dr. Tila Pronk

Bio

My name is Tila Pronk, and I work as an Assistant Professor at the department of Social Psychology. My research focusses on love and relationships.

Expertise

I study the many challenges people encounter when navigating their love life in current times. How do singles choose a partner in an online dating environment? How do people maintain and protect an established relationship? The general topic of love and relationships has a great appeal on people outside academia, and I have been in close contact with the media and the general audience since 2011, when my popular press book on romantic relationship (Hartstocht) appeared. I often give lectures to the general audience, and regularly appear in radio- and television shows.

Teaching

I teach two Introduction to Psychology courses for non-Psychology students (first year BA-level), and I supervise Bachelor- as well as Masterstudents during their Masterthesis and internship. I am a very passionate and enthusiastic teacher, and find it very rewarding to transfer my knowledge. Based on the high student evaluations for my courses, and nominations by students, I was elected ‘Best Teacher of TSB’ in 2016 and in 2020. I gave a presentation during the Education Bazaar in September 2016, and came in second as ‘Best Teacher of Tilburg University’.

Courses

• Introduction to Psychology for the Social Sciences
• Social Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Introduction to Psychology for International Students

Collaboration

I have many active collaborations with members of the department of social psychology, as well as with members of other departments and faculties of Tilburg University. I also continued my collaborations with researchers at other universities. Apart from collaborations with researchers at the university, I also collaborate with relationship therapists and practitioners.

Recent publications

1. Estranged and unhappy? - Examining the dynamics of personal and relat…

   Stavrova, O., Pronk, T., & Denissen, J. (2023). Estranged and unhappy? Examining the dynamics of personal and relationship well-being surrounding infidelity. Psychological Science, 34(2), 143-169.

2. Strength‐is‐weakness - The (ir)relevant relation between resources an…

   Wissink, J., Cantiani, A., Ven, N. V. D., Pronk, T., Erle, T. M., & Beest, I. V. (2023). Strength‐is‐weakness: The (ir)relevant relation between resources and payoffs in coalition formation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 307-322.

3. Low self-control - A hidden cause of loneliness?

   Stavrova, O., Ren, D., & Pronk, T. (2022). Low self-control: A hidden cause of loneliness? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(3), 347-362.

4. Strength is still a weakness in coalition formation - Replicating and…

   Wissink, J., Beest, I. V., Pronk, T., & Ven, N. V. D. (2022). Strength is still a weakness in coalition formation: Replicating and understanding the Strength-is-Weakness effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(2), 283-296.

5. The Online Coalition Game: A tool for online interactive coalition fo…

   Wissink, J., van Beest, I., Pronk, T., & van de Ven, N. (2022). The Online Coalition Game: A tool for online interactive coalition formation research. Behavior Research Methods, 54(3), 1078-1091.