Paul van Lange
Paul A.M.[] van Lange is a Dutch professor of psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, distinguished scholar at the, and holds a at the University of Cologne.
In his work on trust and human cooperation, he adopts psychological, economic, and ecological approaches to the brighter and darker sides of humankind. In so doing, he studies empathy, altruism, and fairness, as well as competition, norm violations, and hate, as well as broad societal issues such as, refugee crisis, or intergroup conflict. He served as supervisor for more than 40 PhD students and Post-Docs, who completed research on topics such as cooperation in social dilemmas, gossip, bystander-effect, social mindfulness, and social relations.
He has authored around 250 articles in journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, PNAS, Nature Human Behavior, Psychological Bulletin, and Perspectives on Psychological Science, and received various awards such as the Ig Nobel award, by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, the, by the European Association of Social Psychology, and a for his contributions to behavioral science by the .
He has also edited or authored 13 books on a variety of topics, including social dilemmas, how to publish, cheating and corruption, and power and politics, including and . He is involved in many outreach activities, including contributions to national media, advice to national campaigns, and providing annual workshops for mayors and other professionals in the Netherlands and Europe. He has previously served as president of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and scientific director of the, is the founding editor of and, and served as associate editor for, among others, and Psychological Science.