Matthieu Van Pachterbeke

Matthieu Van Pachterbeke is lecturer in statistics and research methodology at the UCL.
He is collaborator of the Centre for Psychology of Religion
and the Division of Social Psychology. 
 

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Education

• 2003   Psychology degree (emotions, cognitions, health), University of Louvain.
• 2004   Degree in management. IAG-School of management, University of Louvain
• 2011   PhD in psychology, University of Louvain
   

Research interests

• Radical religious and political ideology
• Existential psychology
• Moral psychology
   

Teaching

• UCL: Practical in statistics applied to psychology (Bachelor), 2004-2011
• UCL: Statistics in psychology, 2011-2012
• UCL: Methodology of research in social sciences, 2011-2012
   

Publications and papers

Publications

Demoulin, S., Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2008). Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy . In V. Kwan & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Missing links in social cognition: The continuum form non-human agents to dehumanized humans (special issue). Social Cognition, 26, 235-247.

Saroglou, V., Lamkaddem, B., Van Pachterbeke, M., & Buxant, C. (2009). Host society’s dislike of the Islamic veil: The role of subtle prejudice, values, and religion . International Journal for Intercultural Relations, 33, 419-428.

Van Pachterbeke, M., Freyer, C., & Saroglou, V. (2011). When authoritarianism meets religion: Sacrificing others in the name of abstract deontology. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 898-903.

Van Pachterbeke, M., Keller, J., & Saroglou, V. (2012). Flexibility in existential beliefs and worldviews: Introducing and measuring existential quest . Journal of Individual Differences, 33, 2-16. 

Saroglou, V., Van Pachterbeke, M., & Dupont, S. (2010). Abstract deontology versus care: The dark side of non-interpersonal morality. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Papers

Van Pachterbeke, M., Saroglou, V., & Hogenraad, R. (2005, May). Radicalism in religion and politics: A discourse analysis. Poster presented at the Belgian Psychological Society Conference, Gent.

Van Pachterbeke, M., Saroglou, V., & Demoulin, S. (2007, September). Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy. Paper presented at the International Conference on Spirituality, Prague, Czech Republic.

Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2009, April). Being flexible in existential (not necessarily religious) beliefs: The Existential Quest Scale. Paper presented at the 7^th Annual Mid-Year Conference on Religion and Spirituality, Columbia, Maryland, USA.

Van Pachterbeke, M., & Saroglou, V. (2009, August). Questioning worldviews within and outside religion: The existential quest attitude. Paper presented at the International Association for Psychology of Religion Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2009, August). The dark side of moral principlism: When rules and principles conflict with care. Paper presented at the International Association for Psychology of Religion Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Van Pachterbeke, M., Saroglou, V., & Freyer, C. (2010, July). Religious prime, authoritarianism, and harmful moral rigidity. Paper presented at the 15^th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Translation

L'hypothèse du bonheur : La redécouverte de la sagesse ancienne dans la science contemporaine (Mardaga, 2010). Translation (in French) of J. Haidt, The happiness hypothesis: Finding modern truth in ancient wisdom (Basic Books, 2006).
 

Contact

Matthieu Van Pachterbeke
UCL Dept. of psychology, Centre for psychology of religion
Division of social and organizational psychology
Pl. du Cardinal Mercier 10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
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