Philippe Verduyn

Current PhD Students

Eka Riyanti Purboningsih obtained a Master degree in Social Psychology at University of Padjadjaran (Indonesia). She studies how parents can support their children to use social media in a healthy manner.

Kerstin Becker obtained a Master degree in Media Psychology at University of Salford (UK) as well as a Master degree in Health & Social Psychology at Maastricht University (Netherlands). She studies the impact of social media on body image.

Matej Nakić obtained both a Master degree in Psychology and an MBA at University of Zagreb (Croatia). He studies digital emotion regulation and its impact on mental health.

Cora Zhu obtained a Master degree in Psychology at the University of Hong Kong. She studies the psychological consequences of working under algorithmic management.

Graduated PhD Students

On March 20th 2023, Nino Gugushvili successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled: Digital communication technologies and mental health: An interplay between usage types and user characteristics.

On January 20th 2022, Merve Alabak successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled: Let’s face emotions! Towards a more comprehensive understanding of emotional labor strategies.

On September 20th 2019, Julian Provenzano succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled: The neural basis of the temporal dynamics of emotions.

On September 28th 2017, Maxime Résibois succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled: Emotion intensity profiles over time: Psychological mechanisms and neural correlates.