Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Association of Social Psychology (2023) Ig Nobel award (2022), category Peace Ammodo Science Award Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences team award 2020 Paul A.M. van Lange is a Dutch professor of psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, distinguished scholar at the University of Oxford, and holds a global professorship at the University of Cologne.
In his work on trust and human cooperation, he adopts psychological, economic, and ecological approaches to the brighter and darker sides of humankind.
In so doing, he studies empathy, altruism, and fairness, as well as competition, norm violations, and hate, as well as broad societal issues such as climate change, refugee crisis, or intergroup conflict (e.g., in soccer).
He has also (co)edited or authored 13 books on a variety of topics, including social dilemmas, how to publish, cheating and corruption, and power and politics, including Handbook of theories of social psychology (2012) and Handbook of social psychology: Basic principles (see "official website").
He is involved in many outreach activities, including contributions to (inter)national media, advice to national campaigns (SIRE, #DOESLIEF), and providing annual workshops for mayors and other professionals in the Netherlands and Europe.