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Rae and Dan Landis Outstanding Dissertation Award

Published on: September 2023

On 26 July 2023 Wybren Nooigedagt received the Rae and Dan Landis Outstanding Dissertation Award from the International Association for […]

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2022 SPSP Student Publication Award

Published on: September 2023

Tom Nijs won the 2022 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Student Publication Award for his paper ‘The two […]

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Honorable Mention at ISPP Best Dissertation Award 2023

Published on: September 2023

Tom Nijs was a runner-up for the Best Dissertation Award of the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) and received […]

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Findings from the OWNERS project presented at the EASP meeting in Krakow

Published on: September 2023

In June 2023 Borja Martinović took part in a symposium on the ‘Legacies of colonialism and present-day intergroup relations’ and […]

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New publication in the European Journal of Social Psychology

Published on: September 2023

The master’s thesis of Kaja Warnke, co-authored by Borja Martinović and Nimrod Rosler, has been published in the European Journal […]

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New publication in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Published on: September 2023

The master’s thesis of Lianne Straver, co-authored by Borja Martinović, Tom Nijs, Wybren Nooitgedagt and Nora Storz has been accepted […]

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New publication in the European Review of Social Psychology

Published on: September 2023

Borja Martinović and Maykel Verkuyten have published a review article about the OWNERS research line in the European Review of […]

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New publication in Ethnic and Racial Studies

Published on: April 2023

The article entitled ‘“These benefits are ours because we were here first”: Relating autochthony to welfare chauvinism and welfare ethnocentrism’, […]

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OWNERS project featured in the Croatian Emigrant Almanac 2023

Published on: April 2023

Borja Martinović’s research on ownership was featured in the Science section of the Croatian Emigrant Almanac published in 2023. In […]

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Experiment on ownership featured in a booklet for children

Published on: April 2023

Borja Martinović was one of the 20 researchers from Utrecht University whose research was featured in the booklet ‘Zoek het […]

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A class for primary school pupils

Published on: April 2023

As part of the ‘Meet the professors’ event, On 22 March 2023, Borja Martinović talked about her research on territorial […]

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Guest lecture

Published on: April 2023

On 13 March 2023, Borja Martinović gave a guest lecture at the University of Amsterdam in the Interdisciplinary Social Science […]

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Invited talk

Published on: April 2023

On 9 December 2022, Borja Martinović gave a talk at the Dutch Political Psychology meeting at the University of Amsterdam, […]

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PhD Thesis Defense – Nora Storz

Published on: November 2022

Nora Storz defended her dissertation entitled “’This land is ours – but is it also theirs?’ Collective ownership beliefs and […]

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PhD Thesis defense – Wybren Nooitgedagt

Published on: November 2022

On the 3rd of June 2022, Wybren defended his dissertation ‘Whose land is it? Perceived ownership and territorial compensation in […]

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PhD Thesis defense – Tom Nijs

Published on: November 2022

Tom Nijs defended his dissertation entitled ‘This place is ours: Collective psychological ownership and its social consequences’ at the Utrecht […]

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Presentation at EASP meeting “Deeply Divided Societies”

Published on: November 2022

In November 2022, Kaja Warnke presented her Master thesis “Ownership and Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A person-centered approach” during […]

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Keynote speech at the ECSR conference by Borja Martinović

Published on: November 2022

Borja Martinović delivered a keynote speech on 6 July 2022 at the annual meeting of the European Consortium for Sociological […]

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Interview on Radio Swammerdam

Published on: April 2022

Tom Nijs was interviewed (in Dutch) in the Amsterdam radio show Radio Swammerdam to tell about his dissertation. You can […]

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Keynote speech at the Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists

Published on: November 2021

Borja Martinovic delivered a keynote speech on 11 November 2021 at the 28th Annual Meeting of Croatian Psychologists. The title […]

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New publication in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Published on: November 2021

The article entitled “Collective psychological ownership and territorial compensation in Australia and South Africa”, written by Wybren Nooitgedagt, Borja Martinović, […]

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New publication in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Published on: November 2021

The article entitled “Autochthony and investment as bases for territorial ownership in intergroup conflicts: The case of Indigenous and non-Indigenous […]

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An article has been accepted for publication

Published on: August 2021

Our article entitled “Can ‘we’ share the contested territory with ‘them’? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo”, […]

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Conference talks on collective psychological ownership at the AASP conference 2021

Published on: August 2021

Wybren Nooitgedagt presented a paper on ingroup and outgroup ownership perceptions of New Zealand and the relation with intentions for […]

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A symposium on territorial ownership and ownership threat at the 2021 ISPP Annual Meeting

Published on: July 2021

Borja Martinovic organized and chaired a symposium entitled “‘Territorial ownership and intergroup relations: the role of entitlement, responsibility, and ownership […]

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A conference talk at Dag van de Sociologie 2021

Published on: June 2021

Tom Nijs presented his paper entitled ‘The different faces of collective psychological ownership: Rights, responsibilities, and behavioral intentions’ to a […]

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Intellectual exchange ESSO group at the University of Helsinki

Published on: March 2021

The OWNERS team (Borja Martinovic, Tom Nijs, Nora Storz, and Wybren Nooitgedagt) presented their work to the ESSO group (Etnisten […]

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Interview with Norwegian NRK

Published on: March 2021

Tom Nijs was interviewed about right-wing populism in The Netherlands by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. You can find the broadcast […]

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Talk at Sociëtas Groningen

Published on: March 2021

Tom Nijs discussed his research on collective psychological ownership in Western Europe as part of the ‘Huiskamercolleges’ [living room lectures] […]

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New publication in Social Justice Research

Published on: February 2021

The article entitled “Autochthony and making amends to indigenous peoples: The mediating role of collective moral emotions”, written by Wybren […]

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Interview in Dutch newspaper Trouw

Published on: February 2021

Tom Nijs and Borja Martinovic were interviewed by Dutch newspaper Trouw about the OWNERS research project, and more specifically, about […]

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New publication in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Published on: February 2021

The article entitled “‘Losing what is OURS: The intergroup consequences of collective ownership threat”, written by Tom Nijs, Maykel Verkuyten, […]

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Invited talk at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Published on: December 2020

Borja Martinović presented the recent findings from the Owners project at the brown bag seminar of the Department of Applied […]

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2020 EASP Summer School

Published on: September 2020

Nora Storz and Wybren Nooitgedagt participated in the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Summer School. The summer school was […]

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A symposium on collective psychological ownership at the 2020 ISPP Annual Meeting

Published on: September 2020

Borja Martinovic organized and chaired a symposium entitled “‘Our country’ or ‘their country’? Ownership claims and intergroup relations” at the […]

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New publication in Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Published on: July 2020

The article entitled “Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts”, written by Nora Storz, Borja Martinovic, Maykel Verkuyten, Iris […]

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A conference talk at the European Consortium for Sociological Research conference

Published on: July 2020

Tom Nijs presented a draft version of his paper entitled ”We were here first’: Autochthony belief as a driver of […]

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Blog on collective psychological ownership on Stuk Rood Vlees

Published on: July 2020

Tom Nijs wrote a blog post on the Dutch political science blog Stuk Rood Vlees about his paper on collective […]

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New publication in British Journal of Social Psychology

Published on: June 2020

The article entitled “‘This Country is OURS’: The Exclusionary Potential of Collective Psychological Ownership”, written by Tom Nijs, Borja Martinovic, […]

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Presentation at the Democracy & Elections Seminar at the University of Manchester

Published on: February 2020

Tom Nijs gave a talk about collective psychological ownership in Western Europe in the Democracy & Elections seminar of the […]

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Research visit at the University of Manchester

Published on: January 2020

Tom Nijs has visited the Politics Department at the University of Manchester to work together with Professor Rob Ford for […]

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Panel debate

Published on: November 2019

Borja Martinović was a panelist in a session titled “Engraved in our memory” (27 November 2018) organized by Studium Generale […]

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Research visit at New York University

Published on: November 2019

Nora Storz visited the department of Applied Psychology at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to work […]

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New publication

Published on: October 2019

The first publication of the Owners project has appeared in the European Journal of Social Psychology, entitled “Support for collective […]

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Two research master’s students joined the Owners team

Published on: September 2019

Lianne Straver and Mischa Hoffer joined the Owners team to work on their master’s theses. Lianne will focus on Western countries […]

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A symposium on autochthony at the ISPP meeting in Lisbon

Published on: July 2019

Borja Martinović organized and chaired a symposium entitled “Are first (autochthonous) inhabitants more entitled to a territory? Evidence from five […]

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A symposium on managing ethnic diversity at CICA Lisbon

Published on: July 2019

Wybren and Nora presented their research at a symposium at the CICA – Conflict and political psychology. The symposium addressed […]

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A conference talk at Dag van de Sociologie in Amsterdam

Published on: June 2019

Tom Nijs presented a draft version of his paper entitled ”This country is OURS’: The exclusionary potential of collective psychological […]

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Panel debate on populism at Festival Europa at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

Published on: May 2019

Tom Nijs was member of a panel on populism at Festival Europa (18 may 2019). He talked about populism and […]

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Presentations at ICS Famous Foreigner Masterclass in Nijmegen

Published on: May 2019

Wybren, Nora, and Tom presented drafts of their papers to other PhD candidates of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory […]

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Invited talks at Universidad Mayor, Diego Portales University, and the Pontifical University of Chile in Santiago de Chile.

Published on: April 2019

Wybren Nooitgedagt presented on his disseration on collective ownership in settler societies at the Psychology department at the Pontifical University […]

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Research visit at Universidad Mayor, Santiago de Chile

Published on: March 2019

Wybren Nooitgedagt visited the Society and Health Research Center (CISS) at Universidad Mayor in Santiago de Chile to work with […]

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Guest lectures at Utrecht Stedelijk Gymnasium

Published on: February 2019

Tom Nijs gave a number of guest lectures in 2018 and 2019 at Utrecht Stedelijk Gymnasium. Tom talked about social […]

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A visiting scholar from Poland joins the “OWNERS” team

Published on: September 2018

Dr. Sabina Torunczyk-Ruiz from the University of Warsaw, Poland, has come to ERCOMER to work with Borja Martinović on the […]

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A conference talk at the ISPP in San Antonio

Published on: July 2018

Borja Martinović presented the paper entitled “Collective action against refugees: the role of national, European and global identifications and autochthony […]

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A symposium on collective psychological ownership at the ISPP meeting in San Antonio

Published on: July 2018

Borja Martinović organized a symposium entitled “Collective psychological ownership of a territory and its consequences for intergroup relations” for the […]

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Presentations at ICS Spring Day in Amsterdam

Published on: June 2018

Wybren, Nora, and Tom presented the draft versions of their first papers to members of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science […]

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Presentation at EASP meeting ‘Understanding and transforming challenging relationships’

Published on: June 2018

Nora Storz gave a presentation entitled ‘Ethnic identification and reconciliation expectations in territorial conflict regions: The role of collective psychological […]

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A conference talk at Politicologenetmaal in Leiden (Belgium-Dutch Political Science Conference)

Published on: June 2018

Tom Nijs presented a draft version of his paper entitled ‘Losing OUR country: the distinctiveness, triggers, and consequences of ownership […]

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Public lecture at Booghkring, Utrecht Leidsche Rijn

Published on: April 2018

Borja Martinović discussed her research on collective psychological ownership and populism with an audience of highly educated people with brain […]

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Blog entitled “We came to this land first! Or did we?”

Published on: January 2018

A blog appeared in the digital newspaper of Utrecht University (Digitaal Universiteitsblad – DUB) about Borja Martinović’s research, entitled “We […]

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“Voice of UYA – Borja Martinovic on Nativism and Sociology of Intergroup Prejudices” – a podcast

Published on: January 2018

“Voice of UYA – Borja Martinović on Nativism and Sociology of Intergroup Prejudices” is a podcast created by Sanli Faez […]

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Presentations at ICS Forum Day in Groningen

Published on: December 2017

Wybren, Nora, and Tom presented their outlines of their dissertations to members of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and […]

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Invited talk Tilburg University

Published on: September 2017

Borja Martinović presented the recent findings from the Owners project at the Social Psychology Colloquium Series at Tilburg University. The […]

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Invited Talk at the Political Psychology Meeting in Amsterdam

Published on: April 2017

Borja Martinović talked about her research on collective ownership for an audience of political psychologists from all over the Netherlands […]

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Guest lecture at the University of Amsterdam

Published on: April 2017

Borja Martinović gave a guest lecture on the topic of her ERC project for students following the Research Master in […]

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Talk at the 10th anniversary of the ERC

Published on: March 2017

Borja Martinović was invited to pitch her ERC project “This country is ours: Collective psychological ownership and intergroup relations” at […]

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The Washington Post Commentary

Published on: March 2017

Borja Martinović commented on the electoral success of the far-right populist party in the Netherlands for an article that appeared […]

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