Scientific and Professional Associations

 

  • Member of the American Psychological Society, USA (since 2007), the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, USA (since 1999), the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, USA (since 1996), the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, USA (since 1994), the Cercle des Alumni de la Fondation Universitaire, Belgium (since 1994), the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (since 1986), the Belgian Federation of Psychologists (since 1986), the Belgian Association for Psychological Science (former Belgian Society of Psychology) (since 1986), the American Psychological Association (since 1985)

 

 

Official Appointments in Scientific and Professional Associations

 

  • At the international level
    • Chair of the Steering Committee of the second ESF-Funded European Social Cognition Network (ESCON2) (2009-2014)
    • Member of the Steering Committee of the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) (2009-2011)
    • Organizer (with Andrea Abele, Amy Cuddy, and Charles Judd) of the EAESP Small Group Meeting "Fundamental dimensions of social perception : A view from different perspectives" at Namur, June 7-9, 2007
    • Instructor at the Summer School of the International Graduate College on the topic "Stability and Change in Intergroup Relations", June 24-30, 2004, Luckenwalde, Germany.
    • President of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (2002-2005)
    • Member of the Standing Committee for Scientific Affairs of the European Federation of Psychology Associations EFPA (2001-2003)
    • Organizer (with Olivier Corneille and Muriel Dumont) of the 3rd European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Meeting at Houffalize, Belgium, September 2001
    • Founding Faculty Member of the International Graduate School in Social Psychology, Jena University, Germany (2000-)
    • Belgian coordinator of the ESF-Funded European Social Cognition Network (ESCON)
    • Member of the Executive Committee and Treasurer of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (1999-2002)
    • Organizer (with Olivier Corneille et Chick Judd) of the EAESP Small Group Meeting "Group homogeneity and group entitativity" at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 1999
    • Instructor at the Summer School of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology held in Leuven from August 2 to August 16, 1998
    • Instructor at the Summer School of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology held in Warsaw from July 24 to August 7, 1994 (Social Categorization and Social Information Processing).
    • Scientific Secretary and Treasurer of the EAESP/SESP Joint Meeting of Experimental Social Psychology held in Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve in July 1992.

 

  • At the national level

 

    • Member of the Executive Board of the Belgian National Science Foundation (2009-2014)
    • Member of the National Graduate College in Psychological and Educational Sciences at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (2005-2010)
    • Member of the Scientific Committee and speaker for UCL of the Doctoral School of the Communauté Française in Psychological and Educational Sciences, PSYCEDUC (2005-2010)
    • Member of the Executive Committee of the Belgian Federation of Psychologists (1998-1999)
    • Member of the Board of Directors of the Belgian Federation of Psychologists (1997-2001)
    • Member of the National Committee of Psychologists (1996-2000)
    • Secretary (1993-1996) and Secretary General (1996-1998) of the Belgian Society of Psychology