Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 3927
E-Mail:	c.koot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Psychologie, Sociale en Organisatiepsychologie
Office Address:	Pieter de la Court gebouw Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden Room number 2A15

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Charlotte Koot graduated in 2010 (cum laude) from the Research Master in Social Psychology at the VU University Amsterdam. She wrote her thesis on creating awareness of implicit prejudice, and conducted her research in the USA at New York University.

Currently, Charlotte is working as a PhD candidate at te Department of Social and Organisational Psychology at Leiden University under supervision of Dr. Naomi Ellemers and Dr. Emma ter Mors.

Research

Charlotte Koot studies the formation of attitudes about environmental technologies (CCS). She focuses on aspects of communication tht influence people's ability to form a complete attitude, or to achieve cognitive closure on the topic.

Conference Presentations

• Koot, C., & Amodio, D.M. (January, 2011). Awareness of one's own implicit bias may have negative efect on attitudes toward diversity. Poster presenter at the 12th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
• Associatie van Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO)
• Kurt Lewin Instituut (KLI)

Other Academic Activities

• PhD candidate member of the executive board of the Dutch Association of Psychological Researchers (ASPO)