Events calendar
The Hot Politics Lab Meetings are typically every Friday from 3-4 in B9.22. We also organize the biannual Political Psychology Meetings and other workshops. Check the calendar below for all our events.
If you want to see our lab meetings from the past. Visit our youtube page. We have over 200 videos.
September 11, 2026
Judith van de Wetering (Eurasmus University) – Youth perspectives on polarization: A transdisciplinary participation study
September 18, 2026
Bert Bakker (University of Amsterdam) – BRIDGE: Belief-system reconfiguration through integrative design and generalizable evidence
September 25, 2026
Jakob Kasper (University of Amsterdam) – Disentangling what depolarization interventions do to democratic judgement: A research idea
Gustavo Couto de Jesus (University of Amsterdam) – Implicit approach and avoidance in politics – A case for frontal alpha asymmetry
October 2, 2026
Jasper Eshuis (Eurasmus University) – TBA
October 10, 2026
Rebekka Kesberg (University of Amsterdam) – Bad citizen, average politician: Why misconduct does not further damage politician’s image
October 23, 2026
Linda Bomm (University of Amsterdam) – Emotion regulation in politics: Broadening the strategy repertoire and highlighting an engagement-disengagement structure
Anvita Pant (Vrije University) – Progression ambition in Dutch municipal councillors: Deciding who quits and who wants to get ahead
October 30, 2026
Ili Ma (Leiden University) – Scrolling into adulthood: Social media content and social connectedness among adolescents
November 6, 2026
Anouk Smeekes (Utrecht University) – Why are young Dutch voters moving to the radical right? The interplay between grievances and gender
November 13th
Dutch Political Psychology Meeting – 10:30 till 17:00 at Room C10.20 of the Roeterseiland campus
November 20, 2026
Luca Pfrunder (Tilburg University) & Bruno Verschuere (University of Amsterdam) – Detecting political misinformation: A boosting intervention tested on Donald Trump’s statements
November 27, 2026
Delaney Peterson (University of Amsterdam) – Exploring the lived experience of political mental health: A qualitative study from Pennsylvania
Ella MacLaughlin (Utrecht University) – Fuelled by hope: Hope as a response to uncertainty in the American congress
December 4, 2026
Matthijs Rooduijn (University of Amsterdam) – The persuasive power of populist radical-right storytelling: Evidence from an immersive theatre experiment
December 11, 2026
Bojana Veckalov (Radboud University) – Policy advocacy by scientists in a polarized context: Preserving credibility by separating evidence on migration from politics
