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Roos Vonk is a full professor at Radboud University, specializing in social psychology particularly in the perception of individuals. She obtained her PhD from Leiden University, where her research focused on how ingratiation and flattery affect person perception. Her findings revealed that these techniques are often more effective than people comprehend. Over time, her research interests evolved to explore topics such as self-knowledge, self-enhancement, and self-deception. One of her significant discoveries is the role of the ego in enhancing spiritual narcissism, which poses barriers to social influence and behavior change related to moral issues including climate change and animal welfare. Vonk teaches psychology to honors students in the Master's program for Behavior Change and covers themes related to the unconscious self, psychological immune system, and self-justification. Recent studies have investigated how system justification and social dominance orientation influence people's attitudes toward climate policies and animal welfare, linking the ego to human-animal relationships.
Radboud University • Nijmegen
Lectures, writes articles and books, seeks to make scientific knowledge in social psychology accessible and applicable to a broader audience.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).