Biographical sketch

After graduating in Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam in 2006, I followed an extra Master Holocaust and Genocide studies at the History department of the UvA. This strengthened my ideas on the importance of interdisciplinary research dealing with complex and multifaceted processes of human behaviour. From 2008 onwards I worked as a teaching assistant, teaching methodology, statistics, SPSS and academic writing courses to first and second year Psychology students at the UvA and the Free University of Amsterdam. In 2010 I started my Phd project under supervision of Prof. dr. Agneta Fischer, Prof. dr. Bertjan Doosje and Dr. Allard Feddes.

Research interests

My Phd project is focused on the antecedents and consequences of interpersonal and group-based feelings of humiliation. One can feel personally humiliated, but it is also possible to experience feelings of humiliation as a consequence of perceived humiliation of the ingroup by (members of) an outgroup. It is hypothesized that experiences of humiliation, especially those on the group-level, are involved in violent radicalisation and, sometimes, terrorism.

This research topic is connected to another part of my project dealing with  radicalisation processes related to violent behaviour. This concerns the evaluation of an intervention study on radicalisation in Amsterdam, which is part of the EU sponsored project SAFIRE (Scientific Approach to Finding Indicators & Responses to Radicalisation, see: http://www.safire-project.eu/).

Publications

• Mann, L., Feddes, A. R., Leiser, A., Doosje, B., & Fischer, A. H. (2014). When laughing hurts: Humiliation as a consequence of public mocking. Manuscript under review.

• Feddes, A. R., Mann, L., de Zwart, N., & Doosje, B. (2013). Duale identiteit in een multiculturele samenleving: een longitudinale kwalitatieve effectmeting van de weerbaarheidstraining Diamant. Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid, 4, 27-44.

• Feddes, A. R., Mann, L., & Doosje, B. (2013). Scientific approach to formulate indicators and responses to radicalisation: Empirical study. University of Amsterdam.

• Marret, J. L., Feddes, A. R., Mann, L., Doosje, B., & Griffioen-Young, H. (2013). An overview of the SAFIRE project: A scientific approach to finding indicators and responses to radicalisation. JEX Journal EXIT- Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Deradikalisierung und Demokratische Kultur, 2, www.journal-exit.de.

• Feddes, A. R., Mann, L., & Doosje, B. (2013). From extreme emotions to extreme actions: Explaining non-normative collective action and reconciliation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35, 232-233.

• Doosje, B., Van den Bos, K., Loseman, A., Feddes, A. R., & Mann, L. (2012). "My In-group is Superior!": Susceptibility for Radical Right-wing Attitudes and Behaviors in Dutch Youth. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 5, 253-268.

• Tuinier, J. D., Doosje, B., Mann, L., Feddes, A. R., Van Ooijen, I., & Visser, G. (2012). Het Fort van Democratie Werkt. Het Effect van de Interactieve Tentoonstelling op Kennis en Opvattingen over Democratisch Burgerschap bij Jongeren. Stichting Vredeseducatie Utrecht.

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