Copyright (c) 2012, Kurt Lewin Institute http://www.kurtlewininstitute.nl/ en News a.k.evers@uva.nl (Anouk Evers) http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=84 http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=84 Prof.dr. Jens Forster and drs. Laura Dannenberg (UvA) received the Best Paper from the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON). http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=83 http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=83 The Kurt Lewin Institute has acquired a grant of 800.000 Euro`s from the Graduate Programme 2011 of the Netherlands National Science Foundation (NWO), to appoint Ph.D candidates. http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=82 http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=82 Esther K. Papies (UU) and Martijn van Zomeren (RUG) received the Jaspars Award of the European Association of Social Psychology at this year`s General Meeting in Stockholm. Both of them were selected for this award in recognition of their early-career scientific achievements in social psychology. The third Jaspars Award winner was Malte Friese (Universit%C3%A4t Basel). http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=81 http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=81 Prof.dr. Jens Forster (University of Amsterdam), received the Kurt Lewin Award from the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) at this years conference in Stockholm. He was awarded for his pioneering research in the domains of self regulation, creativity, novelty, embodiment and social cognition. http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=80 http://www.kurtlewininstituut.nl/kli/archive/news/show/?news=80 Dr. Martijn van Zomeren and prof.dr. Tom Postmes (RuG) received an NWO MaGW Open competition grant for "Toward a new and better understanding of empowerment and politicization: The psychological consequences of participating in collective action".