Jolien van Breen
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. J.A. van Breen
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9506
- j.a.van.breen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2776-7132
Jolien van Breen is an Assistant Professor in the Violence and Violence Prevention research group. She has a background in Social Psychology, obtaining her PhD from the University of Groningen. Jolien's research focuses on interpersonal conflict and violence, and particularly the social-structural aspects of interpersonal violence. She is also part of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience and Security.
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My current research focuses on inter-group conflict and violence. I am specifically interested in how people understand and navigate conflict and violence.
My background is in experimental social psychology - I studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Amsterdam before obtaining my PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Groningen. Between 2017 and 2020, I was a postdoc at the University of Exeter (UK). Since September 2020 I have been working at Leiden University, within the Interdisciplinary Programme Social Resilience and Security.
Assistant professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Physical violence and public order
- Breen J.A. van, Voorde J.M. ten & Liem M.C.A. (2024), Understanding ethnic disparities in lethal police incidents in the Netherlands between 2016 and 2020, Homicide Studies : .
- Rabolini A., Breen J.A. van & Liem M.C.A. (2023), Old habits die hard: assessing the validity of using homicide as an indicator of other violent crimes, European Journal of Criminology : .
- Breen J.A. van, Lemus S. de, Kuppens T., Barreto M. & Spears R. (2023), Extending the scope for resistance to gender-based devaluation, European Review of Social Psychology : 1-35.
- Breen J.A. van, Devarakonda S.K. & Liem M. (2023), Can homicide serve as an indicator of non-lethal crime? : A systematic literature review, International Criminology : .
- Breen J.A. van & Liem M.C.A. (2023), When it rains it pours? : A time-series approach to the relationship between homicide and other adverse health phenomena, Journal of Public Health : .
- Rabolini A., Breen J. van & Liem M. (2022), Drug Related Homicides . In: Parker K.F., Mancik A.M. & Stansfield R. (Eds.), Taking Stock of Homicide: Trends, Emerging Themes, and the Challenges. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
- Breen J.A. van & Barreto M. (2022), Mind the gap! Stereotype exposure discourages women from expressing the anger they feel about gender inequality, Emotion : .
- Breen J.A. van & Liem M.C.A. (2022), Clustering of homicide with other adverse health outcomes in the Netherlands, Preventive Medicine Reports 30: 101988.
- Begeny C.T., Breen J. van, Leach C.W., Zomeren M. van & Lyer A. (2022), The power of the ingroup for promoting collective action: how distinctive treatment from fellow minority members motivates collective action, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 101: 104346.
- Barreto M., Breen J.A. van, Victor C., Hammond C., Eccles A., Ritchins M. & Qualter P. (2022), Exploring the nature and variation of the stigma associated with loneliness , Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 39(9): 2658-2679.
- Breen J.A. van & Liem M.C.A. (2022), Clustering of homicide with other adverse health outcomes in the Netherlands, Preventive Medicine Reports 30: 101988.
- Begeny C.T., Breen J. van, Leach C.W., Zomeren M. van & Iyer A. (2022), The power of the Ingroup for promoting collective action: how distinctive treatment from fellow minority members motivates collective action, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 101: 104346.
- Breen J.A. van, Kutlaca M., Koc Y.,Jeronimus B., Reitsema A.M., Jovanovic V., the PsyCorona team & Pontus Leander N. (2021), Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 Lockdown in early 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin : .
- Breen Jolien A., Lemus Soledad de, Spears Russell & Kuppens Toon (2021), Counteracting subliminal cues that threaten national identity, British Journal of Social Psychology : bjso.12474.
- Barsamian Kahn K., Breen J.A. van, Barreto M. & Kaiser C. (2021), When is women’s benevolent sexism associated with support for other women’s agentic responses to gender‐based threat?, British Journal of Social Psychology 60(3): 786-807.
- Sasse J., Breen J.A. van, Spears R. & Gordijn E.H. (2021), The rocky road from experience to expression of emotions—women’s anger about sexism, Affective Science 2(4): .
- Ciftci E.E., Barreto M., Doyle D.M., Breen J. van & Darden S. (2020), Distancing or drawing together: sexism and organisational tolerance of sexism impact women's social relationships at work, European Journal of Social Psychology 50(6): .
- Breen J.A., Goclowska M.A., Lemus S. de, Baas M., Kelleci B. & Spears R. (2020), Creativity for the Group: Distinctive Feminists Engage in Divergent Thinking When Acting on Behalf of Women, Social Psychological and Personality Science : .
- Breen J.A. van, Spears R., Kuppens T. & Lemus S. de (2018), Subliminal Gender Stereotypes: Who Can Resist?, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44: 1648-1663.
- Breen J.A. van, Dreu C.K.W. de & Kret M.E. (2018), Pupil to pupil: the effect of a partner's pupil size on (dis)honest behavior, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 74(1): 231-245.
- Leicht C. Gocłowska M.A. Van Breen J.A. Lemus S. de Randsley de Moura G. (2017), Counter-Stereotypes and Feminism Promote Leadership Aspirations in Highly Identified Women, Frontiers in Psychology 8: 883-899.
- Breen J.A. van Spears R. Kuppens T. Lemus S. de (2017), A multiple identity approach to gender: Identification with women, identification with feminists, and their interaction, Frontiers in Psychology 8(1): 1019-1026.