
Lise Jans, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher/Lecturer
l.jans@rug.nl
+31 50 36336567
Grote Kruisstraat 2/1
9712 TS Groningen
the Netherlands
Room H 439
Summary of work:
I am interested in the interplay between individuals and groups. I explore how groups (and group identities) are formed and changed, how they become shared identities, and how they affect both individual and collective outcomes. Currently, I am applying these insights to the context of communities, examining how communities can influence pro-environmental and sustainable energy behaviours.
Research Projects
I am interested in the interplay between individuals and groups. I explore how groups (and group identities) are formed and changed, how they become shared identities, and how they affect both individual and collective outcomes. Currently, I am applying these insights to the context of communities, examining how communities can influence pro-environmental and sustainable energy behaviours.
Smart Farmer Grid 2.0
The power of the neighbourhood: the success and spreading of bottom-up initiatives at the energy market
Reconciling individuality with social solidarity: Forming social identity from the bottom up
Teaching
Supervising PhDs and junior researchers:
- Daniel Sloot (Ph.D. student)
- Sara van der Par (Junior researcher)
Coordination tasks
- Coordinator Master’s programme Environmental Psychology
Supervision of theses
- Master theses
- Bachelor theses
Individual Courses
Working in interdisciplinary teams
Environmental challenges are complex and require expertise from multiple disciplines. Social scientists, humanities scholars, physical scientists, and engineers need to collaborate to be able to understand and tackle major challenges. Consequently, there is growing interest in interdisciplinary environmental research that integrates the insights from various disciplines. In this interactive course, you will become familiar with how different disciplines study environmental problems, and their main contributions. You will communicate with scholars outside the field of environmental psychology, and in groups develop an integrative research idea. In the process, you will learn tools to better work in interdisciplinary teams.
Working in interdisciplinary teams
Environmental challenges are complex and require expertise from multiple disciplines. Social scientists, humanities scholars, physical scientists, and engineers need to collaborate to be able to understand and tackle major challenges. Consequently, there is growing interest in interdisciplinary environmental research that integrates the insights from various disciplines. In this interactive course, you will become familiar with how different disciplines study environmental problems, and their main contributions. You will communicate with scholars outside the field of environmental psychology, and in groups develop an integrative research idea. In the process, you will learn tools to better work in interdisciplinary teams.
Jans, L. & Fielding, K. (forthcoming). The role of group processes in environmental issues, attitudes, and behaviours. In: L. Steg, A.F. van den Berg, & J.IM. de Groot (eds.), Environmental Psychology. BPS Blackwell Jans, L., Leach, C. W., Garcia, R., & Postmes, T. (2015). The Development of Group Influence on In-Group Identification: A Multi-Level Approach. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. doi: 10.1177/1368430214540757 Jansen, W.S., Otten, S., Van der Zee, K.I., & Jans, L. (2014). Inclusion: Conceptualisation and measurement. European Journal of Social Psychology. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2011 (won the Snijders-Kouwer Award for best international scientific article of a PhD student of the Heymans Institute) Haslam, S. A., Adarves-Yorno, I., Postmes, T., & Jans, L. (2013). The collective origins of valued originality: A social identity approach to creativity. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 17(4), 384-401. doi: 10.1177/1088868313498001. Postmes, T., Haslam, S. A., & Jans, L (2013). A single-item measure of social identification: Reliability, validity and utility. British Journal of Social Psychology. 52(4), 597-617. doi:10.1111/bjso.12006. Jans, L., Postmes, T., & Van der Zee, K. I. (2012). Sharing differences: The inductive route to social identity formation. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology. 48(5), 1145-1149. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.013. Jans, L., Postmes, T., & Van der Zee, K. I. (2011). The Induction of a shared identity: The positive role of individual distinctiveness for groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 37, 1130-1141. doi: 10.1177/0146167211407342. Sloot, D., Jans, L., & Steg, L. (2017). The potential of environmental community initiatives – a social psychological perspective. In: A. Römpke, G. Reese, I. Fritsche, N. Wiersbinski, & A. Mues (ed.), Outlooks on Applying Environmental Psychology Research (p. 27-34). BfN-Skripten. DOI:10.19217/skr460. Jans, L. (2016). Ikke, ikke, ikke, dus de rest kan stikken?[Me, me, me, so how about the others?]. The Inquisitive Mind, 3, Published on nl.in-mind.org Steg, E., Hindriks, F., & Jans, L. (2016). Grenzen van regels. In Dromen over Groningen 2050: Vriendenboek Max van den Berg. (pp. 75-77). Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Jans, L. (2013). Individualiteit en solidariteit gaan prima samen. [Individuality and Solidarity go hand in hand] Sociale Vraagstukken, Published on http://www.socialevraagstukken.nlScientific Publications
Other Publications
Ad hoc reviewer for:
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; British Journal of Social Psychology; European Journal of Social Psychology; Sage Open; Social Psychological and Personality Science; Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology; Swiss Journal of Psychology; Journal of Applied Social Psychology; International Journal of Psychology; Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie