Naomi Ellemers

Social psychologist Naomi Ellemers is Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University. She examines the behavior of people in organizations. Her main topics of expertise are Diversity and Inclusion, and Integrity and Ethics at work.

Ellemers's research on group processes and intergroup relations addresses a range of topics, including the effects of status differences between groups, diversity in teams and organizations, career development of women and minorities, and motivation and commitment in work teams. She combines experimental methodologies examining brain activity and stress with observations of people in the workplace. Her aim is to understand how group affiliations impact on individual behaviors in organizations. In her diversity lab, she identifies the work experiences of women, ethnic minorities, and members of the LGBT community. In her integrity lab, she also examines how individuals are guided by the ethical climate at work, for instance in the financial sector.

Ellemers studied at the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, where she obtained her first degree in Social Psychology and her PhD with a thesis entitled "Identity management strategies." She was previously on the faculty at the Free University of Amsterdam and the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.