prof. dr. B.A. (Bernard) Nijstad

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

September 2019 - present. Head of department, department of HRM/OB, University of Groningen.

April 2009 – present: Full Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Chair in “Decision making and organizational behavior in business and economics”

January 2005 – March 2009: Associate professor, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

January 2003 – December 2004: Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

March 2000 – December 2002: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

August 1998 - October 1998: Visiting scholar at the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington. Host: Paul B. Paulus.

EDUCATION

1995 - 2000: PhD student, Utrecht University (PhD September 2000, cum laude). Title of thesis: How the group affects the mind: Effects of communication in idea-generating groups.

1990 - 1995: Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (BA 1991; MA 1995)

1989 - 1990: Civil Engineering, Delft Technical University, The Netherlands

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011. NIP (Nederlands Instituut voor Psychologen) best paper award (third prize) for: De Pater, I, Schinkel, S. & Nijstad, B. A. (2007). De Nederlandse vertaling van de core self-evaluations scale: Betrouwbaarheid en validiteit. Gedrag & Organisatie, 20, 82-100.

2010. KLI best paper award for student authored paper for: Baas, M., De Dreu, C. K. W. & Nijstad, B. A. (2008). The mood-creativity link reconsidered: A meta-analysis of 25 years of research. Psychological Bulletin, 134 , 779-806 .

2008. ASPO best paper award for: Baas, M., De Dreu, C. K. W., & Nijstad, B. A. (2008). Sluimerend leed en uitputtend ongenoegen: De invloed van verdriet en boosheid op creativiteit. ASPO congres, Amsterdam, december 2008.

2001. Winner, dissertation award of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP)

2001. Finalist, dissertation award of the APA Division 49 (Group Processes and Group Psychotherapy)

2000. Winner, Dissertation award of the Dutch Association of Social Psychological Researchers (ASPO)

1996. Winner, David van Lennepprijs: Master’s Thesis Award of the Dutch Foundation for Psychotechnics (NSvP)