Professor of Economic Psychology
TSB: Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
TSB: Department of Social Psychology
Marcel Zeelenberg studied cognitive psychology at Leiden University, completed his PhD at the Social Psychology Department of the University of Amsterdam (Promotores: Joop van de Pligt, Antony Manstead, Nanne de Vries), did postdocs at Eindhoven University and Sussex University, and joined Tilburg University at January 1, 1998. Marcel is an economic psychologists and tries to understand how people make decisions, and what the role of emotions and motivational factors are in decision making. His published research deals with regret, disappointment, envy, shame, guilt, anger, pride and hope, and also with the psychology of greed. His more applied work examines financial decision making in the context of insurances, taxation, poverty, and people's reactions to behavioral interventions.