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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 7d

Kom bij ons werken als onderzoeksassistent! Nog 5 dagen om te solliciteren (t/m 5 oktober).

Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Vacature alert! Ben jij op zoek naar een leerzame bijbaan binnen de rechtspsychologie? Solliciteer dan nu op de #vacature Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie voor 6 oktober!
@anneliesvrede.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social
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Vacature — Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie

Heb jij hart voor rechtspsychologisch onderzoek en zin in een leerzame bijbaan? Solliciteer dan nu voor de functie van onderzoeksassistent bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)!

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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 14d

Come work with me! I need a part-time research assistant to help me with research articles, presentations, expert witness reports and social media. I need someone with a background in legal psychology, fluent English and Dutch and a healthy dose of enthusiasm :)

Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Vacature alert! Ben jij op zoek naar een leerzame bijbaan binnen de rechtspsychologie? Solliciteer dan nu op de #vacature Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie voor 6 oktober!
@anneliesvrede.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/on...

Vacature — Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie

Heb jij hart voor rechtspsychologisch onderzoek en zin in een leerzame bijbaan? Solliciteer dan nu voor de functie van onderzoeksassistent bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)!

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Vacature alert! Ben jij op zoek naar een leerzame bijbaan binnen de rechtspsychologie? Solliciteer dan nu op de #vacature Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie voor 6 oktober!
@anneliesvrede.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social
@vuamsterdam.bsky.social werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/on...

Vacature — Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie

Heb jij hart voor rechtspsychologisch onderzoek en zin in een leerzame bijbaan? Solliciteer dan nu voor de functie van onderzoeksassistent bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)!

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Aug 6

On the first day of the #EAPL2025 conference in Vilnius, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social presents the recently developed ALLP training on cross-cultural communication for interviewers @vucriminologie.bsky.social

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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · Jul 4

Excited to share that I've been awarded an NWO Open Competition M grant for research on expert witness reports in legal psychology, allowing the fantastic @evanrosmalen.bsky.social to start her PhD @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! allp.nl/nwo-grant-fo...

NWO grant for research on legal psychological expert witness reports - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded one of their competitive Open Competition M grants to ALLP director Annelies Vredeveldt, for a project on legal psychological expert witnesses reports. The...

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚨 Just published! Our case study on the ICTR reveals how cultural background shapes courtroom communication. Witnesses from non-WEIRD contexts often gave indirect responses, easily misinterpreted as unclear or evasive by legal professionals @anneliesvrede.bsky.social doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...

Cross-cultural communication in the courtroom: a case study of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | Emerald Insight

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Jun 18

New article alert! 🚨 Our field study on South African eyewitness reports shows six main cultural differences, regarding detailedness, confidence, assertiveness and more. Published open-access! @anneliesvrede.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Jun 12

About to start our #SARMAC2025 symposium on eyewitness memory in cross-cultural contexts in the Fountain Suite with @anneliesvrede.bsky.social @gabidb.bsky.social Nkansah Aankwam @lorrainehope.bsky.social and Qi Wang @officialsarmac.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social

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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · May 22

How do people from different cultures remember and report what they have witnessed? @gabidb.bsky.social explored this question in her PhD research with a cleverly designed cross-cultural experiment. #eyewitness #memory @amslablegpsy.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social allp.nl/the-way-we-r...

The way we remember and report: Cultural differences in eyewitness memory - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology

How do people from different cultural backgrounds remember and report what they have witnessed? In a newly published open-access article in Memory, Gabi de Bruïne, Annelies Vredeveldt, and Peter J. va...

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Gabi de Bruïne @gabidb.bsky.social · May 16

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🔍 New research on cultural differences in eyewitness memory
By De Bruïne, Vredeveldt & Van Koppen (2025)
We compared how sub-Saharan African and Western European participants recalled the same mock crime video.
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The way we remember and report: an experiment testing cultural differences in eyewitness memory

More and more people report their memories in cross-cultural contexts, including eyewitness interviews. In a pre-registered experiment (N = 64), we examined cultural differences in mock eyewitness ...

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · May 16

The emeritus Professor in Legal Psychology and the newly minted Professor in Legal Psychology :) @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @anneliesvrede.bsky.social

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our research on collaborative interviewing is now also featured on the VU website! @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social vu.nl/en/news/2025...

New interrogation technique effective: joint witness interviews - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Put two eyewitnesses of a crime together in an interview, and there’s a good chance they’ll provide relevant new information for a police investigation.

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Eva van Rosmalen @evanrosmalen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great to see our field study on the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview featured in Applied Police Briefings!

Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Apr 3

#APB spotlight: What happens when 2 eyewitnesses are interviewed together - after they've already been interviewed alone? Research by @evanrosmalen.bsky.social &
@anneliesvrede.bsky.social explores the power of collaborative eyewitness interviews.
Read the brief 👉 appliedpolicebriefings.com (1/4)

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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · Apr 3

Great to see this important work led by @evanrosmalen.bsky.social @amslablegpsy.bsky.social featured in Applied Police Briefings!

Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Apr 3

#APB spotlight: What happens when 2 eyewitnesses are interviewed together - after they've already been interviewed alone? Research by @evanrosmalen.bsky.social &
@anneliesvrede.bsky.social explores the power of collaborative eyewitness interviews.
Read the brief 👉 appliedpolicebriefings.com (1/4)

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Mar 24

Want to know what it's like being interviewed as a witness? Participate in this study on witness interviewing in Amsterdam! @nscr-instituut.bsky.social #PsychLaw

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Mar 18

Historic moment! Previous Prof Peter van Koppen and newly appointed Prof @anneliesvrede.bsky.social talk together about the history and future of legal psychology at the VU @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social #PsychLaw

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Mar 10

Ben jij gepassioneerd over criminologie en heb jij de ambitie om wetenschappelijk onderwijs te geven? Solliciteer dan nu bij @vuamsterdam.bsky.social naar de vacature van Docent Criminologie! @vucriminologie.bsky.social #JobAlert werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/do...

Vacature — Docent Criminologie

Ben jij gepassioneerd over de Criminologie en heb jij de ambitie om wetenschappelijk onderwijs te geven? Solliciteer dan bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) naar de vacature van Docent Criminolog...

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Mar 4

Our director @anneliesvrede.bsky.social has been appointed Full Professor in Legal Psychology @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! Please save the date for her inaugural lecture on the 13th of November 2025. allp.nl/annelies-vre...

Annelies Vredeveldt appointed Professor of Legal Psychology - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology

We are happy to announce that our Director, Annelies Vredeveldt, has been appointed Full Professor of Legal Psychology at VU Amsterdam from the 1st of March 2025. She was selected for the prestigious ...

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Deception Research Society @deceptionrs.bsky.social · Feb 24

This month's Lies & Allies lineup on March 4th, 4-5pm UK time: emotions in false allegations, the nature of honesty (@charactergap.bsky.social), and predicting suspicion in emergency service calls. To join us, email [email protected]

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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · Nov 15

A list of top researchers in criminal psychology, criminology, police investigations, forensic psychiatry & other crime-related areas.

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EAPL - European Association of Psychology and Law @eapl.bsky.social · Feb 25

Again we want to promote the online talk by Prof. Richard J. McNally! Just two days to wait. It‘s on Thursday, Feb 27 at 3 pm CET (2 pm UK time)x the Talk is on 'Trauma, Memory, and the Law'. Please save the date for this not-to-be-missed event! Please retweet.

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Feb 24

Have you ever witnessed a crime while under influence of #cannabis? Your experience could help advance #research on psychological processes in crime-related contexts! Sign up for this online study here: lnkd.in/ehZ_JuBB

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · Feb 12

How could AI be used to assess eyewitness identification accuracy? Andrew Smith, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social and @rying.bsky.social discuss three ways AI could prove useful! @officialsarmac.bsky.social #PsychLaw psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

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Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice @iiirg-iirp.bsky.social · Feb 12

Call for papers!!

FIRST BILINGUAL SPECIAL ISSUE OF INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING: RESEARCH & PRACTICE!!

Submission deadline: 31st May 2025

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II-RP JOURNAL NEW - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group

II-RP JOURNAL INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING:RESEARCH & PRACTICE II:RP (Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice) is a free, open access publication and the official journal of the International In...

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Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice @iiirg-iirp.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨 Hot off the press 🚨

Conducting First Conversations in
Cases of Suspected Child Sexual
Abuse in Schools

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