The ASPO Dissertation award has previously been granted to:
2022 Sari Nijssen: Development of Anthropomorphism
2021 Ruddy Faure: Implicit partner evaluations: How they form and affect close relationships
2020 Bastian Jaeger: The irresistible influence of first impressions
2019 Rima-Maria Rahal: Cognitive processes in social and moral decision making
2018 Angelo Romano: The power of reciprocity to promote cooperation
2017 Willem Sleegers: Meaning and pupillometry
2016 Hannah Nohlen: Solving ambivalence in context
2015 Ellen Evers: Sets
2014 Namkje Koudenburg: Conversational Flow
2013 Annemarie Wennekers: Embodiment of prejudice
2012 Erik Bijleveld: The unconscious and conscious foundations of human reward pursuit
2011 Ron Dotsch: Pictures in our heads: Visual stereotypes affect social categorization
2010 Niels van der Ven: The bright side of a deadly sin: The psychology of envy
2009 Madelijn Strick: The hidden power of humorous ads
2008 Kaska Kubacka: The Rules of Attraction: Trust, Anxiety and Gratitude
2007 Yael de Liver: Ambivalence, on the how and when of attitudinal conflict
2006 Floor Rink: Diversity and Small Group Decision Making
2005 Gerben van Kleef: Emotion in social conflict, the interpersonal effects of emotions in negotiations
2004 Jaap Ham: Bridging attribution and spontaneous inferences: spontaneous and intentional components of dispositional and situational inferences
2003 Rob Holland: On the structure and consequences of attitude strength
2002 Ilja van Beest: Self-interest and fairness in coalition formation
2001 Marc Dechesne: Flexible and Rigid Reactions to Reminders of Mortality. Some Further Explorations of Terror Management Theory
2000 Bernard Nijstad: How the Group Affects the Mind: Effects of Communication in Idea Generating Groups.
1999 Wilco van Dijk: Dashed hopes and shattered dreams: On the psychology of disappointment
1998 Daniel Wigboldus: Stereotyping, language and communication
1997 Diederik Stapel: (dissertation was retracted)
1996 Christianne de Poot & Kees van den Bos
1995 Jan Fekke Ybema: Up & Down: Affective Responses to Social Comparison