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Marleen Gillebaart is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University in the Department of Social, Health and Organisational Psychology. She earned her PhD in social psychology from Amsterdam and later completed a postdoctoral fellowship in London. Her research primarily focuses on successful self-regulation and decision-making processes. She is particularly interested in how individuals can achieve long-term goals and the obstacles they face from temptations. Heading the Self-Regulation Lab, Gillebaart investigates key aspects of self-regulation and self-monitoring, along with the psychological foundations of nudges that aid people in making intended choices. She employs a mix of experimental, cross-sectional, and interventional research methodologies, complemented by self-reporting and behavioral experiential samples. Gillebaart supervises several PhD students as part of the Regio Deal Foodvalley project, which studies the impact of a healthy sustainable food environment. Additionally, she teaches Health Psychology at both Bachelor and Master's levels. In 2019, she became a member of the Utrecht Young Academy, a collaborative community for emerging talented scientists.
Department of Psychology