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 […]
read more2022 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 […]
read moreHonorable 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 […]
read moreFindings 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 […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreNew 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’, […]
read moreOWNERS 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 […]
read moreExperiment 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreGuest 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 […]
read moreInvited 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, […]
read morePhD 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 […]
read morePhD 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 […]
read morePhD 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 […]
read morePresentation 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 […]
read moreKeynote 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 […]
read moreInterview 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 […]
read moreKeynote 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 […]
read moreNew 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, […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreAn 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”, […]
read moreConference 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreIntellectual 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 […]
read moreInterview 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 […]
read moreTalk 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] […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreInterview 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 […]
read moreNew 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, […]
read moreInvited 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 […]
read more2020 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreBlog 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 […]
read moreNew 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, […]
read morePresentation 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 […]
read moreResearch 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 […]
read morePanel 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 […]
read moreResearch 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 […]
read moreNew 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 […]
read moreTwo 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read morePanel 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 […]
read morePresentations 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 […]
read moreInvited 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 […]
read moreResearch 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 […]
read moreGuest 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read morePresentations 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 […]
read morePresentation 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 […]
read moreA 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 […]
read morePublic 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 […]
read moreBlog 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 […]
read more“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 […]
read morePresentations 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 […]
read moreInvited 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 […]
read moreInvited 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 […]
read moreGuest 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 […]
read moreTalk 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 […]
read moreThe 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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