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Paul A. M. Van Lange

Vrije Universiteit
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Affiliation from ORCID employment record, 2026-11-13.

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2022 Human Cooperation and the Crises of Climate Change, COVID-19, and MisinformationVan Lange & Rand · Annual Review of Psychology 2020 Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic responseVan Bavel et al. · Nature Human Behaviour

Professor at the Institute for Brain and Behavior Amsterdam (IBBA), Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Leading researcher in social and evolutionary psychology, with extensive work on human cooperation, social dilemmas, trust, and collective action problems. His theoretical and empirical work integrates evolutionary perspectives with experimental and field research to understand how humans solve cooperation challenges across various contexts.

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Key interests

  • Social dilemmas and cooperation mechanisms
  • Evolutionary approaches to understanding human behavior
  • Application of cooperation theory to real-world crises
  • Reputation and trust