2011 Awards ceremony
• Jos Jaspars
• Kurt Lewin
• Jean-Paul Codol
• Early-career
Award
• Mid-career
Award
• Service to European
Social Psychology
• Henri Tajfel
Jaspars Medallists 2011
The Jaspars Medal is awarded to
young scholars who have made
an outstanding research
contribution to social psychology
in Europe.
As a tribute to Jos Jaspars'
influential editorship of the
European Journal of Social
Psychology, the award is
sponsored by the publishers of
the journal (Wiley–Blackwell)
who cover the registration fees of
the awardees for the General
Meeting
•
The selection panel
– Tony Manstead
(Cardiff)
– Bernard Rimé
(Louvain-la-Neuve)
– Fritz Strack
(Würzburg)
– Sabine Otten
(Groningen)
Malte Friese
University of Basel
• PhD topic:
– Moderators of the predictive validity of implicit measures
• Supervisor(s):
– Michaela Wänke
• Key publications:
– Friese, M., Hofmann, W., & Schmitt, M. (2008). When and why do implicit measures predict
behavior? Empirical evidence for the moderating role of opportunity, motivation, and process
reliance. European Review of Social Psychology.
– Friese, M., Bargas-Avila, J., Hofmann, W., & Wiers, R.W. (2010). Here’s looking at you, Bud:
Alcohol-related memory structure predicts eye movement of social drinkers with low
executive control. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
• versatile, independent, dedicated
Esther Papies
University of Utrecht
• PhD research topic:
– The allure of forbidden food: A goal conflict perspective on dieting
• Supervisor(s):
– Wolfgang Stroebe & Henk Aarts
• Key publications:
– Papies, E.K., Stroebe, & Aarts, H. (2007). The pleasure in the mind: Restrained eating and
spontaneous hedonic thoughts about food. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
– Papies, E.K., Stroebe, & Aarts, H. (2008). The allure of forbidden food: On the role of attention
in self-regulation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• socially engaged, highly skilled, inspiring
Martijn van Zomeren
University of Groningen
• PhD research topic:
Social-psychological paths to protest
• Supervisor(s):
– Agneta H. Fischer & Russell Spears
• Key publications:
– Van Zomeren, M., Postmes, T., & Spears, R. (2008). Towards an integrative social identity model of
collective action: A quantitative research-synthesis of three socio-psychological perspectives,
Psychological Bulletin.
– Van Zomeren, M., Spears, R., Fischer, A.H., & Leach, C.W. (2004). But your money where your
mouth is! Explaining collective action tendencies through group-based anger and group efficacy.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• productive, broad and deep, creative
Jaspars Medallists 2011
Malte Friese
Esther Papies
Martijn van Zomeren
Lewin Medallists 2011
The Kurt Lewin medal is a mid• The selection panel
career award that acknowledges
– Naomi Ellemers (Leiden)
outstanding scientific contributions
made by a full member of the
Association. Nominees will typically
have completed their PhD more
– Lucia Mannetti (Rome)
than 10 and less than 25 years
previously.
The medal is awarded to a full
member of the Association who has
– Karl Halvor Teigen (Oslo)
made a substantial contribution to
European social psychology
through excellence in individual
scholarship and through support for
– Alex Haslam (Exeter)
the scholarship of others.
Jens Förster
University of Amsterdam
• WoS: 79 papers, 2,597 citations, h=25
• Research areas:
– Motivation (self-regulation, goals), categorization, creativity, embodiment
• Key collaborators:
– Fritz Strack (12), Nira Liberman (12), Ron Friedman (11), Lioba Werth (10)
• Ground-breaking publications:
– Forster et al (1998). Approach and avoidance strength during goal attainment: Regulatory
focus and the "goal looms larger" effect. JPSP.
– Forster et al (1998). Speed/accuracy decisions in task performance: Built-in trade-off or
separate strategic concerns? OBHDP
– Forster (2000). The influence of approach and avoidance motor actions on food intake.
EJSP
• Professional service:
– Program chair EAESP GM 2008, Ass Ed. Social Cognition (2006-present)
• pioneering, co-operative, creative, goal-oriented, bold
Constantine Sedikides
University of Southampton
• WoS: 106 papers, 2840 citations, h=31
• Research areas:
– Self (self-enhancement), mood (nostalgia), categorization
• Key collaborators:
– Aiden Gregg (14), Jeffrey Green (12), Lowell Gaertner (9), Tim Wildschut (9)
• Ground-breaking publications:
– Sedikides & Strube (1997) Self-evaluation: To thine own self be good, to thine own self be sure,
to thine own self be true, and to thine own self be better. AESP
– Sedikides (1993). Assessment, enhancement, and verification determinants of the selfevaluation process. JPSP
– Sedikides (1994). Incongruent effects of sad mood on self-conception valence: It's a matter of
time. EJSP
• Professional service:
– Editor Psychological Inquiry; President ISSI, Organizer of Annual Conference on
Self and Identity
• energetic, focused, rigorous, theoretical, prolific
Russell Spears
Cardiff University
• WoS: 165 papers, 4459 citations, h=38
• Research areas:
– social identity, intergroup relations, stereotyping, communication, collective action
• Key collaborators:
– Bertjan Doosje (22), Tom Postmes (20), Tony Manstead (19), Jolanda Jetten (16)
• Ground-breaking publications:
– Spears et al. (1997). Self-stereotyping in the face of threats to group status and distinctiveness:
The role of group identification, PSPB.
– Spears et al. (1996). The social psychology of stereotyping and group life.
– Spears & Lea (1994). Panacea or panopticon: The hidden power in computer-mediated
communication. Comm Res.
• Professional service:
– Editor BJSP, EJSP; EAESP EC (2002-2008), Summer School Organiser (Cardiff,
2006)
• witty, team-player, broad, profound, societal
Lewin Medallists 2011
Jens Förster
Constantine Sedikides
Russell Spears
Codol Medallists 2011
In memory of the work of JeanPaul Codol for the European
Association, the Codol Award
recognizes a member who has
significantly advanced the cause
of social psychology in Europe
by means of their service to the
field (e.g., advancing the
standing and prominence of
social psychology in one or more
member countries).
•
The selection panel
– EASP Executive Committee
•
Chair
– Carsten de Dreu (Amsterdam)
Amélie Mummendey
University of Jena
• Service to European social psychology:
– EAESP Executive Committee (1984-1990; 1987-1990 as Treasurer)
– 1994-1997 Associate Editor EJSP
– 1991 Summer School teacher in San Sebastian
– 1998 Summer School teacher in Leuven
– 1992 Organiser of the East-West-Meeting in Muenster
– Organised several Small Group/Medium-Size Meetings (Jena workshops):
1999, 2001, 2002
– Contributed to the field by building the International Graduate College for
Cooperation and Conflict (with Louvain-la-Neuve, and Kent)
Jorge Vala
University of Lisbon
• Service to European social psychology:
– EAESP Executive Committee (1990-1996; 1990-1993, Secretary)
– Organiser of the General Meeting in Lisbon 1993
– Organiser of Small Group meeting Lisbon, 2005
– Contributed to the rise of social psychology in Portugal by acquiring
substantial outside funding, building networks for students and postgraduates,
etc
Eddy Van Avermaet
Catholic University of Leuven
• Service to European social psychology:
– Editor of EJSP (1994 – 1997)
– EAESP Executive Committee (2002 – 2008; Secretary, Webmaster)
– Organizer of 3rd International Conference on Social Value Orientations in
Interpersonal and Intergroup Relations (Leuven, 1991)
– Organizer of 1st Joint Meeting of the European Association of
Experimental Social Psychology and the Society for Experimental Social
Psychology (Leuven & Louvain-la-Neuve, 1992)
– Organiser of EASP Summer School in Leuven
– Program Chair of the 13th General Meeting of EAESP (San Sebastian,
2002)
Codol Medallists 2011
Amélie Mummendey
Jorge Vala
Eddy Van Avermaet
Tajfel lecture 2011
Anne Maass
University of Padova