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Prof.dr. Naomi Ellemers

Distinguished university professor

Social psychologist Naomi Ellemers examines the behavior of people in organizations. Her main topics of expertise are Diversity and Inclusion, and Integrity and Ethics at work.

To investigate the behavior of people in organizations, Naomi Ellemers combines experimental methodologies examining brain activity and stress with observations of people in the workplace. Her aim is to understand how group affiliations impact on individual behaviors in organizations. In her diversity lab, she identifies the work experiences of women, ethnic minorities, and members of the LGBT community. In her integrity lab, she also examines how individuals are guided by the ethical climate at work, for instance in the financial sector.

Ellemers was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Among the distinctions she received is the NWO-Spinoza Award.

She is member of the supervisory board of PwC the Netherlands, and chair of the Kurt Lewin Institute. She is one of the initiators of the National Integration Fund and one of Athena’s Angels.

From 2020 -2022 she was chair of the KNAW Committee on Roots and Prevention of Inappropriate Behaviour in Academia

Meer vrouwen in de top maakt mannelijke bestuurders bewuster van maatschappelijke thema’s

Voor het eerst zijn de belangrijkste topposities van twee Europese instellingen in handen van vrouwen: Christine Lagarde is per 1 november president van de Europese Centrale Bank en Ursula von der Leyen is sinds zondag voorzitter van de Europese Commissie. Beiden maken zich sterk voor maatschappelijke onderwerpen, zoals het klimaat en de vertegenwoordiging van vrouwen in hogere functies. Is dat nu typisch vrouwelijk gedrag? Hebben bedrijven en organisaties meer aandacht voor maatschappelijke thema’s als er meer vrouwen in het topbestuur zitten? En als dat zo is, hoe komt dat dan?