prof. dr. M. (Martijn) van Zomeren
Professor (adjunct)
Research
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Research statement
My theorizing and research has focused mainly on the psychology of collective action against collective disadvantage, exemplified by peaceful demonstations and petitions (e.g., against cuts on higher education), but also violent uprisings and revolts (e.g., Egypt, Tunesia, Libya). In my and my collaborators' theorizing and research in this domain, I seek to integrate different theoretical perspectives. As a consequence, I seek to model the relationships between four core motivations for engagement in collcetive action: group identity, emotion, efficacy, and morality. The core theme in this line of theorizing and research thus revolves around the question how individuals can become more active and involved in groups, and in society at large.
My current theorizing and research moves beyond the realm of collective action, however. It focuses instead on the psychology of human motivation in general and connects aspects of my earlier thinking with the accumulating insight that humans are fundamentally relational beings. I have written a monograph that reconsiders and replaces the implicit axiom of individuality in theories and research on motivation with one that is grounded in social relationships. In the book I show that it becomes possible to reinterpret the psychology of motivation in an integrative and even consilient way, which emphasizes the relational essence of motivational processes.
Publications
Toward an integrative social identity model of collective action: A quantitative research synthesis of three socio-psychological perspectives
Van Zomeren, M., Postmes, T. & Spears, R., Jul-2008, In : Psychological Bulletin. 134, 4, p. 504-535 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
Protesters as "passionate economists": A dynamic dual pathway model of approach coping with collective disadvantage
van Zomeren, M., Leach, C. W. & Spears, R., May-2012, In : Personality and Social Psychology review. 16, 2, p. 180-199 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Four core social-psychological motivations to undertake collective action
van Zomeren, M., 2013, In : Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 7, p. 378-388 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Synthesizing individualistic and collectivistic perspectives on environmental and collective action through a relational perspective
van Zomeren, M., Dec-2014, In : Theory & Psychology. 24, 6, p. 775-794 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
Metaphors of Protest: A Classification of Motivations for Collective Action
van Zomeren, M. & Spears, R., 2009, In : Journal of Social Issues. 65, 4, p. 661-679 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
On conviction's collective consequences: Integrating moral conviction with the social identity model of collective action
van Zomeren, M., Postmes, T. & Spears, R., Mar-2012, In : British Journal of Social Psychology. 51, 1, p. 52-71 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Beliefs About the Malleability of Immoral Groups Facilitate Collective Action
Cohen-Chen, S., Halperin, E., Saguy, T. & van Zomeren, M., Mar-2014, In : Social psychological and personality science. 5, 2, p. 203-210 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Politicization During the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections: Bridging the personal and the political through an identity content approach
Turner-Zwinkels, F., van Zomeren, M. & Postmes, T., Mar-2015, In : Personality and social psychology bulletin. 41, 3, p. 433-445 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Threat by association: Do distant intergroup threats carry-over into local intolerance?
Bouman, T., van Zomeren, M. & Otten, S., Sep-2014, In : British Journal of Social Psychology. 53, 3, p. 405-421 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Press / Media
Does it help to hope?
01/12/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/12/14/acties-zonder-draaiboek-de-wetenschap-achter-spontane-demonstraties-a3060703
14/12/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
https://www.ukrant.nl/magazine/een-stem-een-doel-een-beweging/
12/10/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Activities
CERE 2014
Martijn Zomeren, van (Keynote/plenary speaker)2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
European Journal of Social Psychology (Journal)
Martijn Zomeren, van (Editorial board member)2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (Journal)
Martijn Zomeren, van (Editorial board member)2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity › Academic
Prizes
Top 3 nomination for USERN Prize for the Social Sciences (awarded to scholars under 40 years of age across the social sciences)
Martijn Zomeren, van (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour › Academic
Jos Jaspars 2011 Early Career Award of the European Association of Social Psychology
Martijn Zomeren, van (Recipient), 2011
Prize › Academic
Erik Erikson Early Career Award 2016 of the International Society for Political Psycholoy
Martijn Zomeren, van (Recipient), 2016
Prize › Academic
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