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Dr. C.P. (Chris) Reinders Folmer

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Dep. Jurisprudence

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: A8.04
Postal address
  • Postbus 15654
    1001 ND Amsterdam
  • Profiel

    Chris Reinders Folmer is assistant professor at the Department of Jurisprudence at Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam. His background is in social and economic psychology (PhD 2008, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). His research integrates psychological, legal and economic perspectives to empirically test the assumptions that underlie legal practice and policy making, identify possible discrepancies, and develop alternatives informed by these perspectives. Key research topics include compliance, cooperation, lay intuitions about behavior, and remedies in both legal and everyday dispute resolution (principally the role of apologies).

  • Publications

    2023

    2022

    2021

    • Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2021). Crowding-out Effects of Laws, Policies and Incentives on Compliant Behaviour. In B. van Rooij, & D. D. Sokol (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance (pp. 326-340). (Cambridge law handbooks). Cambridge University Press. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108759458.023 [details]
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Brownlee, M. A., Fine, A. D., Kooistra, E. B., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E. H., de Bruijn, A. L., & van Rooij, B. (2021). Social distancing in America: Understanding long-term adherence to COVID-19 mitigation recommendations. PLoS ONE, 16(9), Article e0257945. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257945 [details]
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Wildschut, T., Haesevoets, T., De keersmaecker, J., Van Assche, J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Repairing Trust Between Individuals and Groups: The Effectiveness of Apologies in Interpersonal and Intergroup Contexts. International Review of Social Psychology, 34, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.479 [details]
    • Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Boehm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gaechter, S., Garcia, C., ... Shalvi, S. (2021). Correction for Van Doesum et al., Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(47), Article e2118687118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118687118
    • Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(35), Article e2023846118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118 [details]

    2020

    2019

    • Haesevoets, T., Bostyn, D. H., Reinders Folmer, C., Roets, A., & Van Hiel, A. (2019). Decision making in the prisoner's dilemma game: The effect of exit on cooperation and social welfare. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32(1), 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2096
    • Haesevoets, T., Van Hiel, A., Van Assche, J., Bostyn, D. H., & Reinders Folmer, C. (2019). An exploration of the motivational basis of take-some and give-some games. Judgment and Decision Making, 14(5), 535-546.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Desmet, P. T. M., & Van Boom, W. H. (2019). Beyond compensation? Examining the role of apologies in the restoration of victims' needs in simulated tort cases. Law and Human Behavior, 43(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000335
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Mascini, P., & Leunissen, J. M. (2019). Rethinking Apology in Tort Litigation Deficiencies in Comprehensiveness Undermine Remedial Effectiveness. Review of Law and Economics, 15(1), Article 20180042. https://doi.org/10.1515/rle-2018-0042
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Wildschut, T., De Cremer, D., & van Lange, P. A. M. (2019). Coping with noise in social dilemmas: Group representatives fare worse than individuals because they lack trust in others' benign intentions. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 22(2), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217722036

    2018

    • Haesevoets, T., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Bostyn, D. H., & Van Hiel, A. (2018). Behavioral Consistency within the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game: The Role of Personality and Situation. European Journal of Personality, 32(4), 405-426. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/109577
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2018). Experimental Approaches to Private Law The Case of Redressing Personal Injury. In W. H. van Boom, P. Desmet, & P. Mascini (Eds.), Handbook on Empirical Methods in Legal Research Edward Elgar Publishing. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/110363
    • Van Boom, W. H., Reinders Folmer, C. P., & Desmet, P. (2018). Vergelijkende rechtscultuur en aansprakelijkheidsrecht – een verkennend experiment. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 39(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.5553/RdW/138064242018039001004

    2017

    • Cracco, E., Dirix, N., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2017). The Role of Specificity and Apologies in Excuse Messages Following Train Delay. Journal of Public Transportation, 20(2), 131-151. https://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.20.2.7

    2016

    • Haesevoets, T., Joosten, A., Reinders Folmer, C., Lerner, L., De Cremer, D., & Van Hiel, A. (2016). The impact of decision timing on the effectiveness of leaders’ apologies to repair followers’ trust in the aftermath of leader failure. Journal of Business and Psychology, 31(4), 533-551. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-015-9431-8
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2016). Social motives. In H. Miller (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 886-890). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n303

    2015

    • Haesevoets, T., Reinders Folmer, C., & Van Hiel, A. (2015). Cooperation in Mixed-Motive Games: The Role of Individual Differences in Selfish and Social Orientation. European Journal of Personality, 29(4), 445-458. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1992
    • Haesevoets, T., Reinders Folmer, C., & Van Hiel, A. (2015). Is Trust for Sale? The Effectiveness of Financial Compensation for Repairing Competence- versus Integrity-Based Trust Violations. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0145952. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145952
    • Haesevoets, T., Van Hiel, A., & Reinders Folmer, C. (2015). The Underlying Motives of Different Mixed-motive Games. European Journal of Personality, 29(6), 580-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2035
    • van Boom, W. H., Desmet, P. T. M., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2015). Privaatrecht in het laboratorium: verslag van acht rechtspsychologische experimenten. (Jonge Meesters). Boom Juridische Uitgevers.

    2014

    • Haesevoets, T., Reinders Folmer, C., & Van Hiel, A. (2014). More Money, More Trust? Target and Observer Differences in the Effectiveness of Financial Overcompensation to Restore Trust. Psychologica Belgica, 54(4), 389-394. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.ay
    • Haesevoets, T., Van Hiel, A., Reinders Folmer, C., & De Cremer, D. (2014). What money can't buy: The psychology of financial overcompensation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 42, 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2014.02.001
    • Leunissen, J. M., De Cremer, D., van Dijke, M., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2014). Forecasting Errors in the Averseness of Apologizing. Social Justice Research, 27(3), 322-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-014-0216-4

    2013

    • Haesevoets, T., Reinders Folmer, C., De Cremer, D., & Van Hiel, A. (2013). Money isn't all that matters: The use of financial compensation and apologies to preserve relationships in the aftermath of distributive harm. Journal of Economic Psychology, 35, 95-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2013.02.003
    • Leunissen, J. M., De Cremer, D., Reinders Folmer, C. P., & van Dijke, M. (2013). The apology mismatch: Asymmetries between victim's need for apologies and perpetrator's willingness to apologize. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(3), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.12.005

    2012

    • De Cremer, D., Leunissen, J. M., Reinders Folmer, C. P., & Van Dijke, M. (2012). Sorry limited. Business Strategy Review, 23(3), 76-77. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/37772
    • Leunissen, J. M., De Cremer, D., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2012). An instrumental perspective on apologizing in bargaining: The importance of forgiveness to apologize. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33(1), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2011.10.004
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., & De Cremer, D. (2012). Bad for me or bad for us? Interpersonal orientations and the impact of losses on unethical behavior. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(6), 760-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211436252
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Klapwijk, A., De Cremer, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2012). One for all: What representing a group may do to us. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(5), 1047-1056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.009

    2011

    • De Cremer, D., Reinders Folmer, C. P., & Pillutla, M. M. (2011). How Important is an Apology to You? Forecasting Errors in Evaluating the Value of Apologies. Psychological Science, 22(1), 45-48. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/22270

    2009

    • De Cremer, D., van Dijk, E., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2009). Why leaders may feel entitled to take more: Feelings of entitlement as a moral rationalization strategy. In D. De Cremer (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on ethical behavior and decision making (pp. 107-120). Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.

    2007

    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2007). Why promises and threats need each other. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37(5), 1016-1031. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.414
    • Van Lange, P. A. M., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2007). Social value orientation. In R. F. Baumeister, & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (pp. 924-925). Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage.
    • Van Lange, P. A. M., Gallucci, M., Karremans, J. C., Klapwijk, A., & Reinders Folmer, C. (2007). A social interaction analysis of empathy and fairness. In G. Bock, & J. Goode (Eds.), Empathy and fairness (Vol. 278, pp. 97-105; discussion 106-10, 216-21). (Novartis Foundation Symposium). Wiley.

    2022

    • Reinders Folmer, C. (2022). Systematisch kijken naar excuses in het recht: [Bespreking van: L.A.B.M. Wijntjens (2020) Als ik nu sorry zeg, beken ik dan schuld? Over het aanbieden van excuses in de civiele procedure en de medische tuchtprocedure]. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 43(1), 88-93. https://doi.org/10.5553/RdW/138064242022043001007 [details]
    • Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(4), Article e2119303118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119303118 [details]
    • Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., ... van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Reply to Nielsen et al.: Social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(9), Article e2122077119. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122077119 [details]

    2021

    2020

    2019

    Media appearance

    Talk / presentation

    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (6-7-2023). Lay intuitions about compliant behavior, VSR Annual Conference 2023, Amsterdam.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (6-7-2022). (Mis)alignment between lay intuitions and empirical evidence about what shapes compliance, ComplianceNet 2022, Amsterdam.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (14-4-2022). Beyond narrow perspectives on prosocial behavior: Benefits of aggregation of game behavior, Institute of Advanced Studies.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (11-3-2022). (Mis)alignment between lay intuitions and empirical evidence about what shapes compliance, VSR Jaarvergadering 2022, Leuven.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (2-11-2021). Crowding-out Effects of Laws, Policies and Incentives on Compliant Behaviour, Book Launch: The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (12-10-2021). Doing research in empirical legal studies.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (18-9-2021). Pandemic compliance: Understanding compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures through the lens of compliance theory, Transformative effects of COVID-19 on Globalisation & Law.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (30-6-2021). Pandemic compliance: Understanding the interplay between situational and motivational processes in compliance through the lens of COVID-19, ComplianceNet 2021.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (3-11-2020). Victim needs and apologies in private law, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academy for Fine Arts.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (29-10-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands..
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) (19-10-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands..
    • van Rooij, B. (invited speaker) & Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) (15-10-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, Webinars Cycle of Regulatory Policy, organized by the National Planning Department of Colombia, the los Andes University, and El Bosque University, Colombia.
    • van Rooij, B. (speaker) & Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (17-9-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, UvA Law Faculty Seminar, Amsterdam.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) & van Rooij, B. (invited speaker) (7-7-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures.
    • van Rooij, B. (invited speaker) & Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) (3-7-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) (2-4-2020). Information search in social dilemmas, Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands..
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (5-11-2019). Beyond Compensation? Examining the Role of Apologies in the Restoration of Victims’ Needs in Simulated Tort Cases.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (speaker) (27-9-2019). Evaluating Social Investment in Disability Policy: Impact of Measures for Activation, Support, and Facilitation on Employment of Disabled Persons in 22 European Countries, Shifting from Welfare to Social Investment States: The Privatization of Work-Related Risk Control and its Impact on Inclusion, Rotterdam.
    • Reinders Folmer, C. (invited speaker) (20-5-2019). Beyond compensation? Examining the role of apologies in the restoration of victims’ needs in simulated tort cases.

    2023

    2020

    • Kooistra, E. B., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E. H., Brownlee, M. A., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Mitigating COVID-19 in a Nationally Representative UK Sample: Personal Abilities and Obligation to Obey the Law Shape Compliance with Mitigation Measures. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3598221
    • Kuiper, M. E., de Bruijn, A. L., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Olthuis, E. H., Brownlee, M. A., Kooistra, E. B., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). The Intelligent Lockdown: Compliance with COVID-19 Mitigation Measures in the Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3598215
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E. H., Kooistra, E. B., de Bruijn, A. L., Brownlee, M. A., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Maintaining Compliance when the Virus Returns: Understanding Adherence to COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures in the Netherlands in July 2020. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3682546
    • Reinders Folmer, C. P., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E. H., Kooistra, E. B., de Bruijn, A. L., Brownlee, M. A., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Sustaining Compliance with COVID-19 Mitigation Measures? Understanding Distancing Behavior in the Netherlands during June 2020. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3682479
    • Reinders Folmer, C., Brownlee, M., Fine, A., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E., Kooistra, E. B., de Bruijn, A. L., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Social Distancing in America: Understanding Long-term Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Recommendations. (Amsterdam Law School Legal Studies research paper; No. 2020-62), (General subserie research paper; No. 2020-16), (UV Irvine Schoool of Law research paper; No. 2020-69). University of Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3736683 [details]
    • Reinders Folmer, C., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E., Kooistra, E. B., de Bruijn, A. L., Brownlee, M., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Compliance in the 1.5 Meter Society: Longitudinal Analysis of Citizens’ Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Measures in a Representative Sample in the Netherlands. (Amsterdam Law School Research Paper; No. 2020-33), (UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper; No. 2020-61). University of Amsterdam, School of Law. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dr9q3, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3624959 [details]
    • de Bruijn, A. L., Feldman, Y., Kuiper, M. E., Brownlee, M. A., Reinders Folmer, C. P., Kooistra, E. B., Olthuis, E. H., Fine, A., & van Rooij, B. (2020). Why Did Israelis Comply with COVID-19 Mitigation Measures During the Initial First Wave Lockdown? Amsterdam Law School. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3681964, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vm8x9

    2021

    • de Bruijn, A., Feldman, Y., Kuiper, M., Brownlee, M., Kooistra, E., Olthuis, E., Fine, A., van Rooij, B. & Reinders Folmer, C. F. (7-10-2021). Cross-Theoretical Compliance: An Integrative Compliance Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Responses in Israel. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.16717273.v1
    • Reinders Folmer, C. F., van Rooij, B., Brownlee, M. A., Fine, A., Kuiper, M. E., Olthuis, E. H., Kooistra, E. B. & de Bruijn, A. L. (22-6-2021). Social Distancing in America: Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures in the United States. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.13125206.v2

    2020

    • Reinders Folmer, C. F., van Rooij, B., Olthuis, E. H., Kuiper, M. E., Kooistra, E. B., de Bruijn, A. L., Brownlee, M. A. & Fine, A. (21-10-2020). Compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures in the Netherlands. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.13072712.v1
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