit Utrecht (28 April 2015). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  3. ↑ (en) Our people - Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN). Universiteit van Queensland. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  4. ↑ Raad van commissarissen. PricewaterhouseCoopers. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021. "Naomi Ellemers is lid van de raad van commissarissen en van de commissie publiek belang van PwC sinds 1 mei 2015."
  5. ↑ Organisatiegedrag. organisatiegedrag.nl. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  6. ↑ (en) 2018 SPSP Award Recipients Announced - SPSP. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Engelstalige Wikipedia). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  7. ↑ (en) Doctors Honoris Causa PSP-IPSY Anniversaries. Université catholique de Louvain. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  8. ↑ Ellemers, Prof. dr. N. (Naomi) — KNAW. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  9. ↑ (en) Professor Naomi Ellemers FBA. British Academy. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  10. ↑ (en) Academy of Europe: Ellemers Naomi. Academia Europaea. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  11. ↑ (en) Core group. SCOOP - Sustainable Cooperation. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  12. ↑ Home • Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  13. ↑ AFM en Universiteit Utrecht introduceren leerstoel ‘Psychologie van Toezicht’. Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  14. ↑ Naomi Ellemers brengt wetenschap en praktijk samen. Universiteit Utrecht (20 December 2019). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  15. ↑ Naomi Ellemers. Het Financieele Dagblad. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
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  17. ↑ Most Read Articles of 2020. Annual Reviews. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
  18. ↑ Ethisch klimaat op het werk; op zoek naar het nieuwe normaal. Oratie Naomi Ellemers. Universiteit Utrecht (9 February 2017). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.