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Michèlle Bal is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University, focusing on how perceptions of justice and injustice impact sustainable behavioral decisions. Her research addresses the questions of how people perceive and deal with confrontations involving injustice, examining the influence of relative deprivation on health inequities and well-being. She investigates how perceptions of (in)justice play a role in radicalization and polarization within societies. Michèlle has been actively involved in teaching courses on philosophy and social science, particularly regarding social justice, and supervises undergraduate and master's students in their thesis research. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor at the ISS - Public Health, Utrecht University, and has worked in the Department of Criminology at Leiden University prior to earning her PhD at Utrecht University. Her doctoral work explored the psychological processes associated with victim blaming and victim support.
Department of Psychology