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Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy | Netherlands Institute of Governance
Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy (3EC) DateNovember 10-12, 2025Apply for this course here LocationUtrecht University Instructor(s)Prof. Dr. Lars Tummers  Course fees Free for NIG members 500,- fo...
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by Lars Tummers

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👉 What you’ll gain:

- Learn concepts from behavioral public administration, behavioral economics, and political psychology
- Learn tools to assess effectiveness, ethics & acceptance of interventions
- Practical ways to apply in your PhD research
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by Lars Tummers

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🚨 Course PhD students interested in Behavioral Science, Public Policy & Public Administration 🚨

This November (10–12), I will be teaching a PhD course on Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Utrecht University.

📚 3 ECTS | 📍 Utrecht University | 🗓 Nov 10–12
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Academic journals are flocking to BSKY 🦋

JPART @jpart1991.bsky.social
PMR @pmreview.bsky.social
PA @journalpa.bsky.social
JBPA @jbpa.bsky.social
BPP @bppjournal.bsky.social
Governance @govjournal.bsky.social
NHB: @naturehumbehav.bsky.social & many others

More to come, hopefully.
JPART BSKY
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Mensen met een beperking hebben nog altijd minder kans om uitgenodigd te worden voor een sollicitatiegesprek. Dat komt de arbeidsmarkt niet ten goede, stellen Rosanna Nagtegaal en Lars Tummers. https://buff.ly/3BIX6LV
Opinie | De ideale, inclusieve arbeidsmarkt nog ver weg
Discriminatie: Mensen met een beperking hebben nog altijd minder kans om uitgenodigd te worden voor een sollicitatiegesprek. Dat komt de arbeidsmarkt niet ten goede, stellen Rosanna Nagtegaal en Lars…
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A great study, Sheeling! Glad to see it out and a top journal, whose editors aren't afraid to publish non-results @bppjournal.bsky.social
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Congrats, Fabiola!
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Gefeliciteerd Ingrid! Goed dat wetenschappers als jij buiten de ivoren toren van de wetenschap stappen en in dialoog gaan met de maatschappij.

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Congrats to @neosheeling.bsky.social from American University, winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Dissertation Award, for "Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?" #AOM2025 #pasky
Sheeling Neo American University Winner of the 2025 Best Dissertation Award “Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?” Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division
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"Talent gaat naar adviesbureaus en worden vervolgens weer ingehuurd. Ik vraag me af of de overheid daarmee beter af is.’"

Interview in Binnenlands Bestuur over waarom jonge ambtenaren massaal de overheid verlaten.

O.b.v. onderzoek onder 551 jonge ambtenaren en 115 gemeentesecretarissen.
Kloof tussen jonge en topambtenaar
Te weinig carrièreontwikkeling is de belangrijkste reden voor jonge ambtenaren om een gemeente te verlaten. Ook het ‘te weinig gebruik maken van hun competenties’ en een ‘gebrek aan financiële groei’ ...
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by Lars Tummers

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I'm going to talk today about how organizations and others manipulate you in their best interest, not yours.

#influence #manipulation
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by Lars Tummers

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In a set of studies, we found that:

- Small financial rewards have no effect. That's wasted money.

- When the offered amount is increased, behavior changes, although only marginally.

Hence, money is not always the best motivator.

With @sebjilke.bsky.social in @pareview.bsky.social
Financial Rewards Do Not Stimulate Coproduction: Evidence from Two Experiments
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by Lars Tummers

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💸 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥 💸

Economists believe money improves performance. Psychologists argue that it's detrimental to performance. 🤔

In this classic paper, Gneezy & Rustichini show:

💰 Paid enough = better performance
💸 Paid little = worse performance than paying nothing.
Gneezy, U., & Rustichini, A. (2000). Pay enough or don't pay at all. The Quarterly journal of economics, 115(3), 791-810.
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Great news! Public leadership is now more important than ever.

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Looking forward to presenting on public #leadership today at City University of Hong Kong, based on the book by Paul 't Hart and me.

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There are times leaders cannot avoid control. In times of intense crisis, control is helpful, as employees look to leaders for direction.

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Empowering leadership in crisis: a natural experiment
Existing research suggests that empowering leadership enhances employee well-being, but context-specific empirical studies in the public sector remain scarce. We investigated whether this positive ...
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by Lars Tummers

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On autonomy & prosociality:

Donald, J. N. et al. (2021). Paths to the light and dark sides of human nature: A meta-analytic review of the prosocial benefits of autonomy and the antisocial costs of control. Psychological Bulletin, 147(9), 921.
APA PsycNet
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by Lars Tummers

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Controlling leaders aren't helping employees.

Instead, providing employees with autonomy increases their well-being and makes them more pro-social.

Autonomy is a basic psychological need. Great leaders know it and act on it.
Tummers, L., Steijn, B., Nevicka, B., & Heerema, M. (2018). The effects of leadership and job autonomy on vitality: Survey and experimental evidence. Review of public personnel administration, 38(3), 355-377.
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by Lars Tummers

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🎓 Vacature Hoogleraar 🎓

We zoeken een hoogleraar organisatieontwikkeling en leiderschap voor maatschappelijke transities.

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

🔍 Onderzoek | 🎓 Onderwijs | 🤝 Leidinggeven | 🌍 Impact

🔁 Delen = fijn!

#vacature #hoogleraar #leiderschap
Hoogleraar organisatieontwikkeling & leiderschap voor transities
Draag bij aan fundamenteel en toegepast onderwijs en onderzoek naar organisatieontwikkeling en leiderschap voor maatschappelijke transities!
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by Lars Tummers

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Thanks! Looking forward to contribute to further strengthen our public management field.
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The Public Management Research Association (PMRA) is pleased to formally announce the election of new members to its Board of Directors. We extend our warmest congratulations to the newly elected board member, Lars Tummers, and express our appreciation for his willingness to serve.
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A dumber smartphone makes you smarter—and happier.

Instead of browsing on their phone, people spent time socializing, exercising, and enjoying nature.

They could also focus better.

Not just correlation. Causal evidence.

📖 Source: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf017/8016017?login=false
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Overview of her thesis: www.uu.nl/en/events/ph...
PhD defence: The Faces of Bureaucracy
Isa Bertram will defend her PhD thesis 'The Faces of Bureaucracy. A multi-method study of civil servant stereotypes and their consequences'.
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by Lars Tummers

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Key article in Public Administration on confirmation bias:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Getting what you expect: How civil servant stereotypes affect citizen satisfaction and perceived performance
This study tests whether civil servant stereotypes affect how citizens experience public service delivery. Using a pre-registered survey vignette experiment (n = 1130), we activate civil servant ster...
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by Lars Tummers

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🚨 Are bureaucrats being judged unfairly?

Today, Isa Bertram will defend her PhD on stereotypes about civil servants.

She shows:
❌ We have negative stereotypes about bureaucrats
❓ Such stereotypes affect our experience with bureaucrats, no matter how good the service is.

📷 Photos Jan Banning.
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Meer weten?
Promotie: Gezichten van de bureaucratie
Isa Bertram verdedigt haar proefschrift 'The Faces of Bureaucracy. A multi-method study of civil servant stereotypes and their consequences'.
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by Lars Tummers

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✅ Mensen die moeilijk rond kunnen komen zijn kritischer over ambtenaren💰
<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
What views do people have of public sector workers? Public sector workers are often portrayed negatively. It is unclear, however, to what extent such negative perceptions are shared among different .....
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✅ Stereotypen verschillen tussen landen, we hebben in Nederland bijvoorbeeld een veel negatiever over ambtenaren dan in Canada🌍
Working 9 to 5? A cross-national analysis of public sector worker stereotypes
We present an inductive, citizen-driven approach to identify stereotypes of public sector workers across the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and South Korea (Study 1: n=918; Study 2: n=3,042...
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