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Dr. Ruud Custers is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, specializing in social cognition, motivation, and the intersection with artificial intelligence. His research explores how goal representations influence behavior, particularly in interactions with AI agents.
- Education: PhD cum laude from Utrecht University (2006), Veni grant recipient (2006).
Research interests include nonconscious goal pursuit, the role of affect in motivation, human-AI interaction dynamics, and societal applications of goal systems theory. He leads the Goallab and contributes to the Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) initiative.
Scientific honors include the Veni grant (NWO, 2006), ISCON Best Paper award (2005), and KLI Best Paper award (2006). He has served as Associated Editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General and on editorial boards of multiple journals.
Professional roles encompass leadership in the Society for the Science of Motivation (President, 2021–present), membership in networks like ISCON and ESCON, and advisory roles for institutions such as the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). His teaching includes courses like Behavioral Regulation II and Neuroscience of Social Behavior.
