Erik de Kwaadsteniet
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. E.W. de Kwaadsteniet
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4109
- kwaadsteniet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8343-8267
Short CV
In 2002, Erik de Kwaadsteniet earned his Master’s degree in Social and Organizational Psychology at Utrecht university. In that same year, he started as a PhD candidate at Leiden University. For his dissertation, supervised by Eric van Dijk, Arjaan Wit and David De Cremer, he conducted research on the effects of uncertainty in social dilemmas. In October 2007, he successfully defended his thesis. Since then, he has been working as an Assistant Professor at Social and Organizational Psychology, conducting research on social dilemmas and tacit coordination.
Research
Tacit coordination
In 2005, Thomas Schelling received the Nobel Prize in Economics. He received this prize partly for his research on tacit coordination, the idea that people can often effectively coordinate their decisions even in the absence of communication. To give a simple example: Imagine that you lost your best friend somewhere in Amsterdam (and you left your mobile phone at home). What would you do to find your friend back? In my research, I focus on the psychological processes that underlie tacit coordination.
Social dilemmas
Social dilemmas are situations in which people experience a conflict between their own self-interest and the interest of the group to which they belong. In such situations, people thus have to choose between being selfish (choosing for themselves) and being cooperative (choosing for their group). In my research, I investigate the factors that influence cooperation in social dilemmas.
Teaching
Social Psychology in Organisations (Bachelor Psychology)
Economic and Consumer Psychology (Bachelor Psychology)
Negotiation and Social Decision Making (Master SOP)
Bachelor Project Supervision (Bachelor Psychology)
Thesis and Internship Supervision (Master SOP & ECP)
Grants
- UTOPA grant. The role of trust in economic decisions (grant for PhD project, obtained together with Prof. Dr. Eric van Dijk and Dr. Wilco van Dijk). September 2014 - ongoing.
- NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) Open Competition grant. The willingness to punish non-cooperation and reward cooperation in social dilemmas. (grant for PhD project, obtained together with Prof. Dr. Eric van Dijk). May 2011 - April 2015.
Awards
- Best Student Paper Award at the 16th International Conference on Social Dilemmas for Molenmaker, W. E., De Kwaadsteniet, E. W., Van Dijk, E. (2015). The (un)willingness to sanction individually and jointly. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Social Dilemmas (ICSD) in Hong Kong, China.
- Finalist for the APA Division 49 (Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) Dissertation Award 2008.
Registrations
- Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI; Full member)
- European Association of Social Psychology (EASP; Full member)
- Dutch Association for Social Psychological Research (ASPO)
- Member of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on Social Dilemmas (ICSD)
Relevant links
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Soc., Econom. en Organisat Psych.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Vliet A. van der, Groos J. van, Molenmaker W.E., Lutjenhuis M. & Mors E. ter (2024), Belonen in de context van belastingen: experiment. KCPEG onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de belastingdienst. . Leiden: KCPEG.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Gross J. & Dijk E. van (2023), A “More-is-Better” heuristic in anticommons dilemmas: psychological insights from a new anticommons bargaining game, Journal of Economic Psychology 98: 102653.
- Molenmaker W.E., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Ter Mors E., Nilsen J., Egelmeers T., Vliet A. van der & Dijk W.W. van (2023), De werking en effectiviteit van verzuimboetes: KCPEG onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de Belastingdienst. Leiden: KCPEG.
- Molenmaker W.E., Vliek M.L.W, Groos J. van, Mors E. Ter, Egelmeers T. & Kwaadsteniet E.W. de (2023), De werking en effectiviteit van beloningen in de context van belastingen: literatuuronderzoek. KCPEG onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de belastingdienst. . Leiden: KCPEG.
- Molenmaker W.E., Gross J., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van & Dreu C.K.W. de (2023), Discriminatory punishment undermines the enforcement of group cooperation, Scientific Reports 13: 6061.
- Molenmaker W.E., Lelieveld G., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de & Dijk E. van (2022), Applying a logic of appropriateness to understand behavioral differences between common resource dilemmas and public good dilemmas, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 35(1): e2243.
- Dillen L.F. van, Lelieveld G.-J., Hofmann W. & Kwaadsteniet E.W. de (2021), ‘Sharing in need’: how allocator and recipient's hunger shape food distributions in a dictator game, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 95: 104152.
- Schutter M., Dijk E. van, Kwaadsteniet E. W. de & Dijk W. W. van (2021), The detrimental effects of no trust: active decisions of no trust cause stronger affective and behavioral reactions than inactive decisions, Frontiers in Psychology 12: e643174.
- Romano A., Giardini F., Columbus S., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Kisfalusi D., Triki Z., Snijders C. & Hagel K. (2021), Reputation and socio-ecology in humans, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 376(1838): 20200295.
- Przepiorka W., Bouman L. & Kwaadsteniet E.W. de (2020), The emergence of conventions in the repeated volunteer's dilemma: the role of social value orientations, payoff asymmetries and focal points, Social Science Research 93: 102488.
- Molenmaker W.E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2019), The effect of decision timing on the willingness to costly reward cooperation and punish noncooperation: sanctioning the past, the present, or the future, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 32(3): 241-254.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Kiyonari T., Molenmaker W.E. & Van Dijk E. (2019), Do people prefer leaders who enforce norms? Reputational effects of reward and punishment decisions in noisy social dilemmas, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 84: e103800.
- Korfage I.J., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Voorst A. van, Stiggelbout A.M., Vries M. de & Pieterse A.H. (2018), Preferences for cervical cancer screening: The role of implicit associations, Patient Education and Counseling 101(2): 310-317.
- Dijk E. van, Makagonova V., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de & Schutter M. (2017), Deterrence-based trust in bargaining: Introducing a new experimental paradigm, Journal of Trust Research 7(1): 71-89.
- Molenmaker Welmer E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2016), The impact of personal responsibility on the (un)willingness to punish non-cooperation and rewards cooperation, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 134: 1-15.
- Van Dijk E., Molenmaker W.E. & De Kwaadsteniet E.W. (2015), Promoting cooperation in social dilemmas: The use of sanctions, Current Opinion in Psychology 6: 118-122.
- Molenmaker Welmer E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2014), On the willingness to costly reward cooperation and punish non-cooperation: The moderating role of type of social dilemma, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 125(2): 175-183.
- Van Dijk E., Mulder L.B. & Kwaadsteniet E.W. (2014), For the common good? The use of sanctions in social dilemmas. In: Lange P.A.M. van, Rockenbach B. & Yamagishi T. (Eds.), Reward and punishment in social dilemmas. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 70-84.
- Sellaro R., Hommel B., De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Van de Groep S. & Colzato L.S. (2014), Increasing interpersonal trust through divergent thinking, Frontiers in Psychology 5: e561.
- Molenmaker Welmer E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2013), Kostbaar straffen en belonen in 'warme' versus 'koude' sociale dilemma's. In: Dotsch R., Papies E.K., Pronk T.M., Rutjens B.T., Toorn J. van der & Ufkes E.G. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2013. Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie. Groningen Nederland: ASPO pers. 141-144.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Rijkhoff S.A.M. & Van Dijk E. (2013), Equality as a benchmark for third-party punishment and reward: The moderating role of uncertainty in social dilemmas, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 120: 251-259.
- Colzato L.S., Steenbergen L., De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Sellaro R., Liepelt R. & Hommel B. (2013), Tryptophan promotes interpersonal trust, Psychological Science 24(12): 2575-2577.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2012), A social-psychological perspective on tacit coordination: How it works, when it works (and when it does not), European Review of Social Psychology 23: 187-223.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Homan A.C., Van Dijk E. & Van Beest I. (2012), Social information as a cue to tacit coordination, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 15(2): 257-271.
- Molenmaker Welmer E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2012), Ik beloon je met meer dan alleen mijn trots: Altruïstisch belonen en de rol van trots in twee types sociale dilemma's. In: Strick M., Baas M., Dillen L. van, Dotsch R., Lakens D. & Vries M. de (Eds.), Jaarboek Socale Psychologie 2012. Groningen: ASPO pers. 147-150.
- Van Dijk E., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Koning L.F. (2011), About behaving (un)ethically: Self-interest, deception and fairness. In: De Cremer D. & Tenbrunsel A.E. (Eds.), Behavioral business ethics: shaping an emerging field. New York: Psychology Press. 105-121.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & Van Dijk E. (2010), Social status as a cue for tacit coordination, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 46: 515-524.
- De Kwaadsteniet E.W., Van Dijk E., Wit A.P. & De Cremer D. (2010), Anger and retribution after collective overuse: The role of blaming and environmental uncertainty in social dilemmas, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 36(1): 59-70.
- Leunissen J.M., De Kwaadsteniet E.W. & De Cremer D. (2010), Voordeel van de twijfel: De invloed van dispositioneel vertrouwen en ruis op geattribueerde intentionaliteit van vertrouwensschendingen. In: Prooijen J.W. van, Renes R.J., Derks B., Stel M. & Vliek M. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2009. Groningen: Aspo Pers. 219-226.
- Van Dijk E., Wit A.P., Wilke H.A.M. & De Kwaadsteniet E.W. (2010), On the importance of equality in social dilemmas. In: Kramer R.M., Tenbrunsel A.E. & Bazerman M.H. (Eds.), Social decision making: Social dilemmas, social values, and ethical judgments. New York: Routledge. 47-69.
- Dijk E. van, Kwaadsteniet E.W. de & Cremer D. de (2009), Tacit Coordination in Social Dilemmas: The importance of Having a Common Understanding, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 96(3): 665-678.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van, Wit A.P. & Cremer D. de (2008), 'How many of us are there?': Group size uncertainty and social value orientations in common resource dilemmas, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 11(3): 387-399.
- Sandijk M. van, Kwaadsteniet E.W. de & Dijk E. van (2008), Saillantie en stilzwijgende coordinatie. In: Karremans J., Beersma B., Custers R., Harreveld F. van & Rijswijk W. van (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2007. Groningen: ASPO Pers. 301-311.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van, Wit A.P., Cremer D. de & Rooij M.J. de (2007), Justifying decisions in social dilemmas: Justification pressures and tacit coordination under environmental uncertainty, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 33(12): 1648-1660.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de (9 October 2007), Uncertainty in social dilemmas (Dissertatie. Department Social and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University) Kurt Lewin Institute Dissertation Series no. 2007-9: Ridderprint. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Dijk E. van, Wit A.P. & Cremer D. de.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van, Wit A.P. & Cremer D. de (2006), Het verantwoorden van beslissingen in sociale dilemma's: Effecten van brongrootte-onzekerheid en verantwoordingsplicht. In: Holland R.W., Ouwerkerk J., Laar C. van, Ruiter R. & Ham J. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2005. Groningen: ASPO Pers. 291-301.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van, Wit A.P. & De Cremer D. (2006), Social dilemmas as strong versus weak situations: Social value orientations and tacit coordination under resource size uncertainty, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 42: 509-516.
- Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Dijk E. van, Wit A.P. & Cremer D. de (2005), Sociale dilemma's als sterke versus zwakke situaties: Effecten van sociale-waarden-orientaties en omgevingsonzekerheid. In: Gordijn E.H., Holland R., Meijnders A. & Ouwerkerk J. (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2004. Groningen: ASPO Pers. 219-226.
- Lodewijkx H.F.M., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de, Zomeren M. van & Petterson R. (2005), Zinloos geweld en reacties op onrechtvaardigheid: de bescherming van een rechtvaardige wereld?, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie en haar Grensgebieden 60: 88-106.
- Lodewijkx H.F.M., Kwaadsteniet E.W. de & Nijstad B.A. (2005), That could be me (or not): Senseless violence and the role of deservingness, victim ethnicity, person identification, and position identification, Journal of Applied Social Psychology 35(7): 1361-1383.