David De Cremer

David De Cremer is Professor of Behavioral Business Ethics at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, in the Netherlands, Scientific director of the Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics, and a young fellow of the Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW). In addition, he is also a guest professor at Ghent University (Department of Psychology), Belgium and for the academic year 2009-2010 affiliated professor at London Business School. He is the recipient of the British Psychology Society award for “Outstanding Ph.D. thesis in social psychology” (year 2000), the “Jos Jaspars early career for outstanding contributions to social psychology” (year 2005, awarded by the European Association of Social Psychology), the “Comenius European Young Psychologist award” (year 2007, awarded by the European Federation of Psychology), and the “International Society for Justice Research Early Career Contribution Award” (year 2008). In 2000 he received the Innovation Research Grant Old style from NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research); one of the most prestigious research grants in the Netherlands.

His research focuses on understanding why people value morality and justice and how these concerns affect leadership effectiveness, social and economic decision making, trust repair, and the emergence of both antisocial and prosocial behaviour. Previously, De Cremer held teaching and research positions at New York University (Department of Psychology), Harvard University (Research Fellow Kennedy School of Government), Maastricht University (Department of Organization Studies and Department of Psychology), Tilburg University (Department of Psychology). De Cremer holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Southampton, England, and an M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

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