Each year in spring ASPO and KLI present the jointly organized event ‘The Social Animal’.

During The Social Animal, social psychologists talk about the latest findings from their research. The timing is fixed: science in 20 slides of 20 seconds!

When: Spring 2026 (exact date to be announced)

Where: Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht

Costs: to be announced

Language: Dutch

Tickets: link to follow

Previous editions

All talks are available (in Dutch) on the Social Animal YouTube Channel 

Social Animal 2025

Social Animal 2025 was a sold-out success! We enjoyed a keynote address of prof. dr. Lotte van Dillen and a series of inspiring PechaKucha talks by our amazing speakers: Loes Abrahams, Chantal d’Amore, Florien Cramwinckel, Erica van Herpen, Sarwesh Ishwardat, Jiska Jonas-van Dijk, Karlijn Massar en Lucas Molleman. The program featured thought-provoking talks on:

  • What can we do to prevent food waste?
  • Parenting, work and personality: how do they work together?

Social Animal 2023

On the 14th of March, another successful edition of The Social Animal took place in a sold-out Tivoli Vredenburg. During the evening, eight social psychologists spoke about their latest insights: The keynote by Marieke Adriaanse and pecha kucha talks by Terence Dores Cruz, Allard Feddes, Karlijn Hoyer, Gert-Jan Lelieveld, Carla Roos, Jellie Sierksma, and Gonneke Ton. We would like to thank the speakers for their fantastic talks.
Please find the link to the 2023 edition playlist